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Ruddy Darter:
O.k., good to know....thanks DC and Wills.

  R.D.

DC:

--- Quote from: WillS on October 14, 2016, 05:23:05 pm ---You can avoid the purple stain by simply wrapping the bow in clingfilm/gladwrap first.  You only need the heat on the timber, not the steam itself.


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I was going to try that next time. I was pretty sure it would work. It might be an idea for all steaming. Thanks

markc324:

--- Quote from: penderbender on October 14, 2016, 12:02:08 pm ---In the pics you have the wood looks fine! I wouldn't worry about it. And like del says it will darken with age. Cheers- Brendan

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I believe you are referring to the original photos that were posted in the beginning of the thread. here are the roughed out bow.

you can see how that section of heartwood is pretty much the same as sapwood. The second image shows the branch/limb shadow that was visible in the original photos when it's still a quartered log. I think it will fall off as I round the belly. I also still have couple of mm's of extra meat to remove, too. not too worried about that. the third image shows a knot that i cleaned out. close inspection shows it just clears the soon-to-be-rounded belly, if it still show, it will be very minimal. I'll epoxy a peg in, but I'm pretty sure it will fall off.

FilipT:
What do you worry about, color looks great.

penderbender:
That is strange it looks like all heartwood. It'll darken up though I wouldn't worry about it. Cheers- Brendan

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