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Couple rawhide questions

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WhistlingBadger:

--- Quote from: Pat B on May 12, 2021, 05:07:17 pm ---I think either but you may have more control after. Will you mix the aniline with anything first? I use leather dye which I believe is aniline mixed in alcohol.

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Yeah, I usually dissolve the powder in alcohol.  Works great for staining arrows and bows.  I've never actually used it for hide, which is kind of funny since it's leather dye.  :)

Pat B:
You can get some interesting patterns using sponges, natural or artificial by blotting it on the backing.

WhistlingBadger:
Cool idea, Pat, Thanks.

OK, here's another one:  Will a grease finish cause hide glue/rawhide to delaminate, if I let it cure really well first?  I'm planning to finish this bow with a bear grease/pine pitch mix.  (we found the mother lode of nice, bone-dry pine resin on a lightning-killed tree the other day) 

Pat B:
I've never tried using a grease finish over rawhide but I believe Native Americans did use bear grease over their sinew bows but not sure.

Pappy:
I would think it would absorb  it and make it soften, not sure but would probably do a little test on some before putting on a bow I spent time rawhide backing. JMO. :)
 Pappy

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