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superdav95:
--- Quote from: stuckinthemud on April 19, 2022, 05:45:38 pm ---I love the way you graduated the colours, is that staining done with brush or air-brush?
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Thankyou for the kind words stuckinthemud. No it’s leather dye. The alcohol based stuff. I usually use it for my leather work for knives but heard of guys using it for bows too so I figured I’d try it. Works like a charm. I apply it with a small section of clean rag. I put down base Color yellow first over entire back surface then move to the red about half way up each limb from the handle then use black over the red and just blend it all in with dry rag to blend colours a bit. I let each Color dry for about 10mins between each Color. I’ve had good results with this method. Not sure if it’s proper way to do this finish but I find it works.
Cheers
superdav95:
Few more pic after several coats of tru oil.
Russ:
That looks amazing superdav!!!! Amazing job!
superdav95:
Very kind. Thankyou
Flntknp17:
--- Quote from: superdav95 on April 20, 2022, 07:52:23 pm ---Few more pic after several coats of tru oil.
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Dave, how long does your tru-oil take to dry? I have used it on a few bows, but it takes FOREVER (months) to dry and sometimes I wonder if it ever actually gets truly dry and loses its tackiness. I have heard people in drier climates have better luck with it. Thoughts?
The bow is beautiful BTW and I also love using leather dyes for the bow backs.
Matt
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