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What to do when your backing gets wet......

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superdav95:
What are you using for sealing glue?  You may have already mentioned it and I missed it.  If using titebond 3 wait an additional 2-3 days before bending or tillering it as you will have added more moisture with tb3. It works well for me and used it lots.  I’ve also used sturgeon glue as top layer also with good results although little harder to get for sure.    Are you putting anything over the sinew layer like thin rawhide or a skin cover of some kind?  If so then I would hold off on sealing it up until you get tiller all sorted out first as already mentioned I think by pat.  Take his advise and bend it some and see where your at then proceed.  Any issues will surface when you start bending it. 

Marin:
I probably shouldn’t use the term “sealing glue” I guess since I’m using the same glue. I was just trying to make the back glossy smooth with my sealing coat. I use the same as I used for everything: Knox gelatin glue.
I’ll wait on the sealing coat I guess until after I tiller

bassman211:
I am probably going to get roasted for saying this, but that is one of the reasons  I use tb3 with sinew. Ed  Scott of Owl bows used it too,and made some fine bows. I still back  the bow ,and use tb3 to glue the backing. I then use 6 coats of shellac, and a couple coats of min poly. Then some car wax. That works for me, but I know every body has their own way, and as long as you are comfortable with it that's fine.

Marin:
Thanks, I’ll have to consider that when I actually seal the backing. I think I’ll just wait to do that after I tiller, unless you think that’s something I should do once I feel it is dry

Pat B:
If you add TBIII over sinew/hide glue that still has moisture you can cause rot to happen. I have used TBIII to seal sinew but was sure the sinew was completely dry.

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