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Heat treating character staves

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Mo_coon-catcher:
I’ve never had an issue with heat rebound and scorching the back. Atleast not enough to matter. But I hold the heat gun and an angle at a distance the main stream of hot air stays within the width of the limb, let’s say 2-3” away from the limb. And I keep the heat gun moving. Not very fast but I bough to warm the wood. I’ll generally keep on each limb for about 30-60 min depending on the wood and how quick it’s soaking up the heat. Once I can’t hold balmy hand on the belly and the back is hot I’ll bring the heat gun closer and move it slower so i scorch the belly a little. It generally takes a few passes to get the color I want. By constantly moving the gun the back doesn’t get near as much rebound heat and most of it dissipates before it does any harm. I hope this makes sense.

Kyle

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