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Yew billets belly drop build with sinew backing.
superdav95:
--- Quote from: Selfbowman on January 28, 2024, 02:43:56 pm ---My experience with sinew and tb3 has is it takes for ever to dry. But I only did one so don’t count on my experience.!🤠and by the way I was laughing my butt off at your trying the chew thing. I’m sure it worked 5000 years ago and would work today but why and if those guys had the knowledge of today they might do it differently. 🤠enjoying Dave
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Lol. Glad you are enjoying the visual. I couldn’t do it. I guess if I was Hungry enough. 😂
Gordon:
Dave. I have experience with epoxy-based finishes. On the plus side they are extremely durable and weather resistant. On the negative side, unless you have a properly ventilated spray booth, application is difficult and seamless spot repairs are nearly impossible to perform. For me, the negatives outweigh the positives.
superdav95:
--- Quote from: Gordon on January 29, 2024, 12:03:08 pm ---Dave. I have experience with epoxy-based finishes. On the plus side they are extremely durable and weather resistant. On the negative side, unless you have a properly ventilated spray booth, application is difficult and seamless spot repairs are nearly impossible to perform. For me, the negatives outweigh the positives.
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Ya figured that. Thanks Gordon. I’ve tried one bow finished with a home made version epoxy spray and the finish was less then desired as far as asthetics. Your right though it is very hard and durable. I got a lot of bleeding and blending of Colors when I tried it. I posted the end result here last year and it was just ok. Bow wasn’t ruined or anything but I obviously need to play around with my thicknesses I suspect. I made mine using 2 part epoxy ea40 then added acetone to thin. What mixes have you tried?
Gordon:
I've used Thunderbird Epoxy Bow Finish. I've not experienced any issues with bleeding, but you really need to spray it on to get the best results. After the finish is applied you can buff it out just like Tru-Oil and it makes a very nice and durable finish. But spot repairs are nearly impossible. If you care about aesthetics (and I do), then you need to remove the old finish, make your repair and refinish the bow. After having to do that a few times, I went back to my old standby Tru-Oil - people are always banging up their bows and want them repaired...
superdav95:
--- Quote from: Gordon on January 29, 2024, 06:21:10 pm ---I've used Thunderbird Epoxy Bow Finish. I've not experienced any issues with bleeding, but you really need to spray it on to get the best results. After the finish is applied you can buff it out just like Tru-Oil and it makes a very nice and durable finish. But spot repairs are nearly impossible. If you care about aesthetics (and I do), then you need to remove the old finish, make your repair and refinish the bow. After having to do that a few times, I went back to my old standby Tru-Oil - people are always banging up their bows and want them repaired...
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Awesome thanks. I may see about getting some of this to try it out.
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