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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: crooketarrow on April 20, 2012, 12:29:32 am

Title: NEED TO SIGN IN WHITE
Post by: crooketarrow on April 20, 2012, 12:29:32 am

  I just built a 55" HICKORY  54#@26" Started with about 1 ,1 1/2 of reflex turnee out dead straight. It's my turkey bow since I gobbler hunt off my butt. And I let my bow standing againest my truck last spring when a old guy stoped in the road to talk. I remembered about 7 hours later to late by then. But I took the ride anyway.
     I mixed my own trying to get gray it looked good on some draw knife shaveings off the floor.  But it stained  little darker than I wanted. It's to dark to sign with a black sharpie. I've never signed bows with anything other than black. Never needed to.
  Tell me some of the white permit makers you all use.

Title: Re: NEED TO SIGN IN WHITE
Post by: Pat B on April 20, 2012, 12:35:54 am

You can buy white India ink. I know a few folks that use white India ink especially on osage so the writing still shows up after the wood darkens. You can also get gold and silver markers that work too.

Title: Re: NEED TO SIGN IN WHITE
Post by: DRon knife on April 20, 2012, 01:03:03 am

They make white paint pens. Check out a crafts store. Ron

Title: Re: NEED TO SIGN IN WHITE
Post by: Mesquite on April 20, 2012, 01:09:21 am

silver sharpie then clear coat?

Title: Re: NEED TO SIGN IN WHITE
Post by: Gordon on April 20, 2012, 02:32:10 am

I use white acrylic artists ink with a calligraphy-style pen.

Title: Re: NEED TO SIGN IN WHITE
Post by: johnston on April 20, 2012, 10:08:16 am

DeRon hit on my solution. Sharpie paint pens, six colors(including white) less than $20.
They come in handy.

Lane

Title: Re: NEED TO SIGN IN WHITE
Post by: crooketarrow on April 20, 2012, 10:12:30 am

  Can you get the color sharpies in fine point.
  Thank everyone for the info.

Title: Re: NEED TO SIGN IN WHITE
Post by: sadiejane on April 20, 2012, 10:32:15 am

Quote from: crooketarrow on April 20, 2012, 10:12:30 am

  Can you get the color sharpies in fine point.
  Thank everyone for the info.

yes they come in fine and extra fine. water soluble(poster) paint and oil based paint

Title: Re: NEED TO SIGN IN WHITE
Post by: PEARL DRUMS on April 20, 2012, 10:38:14 am

I use all Testors paints and antique quill pens. Works good. I like fine writing on my bows more so than chubby letters.

Title: Re: NEED TO SIGN IN WHITE
Post by: missilemaster on April 20, 2012, 11:32:40 am

Quote from: Gordon on April 20, 2012, 02:32:10 am

I use white acrylic artists ink with a calligraphy-style pen.

  Yea Gordon, Your wife does an excellent job signing your bows!!lol!!!

Title: Re: NEED TO SIGN IN WHITE
Post by: Eric Krewson on April 20, 2012, 11:38:28 am

This letters better than anything I have tried so far, cheap pen, extra fine point, water based acrylic ink. Got a few miles on that bottle of ink, hard to read the label, it is "Speedball Super Pigmented Acrylic Ink"


(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v181/ekrewson/bow%20making/penandink.jpg)

Produces very fine lettering with a little practice.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v181/ekrewson/bow%20making/michellelettering.jpg)