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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Woodely on April 09, 2019, 02:10:31 pm

Title: Wood prep
Post by: Woodely on April 09, 2019, 02:10:31 pm

What can you use to clean oily woods besides Acetone. 

Title: Re: Wood prep
Post by: Jakesnyder on April 09, 2019, 02:41:40 pm

Dawn dishsoap is what I've always used

Title: Re: Wood prep
Post by: Pat B on April 09, 2019, 03:03:01 pm

When I do sinew backed bows I use Dawn dish soap, scrub with warm water and rinse with boiling water. If you are just gluing a wood back to the bow I just give both glue surfaces a good sanding brush off the dust and butter both surfaces with glue.

Title: Re: Wood prep
Post by: Eric Krewson on April 10, 2019, 06:19:11 am

Back when I thought it was necessary I used a dilute lye solution on osage. After reading the Dean Torges writings on the subject and his finding that it wasn't necessary on American woods I quit degreasing 20 years ago and haven't had a failure since. I do tooth the glue surface for backing and sinew.

Title: Re: Wood prep
Post by: SLIMBOB on April 10, 2019, 06:22:21 am

We did all of our very early bows the same with lye.  That was just accepted as necessary.