Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Burnsie on November 21, 2025, 10:03:45 pm
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Well - I learned a new lesson - don't use a Sharpie to lay out your bow on the back of you bow. The lines laying out the profile of the limbs are OK because they end up getting scraped/rasped away. Lines drawn perpendicular across the limb/ bow, and left for any length of of time will leave a stain that won't come out. The black color will scrape off, but it will leave a line. I've worked on the lines, but I was afraid to be too aggressive for fear of violating the back ring. I'm hoping it will all turn the same amber color over time?
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It looks like you drew the lines 10 years ago. Put it in a room with some light and it will even out a little bit.
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Try wiping it with rubbing alcohol. Sharpie ink is soluble in alcohol.
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I do all my layout with a carpenters pencil and never had problems removing them with a light scraping or light sanding or indenting the wood.
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Yep, only pencil for me.
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Sand it all down smooth, its patina WILL come back. You can speed it up with ammonia.
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Or just sunlight. (-S
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I agree with Badger.
It looks like a tan line
Exposure to sunlight will darken it
Bjrogg
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When I retiller an aged bow and leave light areas it doesn't take these areas more than a year or so to blend right back in.
The dark area of your osage back is very thin, a light sanding will lighten it some to match the stripes with out violating a ring.
Clorox will darken the stipes as well.