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Bows / Re: Sharpies - No Go for Bow Layout
« Last post by Pat B on November 22, 2025, 02:45:38 am »Or just sunlight. 
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Bows / Re: Sharpies - No Go for Bow Layout
« Last post by sleek on November 22, 2025, 01:09:52 am »Sand it all down smooth, its patina WILL come back. You can speed it up with ammonia.
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Bows / Re: Sharpies - No Go for Bow Layout
« Last post by bentstick54 on November 22, 2025, 12:40:52 am »Yep, only pencil for me.
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Bows / Re: Sharpies - No Go for Bow Layout
« Last post by Pat B on November 22, 2025, 12:22:19 am »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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Arrows / Re: fletching maintenance
« Last post by WhistlingBadger on November 21, 2025, 11:47:35 pm »I do the camp dry thing; not sure if it helps, but it makes me feel like I'm doing something. 
I also wrap front and rear with silk thread and glue it down with TBIII. A lot of people use sinew but in my experience silk is slicker and doesn't wear out as fast. Your mileage may vary.
I also wrap front and rear with silk thread and glue it down with TBIII. A lot of people use sinew but in my experience silk is slicker and doesn't wear out as fast. Your mileage may vary.26
Bows / Re: Sharpies - No Go for Bow Layout
« Last post by WhistlingBadger on November 21, 2025, 11:43:35 pm »Try wiping it with rubbing alcohol. Sharpie ink is soluble in alcohol.
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Bows / Re: Sharpies - No Go for Bow Layout
« Last post by Badger on November 21, 2025, 10:46:29 pm » 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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Bows / Sharpies - No Go for Bow Layout
« Last post by Burnsie on November 21, 2025, 10:03:45 pm »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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Bows / Re: Hickory-black cherry-jatoba-black palm, 42#@28"
« Last post by Burnsie on November 21, 2025, 09:20:25 pm »The tips on your bows are exquisite.
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Shooting and Hunting / Re: Stickbow Buck
« Last post by bjrogg on November 21, 2025, 09:04:41 pm »Congratulations piddler. I hope you get a stone point too.
Either way though. Still a awesome hunt
Bjrogg
Either way though. Still a awesome hunt
Bjrogg