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Offline organic_archer

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Re: re-hydration time after tempering ?
« Reply #15 on: February 16, 2021, 09:12:20 pm »
Overnight for me. 12 hours or so. I'm in the Midwest. Never had one break from a heat treatment.
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Offline Pappy

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Re: re-hydration time after tempering ?
« Reply #16 on: February 17, 2021, 09:32:46 am »
Usually a couple of days depending on the weather, I am never in that big of a hurry anyway. :) I don't normally do what you would call heat treating but do do a lot of heat corrections and on some staves that is a lot of heat and I will give them a day or 2.
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Offline Yooper Bowyer

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Re: re-hydration time after tempering ?
« Reply #17 on: February 17, 2021, 09:56:59 am »
How long should  I wait after steaming?  I just mildly heat treated part of a bow, but when I couldn't bend it I steamed it for about 10 minutes.  Should I wait a day, 3 days, or longer?
 
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