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Innocente

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Flipping Tip Question
« on: November 03, 2009, 11:41:38 am »
in the midst of a red oak and a birch build, was hoping to try teapot steam recurving the tips.  i've backed the birch with linen, the red oak is still not backed. 
here's my question: that steam is totally going to ruin my titebond II linen backing, isn't it?  i should have flipped the tips before i backed, right?
should i give up recurving the backed bow, and go ahead and recurve the one i haven't backed yet?
if i were to coat my backing with polyacrylic, would it be safe in the steam bath?

thanks.

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Offline woodstick

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Re: Flipping Tip Question
« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2009, 11:59:46 am »
i belive you are dead on it will weaking you glue from what i have read in the past. iam sure you will get the awnser your looking for today.
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Offline Justin Snyder

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Re: Flipping Tip Question
« Reply #2 on: November 03, 2009, 01:17:46 pm »
No heat at all on TB 1-3. It isn't the steam that will make it fail, it is heat. Recurve the other one.
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Re: Flipping Tip Question
« Reply #3 on: November 03, 2009, 01:42:04 pm »
Howdy Innocente,

Perhaps, you could just tear off the backing, scrape or sand off the glue, and then steam bend your tips.  And then, put on a new backing after steaming.

Or maybe, just remove the backing near the tips, and go for it from there.

Good luck,
Canoe
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Innocente

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Re: Flipping Tip Question
« Reply #4 on: November 03, 2009, 01:46:52 pm »
thanks guys, appreciate the advice. 
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Offline Justin Snyder

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Re: Flipping Tip Question
« Reply #5 on: November 03, 2009, 02:38:16 pm »
You certainly can heat the glue joint and remove the backing. You would want to remove the whole backing, bend the tips, then clean it up and reglue it.  Justin
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Offline NOMADIC PIRATE

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Re: Flipping Tip Question
« Reply #6 on: November 03, 2009, 07:21:23 pm »
On the other hand I tempered a few bows backed with fabric and even snake skins, the TB glues didn't fail,...you might give it a try at flipping the tips with a gun, even if the fabric comes off you can always reglue it
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