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Offline FlintWalker

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Re: Darkening Osage Recommendations
« Reply #15 on: June 10, 2010, 11:47:33 pm »
Cover up the dark limb and lay it in a tanning bed for a while ::)
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Offline Jboyd

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Re: Darkening Osage Recommendations
« Reply #16 on: June 11, 2010, 01:28:41 am »
Oven cleaner will darken it also, spray on leave it a minute and wipe off.
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Offline El Destructo

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Re: Darkening Osage Recommendations
« Reply #17 on: June 11, 2010, 01:58:49 am »
Quote from: Jboyd on June 11, 2010, 01:28:41 am
Oven cleaner will darken it also, spray on leave it a minute and wipe off.

Yep...thats the Lye in the Cleaner that does it...just like the Red devil Drain Cleaner does....
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Offline Almostpighunter

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Re: Darkening Osage Recommendations
« Reply #18 on: June 11, 2010, 03:53:31 am »
Man, that bow is nice! I was wondering if you got the pieces for the take down from a piping/hardware store or if they were from the "pre-packaged set" that I have seen for sale online? If it was the pre-packaged set, then how easy/difficult was it to work with? I have heard/read mixed reviews on it.
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Re: Darkening Osage Recommendations
« Reply #19 on: June 11, 2010, 06:40:36 am »
I had the same thing on a takedown,I stained the light one,I did it with several coats ,I also stained the darker one with the same stain ,just real light,it turned out pretty good,I could tell but nobody else that didn't no couldn't. Nice looking bow. :) 
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Offline Dean Marlow

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Re: Darkening Osage Recommendations
« Reply #20 on: June 11, 2010, 08:31:44 am »
Almostpighunter this was an on line sleeve set. The main thing you want to do is make sure you have your billets squared up as much as you can on the ends where the sleeves will go. When you get the sleeve's the brass sleeve will be very tight. I used flat files and emery cloth on the brass fitting. You will be able to see where you need to file or sand on the brass fitting as it will leave a mark where it is still to tight. Dean
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Offline wodpow

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Re: Darkening Osage Recommendations
« Reply #21 on: June 11, 2010, 06:55:45 pm »
Osage will darken fast  in sunlight. I was chasing down a ring and had to leave and left the stave clamped in the vise after three hours in the noon sun it was already turning. Where the stave was clamped in was still yellow as well as the side turned from the suns rays. A dye might make a change you can't get evened out without even more dye. I have bows that I had to retiller drop the weight and had scraping mark of yellow on a brown aged surface that evened up after a couple years .
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