Glue for snake skins on boo?

[Tim B]

What kind of glue do you guys use for gluing snake skins on boo? I have heard of CA glue but how do you do it without your fingers staying attached to the skins? I have a boo backed massa deflex reflex that turned out real nice with the boo mottled but a piece of it lifted that is 1 1/2" by 1/8" and I want to use skins rather than wrap it for the fix.

[osage outlaw]

I use tightbond watered down just a little bit for gluing skins on wood bows.

[Tim B]

Did it clear up enough for the color of the skins to come through without changing it too much? I have titebond III but thought it would turn the color a yellow tone when dried.

[osage outlaw]

I used TB II and I couldn't see it after it was dry.  I've used it with rattlesnake, corn snake, and black snake and all turned out good.

[Bevan R.]

I use TBII for putting skins on also. have not had an issue yet.

[Tim B]

Thanks guys for the information. I think the skins will look better than a thread wrap and have wanted to try skins for a while now.

[Josh B]

I'm assuming you lifted a splinter of bamboo?  If so don't rely on snakeskin to hold it down.  Snakeskin only serves two purposes, protection from moisture and eye candy. IMHO,  Josh

[Tim B]

I thought about it and decided to wrap it with serving string instead. I'll use the CA to put a coat of glue over the wrapping and shoot the bow and see what happens. The splinter lifted close to where my hand grips the bow so it shouldn't loose much in performance and hopefully hold the splinter in place. I would rather shoot the bow with something tried by others that has worked than try for a pretty bow that might fail.

[mikekeswick]

Yep, no way will a snake skin hold down a splinter. If the bow lifted a splinter you definately need to glue it back down and wrap very tightly with strong thread or use sinew which will dry clear and shrinks as it dries really 'clamping' the area. The bonus of using sinew is that if it moves or starts to lift again you will see a white line appear on the sinew where there is movement.

[crooketarrow]

  MIKES right snake skins won't add any add vanage other than looks or over sinew to help keep it dry. Super glue it and it looks suckie but you'll have to rap it. Use sinew it's way tuffer than anything else. Plus you can strip it down to small tread size where it's not as nosieable.
  But you could super glue it down and it your skins really thick. Who knows you can try it and see. If not you'll have to remove the skin and tie it down. Python's are really thick skined. But it will mainly depend on the supper glue.

[Tim B]

I am definitely going with gluing the splinter back down and then wrapping over and gluing that as well. I really appreciate all the help from you guys and am glad I didn't waste time with trying the snake skin only to have to remove it afterwards and taking a chance on the splinter getting bigger. I was just shooting in this bow when I heard the all famous "tick" and am glad it was only a splinter instead of separation of the boo. I really like the way this bow has turned out so far and hope it makes it through the splinter. It shoots smooth and fast with a 550gr arrow.