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Offline Stick Bender

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Finishing Sinew ?
« on: January 09, 2016, 10:10:36 am »
Just finished my maple/sinew bow this morning to final draw going to shoot it for a couple of weeks then finish , What's every body's  take on finishing ,stain, seal  Ect  not going to cover the sinew but would like to stain the maple a little darker for hunting ? But don't know what kinda seal to use for sinew ?
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Re: Finishing Sinew ?
« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2016, 11:41:16 am »
I would prefer a surface sealer more so than an oil finish, directly over sinew that is. When you stain the maple you will want to tape the sinew off. It will absorb color easily and will be very dark compared to the stained wood portion, rawhide does the same.
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Re: Finishing Sinew ?
« Reply #2 on: January 09, 2016, 12:21:21 pm »

Pearl, by "surface sealer" are you thinking shellac? a paste wax?
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Re: Finishing Sinew ?
« Reply #3 on: January 09, 2016, 01:35:58 pm »
Polyurethane. Add paste wax over that if you want to, it wont hurt a thing. I'm not saying oil finishes wont work, I'm sure they do in ways. I would just prefer a hard surface finish on bare sinew.
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Re: Finishing Sinew ?
« Reply #4 on: January 09, 2016, 02:02:48 pm »
Can you polyurathane over true oil ?
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« Reply #5 on: January 09, 2016, 02:39:22 pm »
Sure can.
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Finishing Sinew ?
« Reply #6 on: January 09, 2016, 03:34:07 pm »
I've always added snake skins over sinew but any good sealer should work. You can add a thin layer of TBIII over the sinew first for protection and to help with waterproofing then seal over that.
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Offline loon

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Re: Finishing Sinew ?
« Reply #7 on: January 09, 2016, 03:37:20 pm »
how weather and moisture resistant would shellac with tung oil on top be?
Or shellac mixed with tung oil?

Finding a way to spray on polyurethane and then disposing of newspaper or w/e used without the danger of it spontaneously combusting seemed much more annoying than just rubbing in some tru oil. Though there's also brush on polyurethane. Tru oil isn't just an oil finish, it has varnish on it so I don't think you have to add polyurethane.
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Re: Finishing Sinew ?
« Reply #8 on: January 09, 2016, 06:32:24 pm »

Paint is an option
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Offline bentstick54

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Re: Finishing Sinew ?
« Reply #9 on: January 09, 2016, 06:59:20 pm »
When I spray polyurethane I hang from the ceiling with a fine string, then nothing to worry about throwing away.
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Re: Finishing Sinew ?
« Reply #10 on: January 09, 2016, 07:22:39 pm »
Nice Paint !!
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Offline DanD

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Re: Finishing Sinew ?
« Reply #11 on: January 09, 2016, 07:38:21 pm »
I cover sinew with snake skin like Pat does, this bow is covered with artificial snake skin with 5 coats of wipe on poly.
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Re: Finishing Sinew ?
« Reply #12 on: January 09, 2016, 07:49:26 pm »
forgot to add picture
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Re: Finishing Sinew ?
« Reply #13 on: January 09, 2016, 09:31:11 pm »
Quote from: DanD on January 09, 2016, 07:49:26 pm
forgot to add picture

Until you get the bow in your hands, that fnake skin looks mighty dang real! Been playing with that a few times lately, too. 
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Offline PatM

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Re: Finishing Sinew ?
« Reply #14 on: January 10, 2016, 08:21:53 am »
Thin bark works well. I would think that just brown paper applied with titebond and coated well with a good sealer would be a viable option. It would probably look just like thin rawhide after soaking up the glue and sealer.
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