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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Uni-Bond and steam
« on: February 22, 2016, 10:13:48 am »
I've read a few times over the years that URAC and/or Uni-Bond joints can safely be warmed up and manipulated. This weekend I took a bow off my rack I never finished, ended up falling out of love with it. I cut 3" off the length and needed to add a bit of reflex back in as its an RD. I wasn't concerned about wrecking the bow, it was either going to work or not work. It worked, twice. Just some food for thought if you find yourself in a spot similar to mine.

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Offline Aaron H

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Re: Uni-Bond and steam
« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2016, 11:08:58 am »
Interesting, how long did you steam it for?
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Re: Uni-Bond and steam
« Reply #2 on: February 22, 2016, 11:12:23 am »
10 minutes, I wanted to go 20-30, but knew better than to risk it.
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Offline paulsemp

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Re: Uni-Bond and steam
« Reply #3 on: February 22, 2016, 12:07:27 pm »
I guess you'll see once you string it backup
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Offline Aaron H

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Re: Uni-Bond and steam
« Reply #4 on: February 22, 2016, 12:10:57 pm »
Yea, you will have to let us know how it turns out
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Re: Uni-Bond and steam
« Reply #5 on: February 22, 2016, 12:12:01 pm »
I strung it up an hour later. Shot it bunches yesterday, just lovely now.
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Offline bubby

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Re: Uni-Bond and steam
« Reply #6 on: February 22, 2016, 12:48:35 pm »
Good info right there Pearl
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Offline GB

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Re: Uni-Bond and steam
« Reply #7 on: February 22, 2016, 12:52:25 pm »
That's good to know.  That stuff adheres to wood like crazy.  I just finished a wood lam bow that I put a handle overlay on.  After rasping and sanding it smooth, there still was a little ring of Unibond around it that I tried to remove because it doesn't take the color of aniline dye well.  I scraped and sanded until I put a dish in the surrounding wood and still couldn't get rid of it.  Finally gave up. ::)
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Re: Uni-Bond and steam
« Reply #8 on: February 22, 2016, 01:23:59 pm »
Nice save, Pearlie. What wood is the belly? ...and how much bend did you put in and how much remains?
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Re: Uni-Bond and steam
« Reply #9 on: February 22, 2016, 01:34:36 pm »
Its yew, paduk and boo, Pat. Its the same tri lam I posted last summer/fall. It was 69" ntn then. Now its 64" ntn and shoots much better. It held over half what you see. I'm sure a longer steam would have been much better in that regard, but I'm not a gambling man and a bit of reflex was good enough for me.
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