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Offline kid bow

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Sinew question
« on: April 21, 2016, 01:19:25 pm »
Best way to dry sinew aaaaaaand go!
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Offline Ed Brooks

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Re: Sinew question
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2016, 01:44:34 pm »
Lay it out flat on a board and let it dry, I have hung it over a rope but don't like it bent in half when dried. Ed
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Sinew question
« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2016, 02:22:49 pm »
I like to hang them like socks on a wash line, then let a fan work them over for a few days. It doesn't take long.
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Offline High-Desert

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Re: Sinew question
« Reply #3 on: April 21, 2016, 02:36:01 pm »
I've always laid them on wax paper, and rotated them occasionally. No matter the method, Rotate them. Even hanging them from a string, the area contacting the string will dry slower. The most important thing is location.......AWAY FROM DOGS!

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Offline kid bow

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Re: Sinew question
« Reply #4 on: April 21, 2016, 02:48:57 pm »
I've always laid them on wax paper, and rotated them occasionally. No matter the method, Rotate them. Even hanging them from a string, the area contacting the string will dry slower. The most important thing is location.......AWAY FROM DOGS!

Eric
lol I was just about to say that would a food dehydrator work?
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Offline High-Desert

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Re: Sinew question
« Reply #5 on: April 21, 2016, 04:19:32 pm »
Absolutely, dehydrators work great for drying sinew. Although it only works if it's yours, and not your wife's.

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Offline stuckinthemud

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Re: Sinew question
« Reply #6 on: April 21, 2016, 04:43:49 pm »
Wrapped in cloth and put behind the freezer works really well

Offline kid bow

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Re: Sinew question
« Reply #7 on: April 21, 2016, 05:23:53 pm »
how long should I keep them in there for
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Sinew question
« Reply #8 on: April 21, 2016, 05:52:04 pm »
You'll know when the sinew is dry.   ;)   ...and you can use it green if you are ready to use it. You don't have to dry it...but if it's gonna be a wile go ahead and dry it.
Make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes!    Pat Brennan  Brevard, NC

Offline wizardgoat

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Re: Sinew question
« Reply #9 on: April 21, 2016, 07:23:32 pm »
On cardboard in the sun

Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Sinew question
« Reply #10 on: April 21, 2016, 09:57:26 pm »
I dry mine on plastic tote lids. 
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