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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: kid bow on April 21, 2016, 01:19:25 pm

Title: Sinew question
Post by: kid bow on April 21, 2016, 01:19:25 pm
Best way to dry sinew aaaaaaand go!
Title: Re: Sinew question
Post by: Ed Brooks 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
Title: Re: Sinew question
Post by: PEARL DRUMS 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.
Title: Re: Sinew question
Post by: High-Desert 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!

Eric
Title: Re: Sinew question
Post by: kid bow on April 21, 2016, 02:48:57 pm
Quote from: High-Desert 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!

Eric
lol I was just about to say that would a food dehydrator work?
Title: Re: Sinew question
Post by: High-Desert 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.

Eric
Title: Re: Sinew question
Post by: stuckinthemud on April 21, 2016, 04:43:49 pm
Wrapped in cloth and put behind the freezer works really well
Title: Re: Sinew question
Post by: kid bow on April 21, 2016, 05:23:53 pm
how long should I keep them in there for
Title: Re: Sinew question
Post by: Pat B 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.
Title: Re: Sinew question
Post by: wizardgoat on April 21, 2016, 07:23:32 pm
On cardboard in the sun
Title: Re: Sinew question
Post by: osage outlaw on April 21, 2016, 09:57:26 pm
I dry mine on plastic tote lids.