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Offline DuBois

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sinew wraps...before or after tru-oil finish???
« on: August 16, 2013, 11:01:56 pm »
Hi there,
I am near finishing stage of an osage self bow that has 3 places I want to wrap with sinew for security (grub hole and 2 nail holes).
Should I finish with tru-oil first or after the sinew dries?
Thanks, Doob

Offline Weylin

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Re: sinew wraps...before or after tru-oil finish???
« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2013, 11:21:47 pm »
I'd put the sinew on first and then the truoil to protect it.

Offline Pat B

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Re: sinew wraps...before or after tru-oil finish???
« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2013, 11:36:13 pm »
Likewise.  ;)
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Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: sinew wraps...before or after tru-oil finish???
« Reply #3 on: August 16, 2013, 11:55:32 pm »
Yup, after.  The one time I did sinew wraps, I even roughed up the would a touch with some 100 grit sandpaper where the wraps would cover. 
"The bow is the old first lyre,
the mono chord, the initial rune of fine art
The humanities grew out from archery as a flower from a seed
No sooner did the soft, sweet note of the bow-string charm the ear of genius than music was born, and from music came poetry and painting and..." Maurice Thompso

Offline DuBois

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Re: sinew wraps...before or after tru-oil finish???
« Reply #4 on: August 17, 2013, 12:53:18 am »
OK, thanks again. Will go with sinew first.