Finishing

[BowEd]

I din't think it's needed Chris.I spray mine in the tractor shed.Gotta be out of the wind though.Spray gun from a garage sale cheap hooked up to my air compressor.
A spray booth would be nice though.Especially a heated one to use in the winter too.

[Dances with squirrels]

I'd like to have a spray booth too. Been trying to think of a way to do it here, but space is limited. Usually I just spray it in the garage and then move it to a dust free area to dry.

[PEARL DRUMS]

I've seen glass guys use a corner of the shop and build a simple 2 wall closet sized deal. I have the compressor and space. Just need a gun and some TBird to practice with.

[Selfbowman]

I go to 120-150 0000 steel wool 4 coats to of true oil. You want more than that spend $6 on true oil and get it where you want it. Otherwise $50 a coat. You want to see your self $1000. Selfbows need to be rubbed by its shooter. That's what I think. Does that make me lazy? . Oh well. Arvin

[BowEd]

I'm really lazy Arvin with lacquer.Takes me all of a half hour to put finish on.

[mikekeswick]

I get a local custom car painter to do my glass bows. Wooden bows I use tung oil so 'tooth' doesn't matter. For a lacquered finish you should sand to 400 grit and then rub with solvent and a tack cloth.
Trying to build a home made booth is a lot of effort and money if you want to do it properly. I've made a booth in my workshop and wished i'd never bothered! Forget trying to make a spray booth next to a dust making workshop. Been there, done that and wished I hadn't!

[George Tsoukalas]

I remove all tool marks. Then I sand with 100 and 220 grit. Then I dampen it to raise the grain. Then I sand with 220 git. I continue dampening and saving until the grain is no longer  raised.
Then I lightly sand with 600 and 700 grit.
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