Fumed Ocean Spray

[DC]

Thanks Marc, I should have thought about the heating a bent bow thing

[Marc St Louis]

What I do is twist the tip over maybe 1.5" and give that a try.  If it still needs more then I will twist it over just a bit more and so on

[DC]

What I do is twist the tip over maybe 1.5" and give that a try.  If it still needs more then I will twist it over just a bit more and so on

I finally got around to trying this and it worked great! Thanks Marc

[bow101]

Hopefully it turned out ok, looks like a really nice bow.  Probably one of the better ones ya carved.

[BowEd]

There's also a process of browning muzzleloader barrels using a Birchwood Casey product called plum brown to turn light colored wood as dark as you want,and I don't think you need to saturate the wood near as much or using a plastic bag etc.Using a heat gun after the product is applied.
Congrats on fixing the twist.

[DC]

The nice thing about fuming is that the color change goes very deep. Some of my test pieces were 1/2" thick and the color goes right through. If you have to do any tiller changes later there's no problems. I think the wetness may be a technique problem. The ammonia I was using was only 5% so I had to heat it a bit to get the vapor. In my shop at it goes down to 50F at night. This was causing condensation in the bag. If I could find a higher concentration(Simon is using 30% and I can't find any) and keep it in a warm room there may not be a problem.

[BowEd]

I see you want that to be penetrated through.Here's some pics of what plum brown does to shag bark hickory.It only does the surface of wood but deep enough for finish sanding to not take it off.Even if it did you can redo it.Just applied with a dobber and then hit with the heat gun a little bit.About 2 to 3 minutes.The chemicals in plum brown are nitric acid,sodium nitrate,& pottasium chlorate.No ammonia.Hope the pics show up well there are cool streaks of green along with light brown.Not near as dark as yours though.

[DC]

So here's the FD. Looks like the bottom is bending more to me. Need a better backdrop but it was chilly for the photographer

[Pappy]

Nice color, yes it does look like the bottom is a bit weaker.
 Pappy