Ipe and Helmsman

[lesken2011]

The bullseye shellac comes in a clear and amber. When I wanted to enhance the yellow in some yellow heart tips on a recent bow I used the amber. Otherwise I generally use the clear.

[bubby]

i've built a few epe bows and spray poly worked just fine, Bub

[randman]

I recently had a poly problem with my trade bow. Took a week to dry. I wish I had thought of the shellac (I usually keep some spray shellac around but I had run out not long before). I've thought of trying spray lacquer. I get colored tinted lacquer for guitar finishes but I began to think I might get the tiny lacquer cracks that old guitars get after they have been taken in and out of warm and cold areas. That might only be a problem on maybe a hunting bow as target bows don't usually get exposed to the conditions a hunter would be.
Any thoughts or experience that RBLusthaus? Or anyone else who uses laquer?

[RBLusthaus]

I have not had the laquer "craze" (is that the right word), but I keep the bows covered in paste wax before going into the woods.  Not sure it gives me any extra long term protection, but I feel the wax keeps more moisture from penetrating than would otherwise be the case. 

Russ