How can I colour lams?

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How can I colour lams?

#1 Post by woodie » Sat Aug 08, 2015 5:31 pm

Hi all I have a question, my daughter would like me to make her a longbow and she would like to have green in the limbs, how would I go about colouring bamboo lams green?
Any thoughts?
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Re: How can I colour lams?

#2 Post by bigbob » Sat Aug 08, 2015 7:12 pm

3 Rivers and Binghams sell dye suitable for dying lams, not sure if anyone over here does though.
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Re: How can I colour lams?

#3 Post by greybeard » Sat Aug 08, 2015 7:57 pm

Hi Ron,

I have tried the powdered dye and was not overly impressed.

Spirit based stains have worked well on vertical bamboo laminations, any of the non oil based stains should work but you would need to ascertain its compatibility with two pack epoxy glues.

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Re: How can I colour lams?

#4 Post by woodie » Sat Aug 08, 2015 8:16 pm

Thanks for that will have to look into that.
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