Restoring a recurve
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Restoring a recurve
Hey guys great forum fairly new been shooting longbows and making my own arrows for a year or so my question is I am setting up an old 50 pound recurve for my brother along with some arrows the bow is fairly shabby and used I was thinking of giving it a bit of a sand with fine grade sand paper what is a good easily obtainable product I can repaint the bow with any ideas?
Re: Restoring a recurve
Far be it my place to offer any advice on the issue, but I don't think this is the forum for talking about Compound Bows... There's a section somewhere that defines this as a forum for "Traditional Archery", ie, pre-Compound Bow era.
However, my two cents on the finishing side of things, I'd go at it with sandpaper up to wet & dry, then seal with standard spray sealant, giving it plenty of time to set before handling properly. If you can, get a two pack sealant, as this will 'set' like an epoxy, as opposed to 'drying' like a glue or paint.
However, my two cents on the finishing side of things, I'd go at it with sandpaper up to wet & dry, then seal with standard spray sealant, giving it plenty of time to set before handling properly. If you can, get a two pack sealant, as this will 'set' like an epoxy, as opposed to 'drying' like a glue or paint.
Re: Restoring a recurve
Can you actually read where in my post is there mention of a compound bow I did use the terms longbow and recurve however thanks for your two cents I will look into the two pack sealantNezwin wrote:Far be it my place to offer any advice on the issue, but I don't think this is the forum for talking about Compound Bows... There's a section somewhere that defines this as a forum for "Traditional Archery", ie, pre-Compound Bow era.
However, my two cents on the finishing side of things, I'd go at it with sandpaper up to wet & dry, then seal with standard spray sealant, giving it plenty of time to set before handling properly. If you can, get a two pack sealant, as this will 'set' like an epoxy, as opposed to 'drying' like a glue or paint.
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Re: Restoring a recurve
Well mate the name of your thread was:Mrkos wrote:Can you actually read where in my post is there mention of a compound bow…..
I will change it to recurve for you.Restoring a compound
I think some of the fellas have been using a wipe on finish called Minwax from Bunnings.
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Re: Restoring a recurve
This might be of some help to you. http://www.ozbow.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.p ... ng#p111420
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