I've tried drywall tape on a red oak board bow, it's ugly but works great. I'm roughing out a hickory selfbow from a stave and looking at that leftover roll. Has anyone tried it, besides on a board bow? I'm wondering if it would lay flat or otherwise be difficult to apply.
If you have a hickory selfbow with a good back there is no need to add another backing much less something ugly.
i used drywall tape once- i will never use it again because as pat said it is UGLY
I agree with the others its just plain ugly. If you wanna back it and stay cheap use a paper backing...like a brown grocery bag type paper.
Good luck
Even paper dry wall tape will work fine and can be atractive with a little thought...but like I said before with hickory, a backing is rarely needed!