So I am scrounging through my scraps looking for overlay material to match this bow I am working on. Found enough wood to match and I wanted black against the limb. We all know how much easier it is to blend fiberglass than phenolic so I was looking at some old black glass scraps. Found a good piece and stuck everything on. Last night I started blending the overlays and to my dismay I can see fibers in the black glass. I guess this was some uni-weft or core tuff. I tried a black sharpie and india ink to color the fibers but no good. Now I get to sand the overlays off and start over. It's a good thing I build bows just because it's fun and theriputic!
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Awe Man thats too bad, that is still a cool looking bow though.
Mark
I feel your pain Mike. I've done many stupid things that caused me lots of extra work. Hang in there.
Your not alone out there, Mike:)
Dang I hate that! Because it caused you extra work AND I just put uls on one!
Thanks Bodork - I thought I was the only one that did stupid stuff and ended up starting over!!
Mike you're not alone Bud.
feel your pain too [from experience!]
Hang in there buddy, it will all come together...eventually! ;)
I'm thinking that's uniweft glass.. and yes I have done that too.. i have had no problems using 030 sanded both sides core tuff glass for overlays and tips.
Ditto on the core tuff.