Finish issues

[anchorman]

Finished or should I say refinished one of my bows after I reshaped the grip and riser..sanded it all down cleaned it acetone then sprayed a light coat of polyurethane on it says it should dry in a couple hours after 24 its still little tacky. Everything is room temperature the wood isnt a oily type as its shedua. Was wondering if anyone else has had this issue? I haven't used this finish in the past....thanks

[Flem]

Dry time and cure time are never the same. I would make sure it stays warm and give it a couple of days.
What exactly is the finish base, brand and sheen?

[Pat B]

With some of the tropicals standard finishes don't seem to cure out. You may try removing what you added, coat with shellac first then re-install the finish.

[anchorman]

Well it's deft semi gloss.....

[Flem]

Water or oil base? Interior or exterior?

[anchorman]

Its for exterior and or interior user..not sure if its water base or oil base as never looked to see what polyurethane was made of...

[Flem]

Urethane comes in both flavors. There are many factors that can affect the dry/cure time of finishes. Temperature, humidity, age of the product. Also, rattle cans have extra solvents in them, so they  atomize(spray). Depending on what the old finish was and how throughly it was removed can have a big effect also. All those solvents will soften the remaning old finish, which can get trapped under the new finish. Not letting one coat dry before applying more coats, can have the same trapping effect. Give it some time and if it does not cure out, do what Pat B. said. Shellac is a universal sealer/bridge coat, but make sure it is dewaxed, or you will be very sad.

[kennym]

I had a piece of Shedua that poly didn't dry on so some of it may be a bit oily...

[anchorman]

Well I let riser set for another day and it actually dried real nice. Guess may be patience is to be desired here. After that I was able to spray 3 coats of satin letting it dry at least I hrs between coats and it did turn out to be pretty nice.....thank every one for the good advice ...

[anchorman]

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[Roy from Pa]

This link below explains posting pictures.

Scroll down to Rob's second post.

He has a video posted there too for pictures.

After you select the first picture, make sure to click insert attachment 1 over to the right.

For more pictures it would be insert attachment 2,3, 4, etc.

After inserting an attachment, hit the enter key twice to put separation between them.

http://www.tradgang.com/tgsmf/index.php?topic=160865.0

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After you click insert attachment 1.

If you click preview, there will be no picture shown.

All It will say is, [ Attachment has not been uploaded yet ]

[Flem]

Glad to hear it Anchorman! Finish issues suck. Someone should do a finish along.

[anchorman]

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