My new restoration project

[Novaln1975]

The previous owner told me that the bow was part of the Hugh Savage collection. Anybody heard of him?

-Simon

[Novaln1975]

I just had the time to precision sand around the silkscreens today.



-Simon

[Gray Wolf]

Simon very nice work. How did you get that close to the silkscreens?
Mike

[Novaln1975]

Gary

Since the silkscreens are not that nice to start with, I am testing two different techniques.

For the Alaskan silk screen, I actually scratched off the old varnish with a knife. The good side to this technique is that it is fairly easy to get real close to the print. The bad side is that there is no feathering. I hope the new varnish will blend in and that the «step» will even out smoothly.

For the patent silk screen, I used 150 grit sandpaper folded in 4 and used the «fold» to carefully countour the logo. There is some feathering here.

I believe that the salvaged logos look better on darker fiberglass bows, The yellowing of the varnish does not show very much on black for example but would show very well on white. On the 59 Grizzly, I did not salvage the logo on the green limb for this reason. The yellowing of the varnish really stood out around the logo.

[yellow bow]

looking good  

[CrookedStick]

That looks great!

But I don't know if I am more impressed with the bow, or more impressed that you are not stuck to it from applying the finish to the riser!    

Bernie

[Novaln1975]

The sandwich bag is still stuck on my forehead.

-Simon

[Gray Wolf]

Simon I used super glue on a hickory self bow as you did for a backing.Then put Tru-Oil finish over that. When finished you couldn't tell any difference between the back and the belly as far as the finish.
Mike

[Novaln1975]

Mike

So Tru-Oil would give a darker result than Minwax Wipe-On Poly then.

I don't know if different types of wood reacts differently or not but, on what I think is mahogany, Krazyglue gives a darker result than Minwax. I tested the two side by side. t's very obvious. It is as if Krazyglue penetrated the wood deeper than the Minwax.

I should have taken a pic of the test...

-Simon

[Jeremy]

The CA glue will penetrate the wood more than the poly.  I've taken to putting a washcoat of shellac to highlight the grain and seal the wood, then finish as normal.  TruOil, CA glue, shellac and Danish oil will all give you the darker result (on dark wood) than poly... they all penetrate the wood much more and are compatible with the poly top coats (though it's still best to put a wash coat of shellac over the Danish oil before the poly).

You should see what they do for bird's eye or quilted maple!  

Excellent job so far!  Your sanding job around the silkscreens is second to none!!

[Howattfan]

Simon,

Great work!  I find that Minwax Poly makes the wood fairly darker on the bows I have refinished.  That bow is going to look really nice.  

Dave

[Gray Wolf]

Simon my only experience is with the one selfbow as far as using the CA glue then putting the Tru-Oil on as a finish.The hickory being a white wood really didn't darken very much at all.
Mike

[d. ward]

99% of super glues or CA if you like are made to penetrate or draw themselves into a gap.A wicking kind of action.420 is formulated to wick and fill up to .002 gap.The super glue draws itself into the pours of the wood much deeper then a finishing product does.bd