Bow finishes

[camoman]

What do you finish your bows with?

[scrub-buster]

Tru-oil or spray helmsman spar urethane.

[NTD]

Tru-oil or tung-oil.

[Gundog68]

Tru-oil ?  Even a glas laminated bow ?
(i am a fan for oil finish, but haven´t tested it yet for a glas bow)

[Xavier]

I have used tru-oil spray, works great.

[legends1]

Ive alway used Fuller Plast.Its a hard flexible finish.Its a catalyzed varnish.Its been used by bowyer for years.They have a add in TBH.I have always had good resolts with it.I have herd good things about Thunderbird too.I know alot of guys that are doing ok with the wipe-on finishes.

[George Tsoukalas]

Osage gets 3 coats of Tru Oil to seal the pores. Then 3 of spar urethane. White wood bows get 3 of spar urethane. Jawge

[PEARL DRUMS]

I just finished a glass bow with Tru Oil, worked great. spray poly is another easy application and it works good. If you have a sprayer and compressor go with a catalyzed finish.

[JamesV]

Krylon Crystal, fast drying hard finish. Recoat anytime, crystal clear. For cheap at wally world. I also use wipe on polly, also a great finish.

James................................

[Pat B]

I use Tru-Oil on all of my bows. If they are for hunting I'll add a quick spray of satin poly to kill the shine.

[camoman]

I used Tung oil on the riser, will it work on the glass limbs too?

[camoman]

Is the Tru Oil a wipe on?

[Pat B]

Yes, I use my finger to wipe it on. It comes in a small brown p[l;astic bottle. Buy the small one because if you aren't using it a lot it will skim over in the bottle. One small bottle should do 5 or 6 bows with 5 or 6 coats of Tru-Oil.
 Use 0000 steelwool between each cured coat to give you a high gloss finish. If you want to dull the shine a quick spray of satin poly will do that for you.

[camoman]

Thanks for the tip.

[ChristopherO]

Cammoman,
I used boiled linseed oil on a FG bow I am finishing up.  The wood takes it very well but it turns very shinny on the FG.  I steel wooled it down and and covering it now with Helmsman Spar Urethaine Satin.

[camoman]

That's what I'm afraid of with the Tung oil on the glass, plus Im not sure it will soak it up. Im sure the edges will do fine and I like the way it looks on the riser.

[camoman]

Do I need to sand the glass?

[Walt Francis]

I learned this from Ferrett several years back:

Store your Tru and Tung Oil with lid down, when stored this manner the film Pat mentioned forms  on the bottom (now the up side) of the container, leaving the good oil free to pour out.

[camoman]

Good idea! I guess then I will always have a full can when I open it too! hahaha

[Pat B]

I do that also. Another thing I do is add just a little Tru-oil to a small container and seal the Tru-Oil bottle and use what was poured out...and don't add any excess back to the bottle.