Found a good hard finish

[monterey]

Or maybe for arrow finish?  

[bow loving man]

Hmm Kenny my bow with thunderbird finish has a nice nick in it.... it got dropped outof a stand too!

I am on board...  I just bought two cans yesterday...  I will still be using my auto finish but will probably spray my next personal bow with the VHT stuff...

[BenBow]

I took a piece of maple and sprayed several coats of vht two weeks ago. I got back home this week so I attacked it with a baseball size piece of quartz. The finish chipped if I put a dent in the wood with a point of the rock. If I hit it with a flatter part of the rock it scuffed the surface. I don't know if it's as durable as the two part finishes but for a small time builder it's way better than anything I've tried before.

[7 Lakes]

Anyone trying this stuff in sub zero weather please post the results.

[monterey]

I'm guessing you mean exposing the applied finish to sub zero temps?

I plan to use it on a board bow I've been working on.  It will get some cold exposure this winter.

I used it last week as final finish on some oak kitchen chairs.  Results were good.

[iohkus]

Don't use it on top of other brand paints, lifts them right off. Bare wood is fine.

[BenBow]

Ioukus I have applied it over flat camo paint with no problems but I'm sure there are some finishes that will be incompatible. One should test it on scrap pieces first to be sure it will work.

[yaderehey]

Anybody know if this stuff will work/is compatible with Truoil?  I've skinned some limbs and sealed them with Truoil and was looking for a good hard satin/matte finish to put on top of the Truoil.  Thanks!

[monterey]

I was thinking the same thing.  We could flip a coin to see who trys it first!  

[HornHunter]

I just refinished a bow coco bola handle-riser bow
I sealed the coco with super glue wet sanded 800 grit twice, put 3 coats of the clear matte wheel paint on and it looks fantastic! I am going to let it set for a couple of days to cure then string it up and put it through the paces, so far it looks very nice, smooth satin finish

[monterey]

Cool, but, as Roy says no pictures and it didn't happen!  

[yaderehey]

Originally posted by monterey:
I was thinking the same thing.  We could flip a coin to see who trys it first!      

Mike, I just flipped and you lost....seriously I'm going to Casper (nearest AutoZone) this weekend and will pick up a couple of cans.  I'll give it a try.  Need to come up with a warm place to spray though...

[BenBow]

I found the duplicolor wheel finish to be more sensitive to other finishes than the VHT finish from AutoZone. The VHT gives such a smooth hard finish and I much prefer it. Man I'm glad others are having as good of results as I have. Thanks again Kenny.

[monterey]

Originally posted by yaderehey:
 

Originally posted by monterey:
I was thinking the same thing.  We could flip a coin to see who trys it first!          

Mike, I just flipped and you lost....seriously I'm going to Casper (nearest AutoZone) this weekend and will pick up a couple of cans.  I'll give it a try.  Need to come up with a warm place to spray though... [/b]

Gonna be a while before we get that warm place back.  My "shop" (the driveway and the patio) are closed pending a warm up.  Gonna be even colder in your neighborhood.

[HornHunter]

Ill send someone some pics soon as I get them,they can post them, make sure you have a well ventilated spray area, I think for the price it cant be beat

[kennym]

I have to get some of the VHT, the flat wheel finish from duplicolor chips. Unless I didn't get a good job prepping for it. It was months after the original clearcoat, same brand.

Did you find a way to get a flat finish with it, Galen?

[BenBow]

Kenny with thanksgiving and family I haven't taken the time to look into it. What I used before isn't as durable I'll get some pictures of the test piece I did and hit it with the quartz rock again.

[bigbob2]

Kenny I used the gloss and a day or so after spraying I buffed with 0000 steel wool and it came out as a sort of satin finish.

[monterey]

I saw the satin for sale at O'reillys.  I bought the VHT gloss for some kitchen chairs and it worked fine.  Ran out and bought a can of the Duplicolor and it seemed to work the same.

Kenny, ya got me worried about using the Duplicolor on a bow refinish.