Putting lipstick on a pig

[Hoosierarcher88]

Ill have to give that a try. Would you recommend a sanding block and say 200 grit or finer

[pavan]

I like the 80 grit to start, remember do not sand into the fiberglass, sand along and away from the glue line.  A good work bench and padded clamp makes the sanding strokes more equal and efficient.    I count the strokes.  This will mess up your nice handle work, are you sure you want to do that?  I suppose you can wrap and tape off that portion.  I use super fine sand paper on guitars, I have to do a patch on my concert guitar neck, the guitar body is french polish but the neck is a fancy lacquer, I can fine sand that stuff to 1000 grit and it will stick.  For bow limbs 500 grit is fine enough.  I do better with moderate pressure with cutting sandpaper than doing more and harder strokes with lighter sand paper.  If you are just going after the corners and are worried about going too deep you can start with the less aggressive grit, like 100 and then go 200 and finish with 320 or so.  Careful to leave a good lip for your bow string loops.

[Hoosierarcher88]

The good thing about the leather handle is i never used glue on it just form fit and artificial sinew to hold it together just in case it didnt work. So if i do decide to refinish the bow i can just cut the stitch and remove the grip and when i put it back on i can properly attach the handle. The bow itself wouldnt be too bad if the actual draw weight was what it was marked but its coming out around 60-61#@28" instead of the marked 55#

[rraming]

Thought I would share

[Hoosierarcher88]

Thats about right lol. I traded a bolt on kwicky quiver this morning to one of my co workers for a thunderhorn boa strap style quiver. Ive still got to gwt it all adjusted just right but now the pig has a quiver. I may see what leather i have laying around and stitch up a cover for the plastic hood.

[BowArkie]

Looks great bro!!

[Hoosierarcher88]

Well ol pig is comin along. Still need to do the center serving on the string and add some yarn puffs as well as adjust the quiver so it fits properly. Shes starting to look like a half way decent bow, now i just need to work up to the draw weight


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[jhk1]

Like pavan says, you can remove a few pounds from that bow easily. In addition to removing g weight, rounding off the limb edges will make the bow look nicer and make the edges less likely to get dinged up.
Quickest easiest way I've found to refinish a bow (for someone without a spray gun) is Varathane water-based Spar Polyurethane satin spray. I get it at Menard's. Use the satin, not semi-gloss or gloss. I can do a bow in an hour or less, putting on 5-6 coats. I've done at least 10 bows with this stuff, and all turned out great.