Camo cloth under clear glass on limbs??

[Shredd]

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       Thanks Bro....

[skeaterbait]

The Hunter epoxy may be better suited for this because it is thinner than smooth on... 

I hear a bit of talk about Hunter epoxy but I can't seem to find a price on it. How does it compare to EA 40?

[Crooked Stic]

Rosewood has it. I think $80 for quart of resin and pint of hardener. Probably good stuff but I aint changing till I have a reason. If you work the Smooth on in it will soak in the cloth.

[Flem]

  Here is one I did when I started making bows...

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Thats very cool looking!
Good thing I was not around when you were thinking of doing that. Shows what I know

[skeaterbait]

Rosewood has it. I think $80 for quart of resin and pint of hardener. Probably good stuff but I aint changing till I have a reason. If you work the Smooth on in it will soak in the cloth.

Thanks Mike. I have thought about trying it simply because it's thinner and I would like to try applying with a roller at some point. It seems like it would be quicker, easier and not having to apply pressure to thin veneers would lesson the chance of them breaking. Although, I have not had that happen yet.

[Shredd]

If you are gonna use smooth on I would definitely warm up the resin that you are gonna use on the cloth to about 90 degrees...

[OkKeith]

How would the camo netting work? It seems pretty thin.

Seems like I saw a post several years ago where someone used the old school WWII looking "Blob-o-flauge" and put it under clear glass, or maybe it was over. Not sure... slept since then.

I have been looking at the artificial snake skins Mike has on his Pine Hollow website. I think they are printed on cotton and look really good.

OkKeith

[Bob T.]

World war 2 Camo netting is what Paul Schafer used back then.

[beachbowhunter]

A friend of mine has used the camo netting from hunting blinds successfully. Just be prepared to use more smooth-on than you normally would.

[ty_in_ND]

I've thought of messing around with having printed cloth under clear glass, but I wonder what the difference between going that route vs gluing the cloth on top of the fiberglass is.  I know I've seen how-to's about gluing snakeskins onto glass, but cloth is a bit thicker than snakeskin.

[Shredd]

If you just glue the cloth on with an adhesive it should be fine...  But if you saturate the cloth with resin it may develop a bunch of small cracks...

[longrifle]

Would love to use WW2 camo netting if anyone has any???

[T Folts]

I have made 2 woth cotton camo cloth. I used smooth on. Layed the bow up just like any other. You just have to leave the cloth wider as it does slip a little.

[Crooked Stic]

Thimking about this if you go a little extra on the smoothon let it soak for a bit I would think air the hose a little at a time like you should do the glue will get in the cloth ok.

[Robertfishes]

One of my friends told me Mike Treadway built a bow with newspaper under the glass just to see what would happen... He said it worked. Sounds like it would be a pain during glue up since its paper..

[Crooked Stic]

Hmmm something to read while hunting 

[kennym]

I reckon I'm gonna have to do this? 

[hunting badger]

Kenny's right Paul Schafer used to make them. I used to live in the same town as Paul and he showed me one of his camo bows, it had camo netting under clear glass. worked good!

[Crooked Stic]

Do what Kenny newspaper??  Maybe PA. newspaper with pink tips 

[Roy from Pa]

Hey sticky, nuff outta you boy:)