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Title: Who has CAMOED their bow? – I need Ideas!
Post by: Gene Charbonneau on January 08, 2010, 06:05:00 PM

My new Trad Tech Black Max limbs are …er.  
BLACK!

I’d like to do some sort of camo job on them, but not sure what to do.  I could spray paint, but have little “artistic”skill.  Maybe some sort of stencils?

I want it to look nice, not just camo.

I thought of those “limbskins” thingy’s, but think that may be kind of “cheesy”.  Not sure?

I need ideas, and to see some nice homemade jobs.

Feedback and pics please..
Limbs and whole bows.

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Post by: Ryan Rothhaar on January 08, 2010, 06:20:00 PM

I like the "textured" spray paint by rustoleum.  I get it in gray and a sandy tan and spot over a bit of flat olive drab base.  Looks like crap, but took the shine off the limbs of my well used Black Widow (kind of wore off the original textured BW finish by carrying it for 15 years).  The plus side is you cant see the dings and scratches from pitching it out of trees and using it to pry apart barbed wire fences so well anymore!  Of course I'm more into usin' bows than lookin' bows.

I also like a shot of the textured on the handle - gives nice gription.

I did this after I got caught by a couple deer that I think saw the shine.  Same reason I wear a hat...to hide the shine.


R


 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v195/RyanRothhaar/DSC02061.jpg)

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Post by: kuch on January 08, 2010, 06:22:00 PM

i cut out some oak leaves and spray painted a pair of older zipper limbs(yes ,they are the only ugly zipper limbs in existance).if you take your time and plan it out the spray paint does o.k. but it is spray paint. camo dip looks great .

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Post by: Fishers on January 08, 2010, 06:23:00 PM

I've done a few for my friends & myself using spray paint. I used camo green (OD) & brown in the little cans, Bohning, I think it was, with real leaves as stencils. Hold the leaf by the stem against the limb & spray LIGHTLY. Repeat all over the limbs & riser, & use a new leaf when it gets so heavy with paint that it droops. I recommend practicing on some cardboard first (although I wasn't smart enough to think of that initially), & stay away from the grip. I also obviously wouldn't do this on a bow that had a lot of aesthetic value; I doubt it's removable without marring the finish.

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Post by: wingnut on January 08, 2010, 06:25:00 PM

I think that teh money spent on camo dip is well worth it.  I can build a pretty bow but don't ask me to paint anything except a barn.  And then you better not look that close.

LOL

Mike

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Post by: Cherokee Scout on January 08, 2010, 06:27:00 PM

Done by camodip.net, Lonnie has several patterns available, can do it very quickly too.

 (http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff176/srtaphotos/sm1.jpg)

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Post by: JEFF B on January 08, 2010, 06:30:00 PM

cool just dont put it down or you will lose it  :biglaugh:

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Post by: Gene Charbonneau on January 08, 2010, 06:39:00 PM

Guys

Good ideas with the textured paints, and the "leaf" stencils.  

I had forgotten about dipping.

Mike, the ILF riser I emailed you about yesterday,(when you get them on the market) if dipped, and my limbs dipped to match would be "sweet".

John, now that looks nice.

Keep them coming.

Pics sure help!!

  (http://www.archerytalk.com/vb/images/smilies/new1226/elch.gif)

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Post by: robtattoo on January 08, 2010, 07:33:00 PM

Ta Daaaaaah.

Morrison ILF with the sameBlack Max limbs.

 (http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y110/robtattoo/Camo.jpg)

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Post by: Orion on January 08, 2010, 07:45:00 PM

Just like much of the camo clothes offered nowadays, camo bows are to please the hunters.  The Game doesn't know or care.  Unless it's particularly shiny, no need to do anything with it. The critters won't see it if you don't move it at the wrong time.

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Post by: Gene Charbonneau on January 08, 2010, 08:09:00 PM

Rob. (http://www.archerytalk.com/vb/images/smilies/new1226/moped_mazeguy.gif)

Nice!  :thumbsup:  

Orion

Yes, I agree.  I am basically wanting it for the aesthetics.  Just so happens my other bow is all black duracoated.  I am trying not to start a trend of owning all black bows.  

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Post by: Kris on January 08, 2010, 08:14:00 PM

Oh Orion...you're no fun!  Camo can be kind of cool...snake skins are camo and they are definitely cool!  When glass gets old and hazed, or limbs are too shiny, paint, tape or skins can personalize your bow, allow you to be crafty, or in the woods make you feel a bit more stealthy.  But I do agree, it certainly is not necessary.  However, when that bull elk is standing 3 yds. from you on a bright sunny day....

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Post by: Ravenclaw on January 08, 2010, 08:17:00 PM

I have made limbs look like treebark camo by using or making stencils from thick paper and camo spray paint.

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Post by: TRAP on January 08, 2010, 08:46:00 PM

Camo is fun, and it hides stress lines.  ;)  

 (http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa277/DUCK_TRAP/003-3.jpg)

Trap

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Post by: Pete on January 08, 2010, 08:50:00 PM

Flat Black/Gray! Works for me....but I'm old. Pete

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Post by: far rider on January 08, 2010, 09:27:00 PM

If I wanted to camo a bow, I would seriously consider dipping it. It just looks so neat and well thought out.

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Post by: Otto on January 08, 2010, 09:51:00 PM

This one was dipped:  Lonnie at Precision Hydrographics did an awesome job.  Brown Predator.

 (http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o232/Ottodude/SDC10337.jpg)

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Post by: ckanous on January 08, 2010, 09:53:00 PM

Good looking bow Otto!!!!  Love that Predator

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Post by: Steve O on January 08, 2010, 10:07:00 PM

I've got a bow heading to Lonnie on Monday and I am struggling over which pattern to go with.  I am enjoying the pics guys.  Much more durable than a home made spray paint job.

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Post by: 4runr on January 08, 2010, 10:14:00 PM

That's a BEAUTIFUL '59, Trap! Did you do the camo job?

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Post by: John Scifres on January 08, 2010, 10:23:00 PM

http://sticknstring.webs.com/simplebowcamo.htm

  (http://sticknstring.webs.com/102_4280.jpg)

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Post by: shortstroke 91 on January 08, 2010, 10:27:00 PM

(http://i721.photobucket.com/albums/ww217/shortstroke91/IMG_02061.jpg) (http://i721.photobucket.com/albums/ww217/shortstroke91/IMG_02041.jpg) (http://i721.photobucket.com/albums/ww217/shortstroke91/IMG_02011.jpg)Did this stingray over the summer.

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Post by: wihill on January 08, 2010, 10:54:00 PM

Now I like that!!!  Thats really neat with the stencil.

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Post by: buckracks7 on January 08, 2010, 11:02:00 PM

Send it to Lonnie. He has done a couple for me.

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Post by: Mudd on January 08, 2010, 11:28:00 PM

Would someone be willing to tell out loud what dipping a bow costs or is it not cool to ask?

I'm not even considering it at this point in my life but curiosity can kill a cat.

Thanks!
God bless,Mudd

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Post by: EricW on January 09, 2010, 12:10:00 AM

love wood to paint over it. i use the camo sleeves. protects and can take off when not hunting

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Post by: monkeyball on January 09, 2010, 12:33:00 AM

Mudd,
     About $100.00 bucks for a bow,$75.00 for just limbs.

                   Craig

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Post by: M60gunner on January 09, 2010, 12:40:00 AM

I am not into camo bows but do remember doing my SK years ago with a spray paint and stencils that came as a kit. The best part was I could just wipe off the paint with minerial sprits and rewax. Had my shiney bow back. I haven't seen that kit for dogs years. Has anyone else?

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Post by: Dsturgisjr on January 09, 2010, 12:42:00 AM

Those dipped bows look very nice and shortstroke that is a cool design.

For me just a couple rattle cans of flat paint reminds me of the old days when I was a kid getting ready for hunting season. The bow in this pic is almost hard to see.

  (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v328/Dsturgisjr/Ibuff1.jpg)

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Post by: bowmaster12 on January 09, 2010, 12:44:00 AM

is shine off bow limbs that big of problem while in the woods? I just got my first custom bow and went with ash limbs which are pretty light in color is this goign to get me busted? dont mean to hi-jack the thread all this talk about camo dipping got me thinkng

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Post by: Dsturgisjr on January 09, 2010, 12:53:00 AM

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v328/Dsturgisjr/Ibuff2.jpg)

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Post by: ALW on January 09, 2010, 07:23:00 AM

I had cloth camo tape on the limbs of a recurve several years ago.  The stuff stuck to the limbs like the dickens and when I finished trimming it along the limb edges, it turned out looking really nice.  It never peeled at all and was removable.  Just took a little WD-40 to get the adhesive sticky off.  Cost about 2 bucks for a roll of it at K-Mart and about 10 minutes to apply.  Just a thought.

Aaron

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Post by: Gene Charbonneau on January 09, 2010, 09:44:00 AM

Thanks for all the replies.
I am leaning towards the film dips.

Here is a Burl Wood film dip on a WARF bow that Pete Ward made and on his site.

 (http://peteward.com/2009photos/cobraimaging/bow2r.JPG)

 (http://peteward.com/2009photos/cobraimaging/riser2r.JPG)

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Post by: Ryan Rothhaar on January 09, 2010, 09:53:00 AM

Nice paint job Denny.  Just don't unstring it and throw it out of a tree into a cattail swamp.  Might be next spring 'till you find it.  Ask Bill.   ;)

As far as getting busted with shiny limbs.  I believe it matters, but I'm kind of anal retentive about my whitetail hunting.  The camo certainly isn't necessary, but a flat finish of some kind really matters...IMO.

R

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Post by: GANDGOLF on January 09, 2010, 09:59:00 AM

Hey, Rob is that the Riser you got from me?
  That looks REALLY GOOD!!!  :clapper:

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Post by: coaster500 on January 09, 2010, 10:10:00 AM

Gene,is it my eyes or does the bow still shine?

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Post by: BEN on January 09, 2010, 10:18:00 AM

I used the "Limbsations"from  "Onestringer Arrow Wraps" a sponser here. I thought I was getting busted with the shine off my black limbs and wasn't sure if I wanted to hide the ziricote riser with the camo dip?

Anyway, the limbsations worked great and are removeable if you decide you don't like them.

Here's a pic fo my bow and a turkey I took this year from a brush blind:
 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v336/bgeckle/09%20Season/045.jpg)

Ben

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Post by: Gene Charbonneau on January 09, 2010, 11:24:00 AM

Kip

Yep.  Sure does look a bit shiny?
I'd like to see it in person.  Other dipped bows I have seen have a matte finish.  Might just be the picture.  Might be a good idea to check with the "dipper" first, to ask about shine.

Ben

That works nice too.

==================================

Now after all this.
I just got my nice new bow in the mail today, put it together, and DAMN those limbs look great and are a nice matte black.
Maybe I will just leave it alone for now. lol      

I'll try to post some pics

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Post by: Two Arrows on January 09, 2010, 02:58:00 PM

Gene - Here is a home made camo job I did last summer.

 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v671/dco68/IMG_0976.jpg)

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Post by: Gene Charbonneau on January 09, 2010, 06:42:00 PM

HeyDoug

Nice job!  :thumbsup:

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Post by: michigan bill on January 09, 2010, 07:28:00 PM

(http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd352/dixiethor/SnowBow002.jpg)

I had our own sponsor Lonnie at Camo Dip - Precision Hydographics do my shiny old Groves recurve in Fall Predator ( I think that's what he called it) and I have had trouble finding the bow if I put it down in the woods ever since.
Bill

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Post by: Kenneth on January 09, 2010, 07:35:00 PM

I like natural camo   :D  

 http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv249/KenSel_Hunt/Bow%20Woods/dalmationebony.jpg

I also painted a quiver and the bottom of my tree stand with the textured Rustoleum paint that someone mentioned above.  One day I'm gonna send a bow to Lonnie and have him dip it in a Predator camo.

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Post by: Teacher_of_the_Arcane on January 09, 2010, 07:51:00 PM

Hi All,

I bought a pair of "camo bow socks" for my bow.  Essentially, a set of light weight cloth tubes with elastic at the ends.  Slip one over the upper limb and one over the lower limb.  The elastic holds them in place.  At that time they cost me about $4.

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Post by: Kenneth on January 09, 2010, 08:10:00 PM

I forgot about a buddy of mine, he has something like that on his recurve limbs except they're like a 3D leafy suit.

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Post by: George D. Stout on January 09, 2010, 08:26:00 PM

I just spray my bows with satin clear 8^).  They are already camo....brown and black.

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Post by: knobby on January 09, 2010, 08:56:00 PM

I've used the cloth camo tape for quite a few years. It sticks well, the residue comes off easily with "Goof-off", and the tape really protects the limbs from scratches. I like it alot.

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Post by: JimB on January 09, 2010, 09:40:00 PM

(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a140/jbrandenburg/Bows001.jpg)

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Post by: TradBowyer on January 09, 2010, 10:27:00 PM

another shout out for Lonnie

 (http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b252/timduvall/camobow.jpg)

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Post by: tippit on January 09, 2010, 11:17:00 PM

I just lightly spray the backs of my limbs almost transparent to take the shine off.  I like it to look like a shadow...Doc

  (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v110/tippit/MorrisonSprayedFoamCoreLimbs002.jpg)

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Post by: Bill Carlsen on January 10, 2010, 09:01:00 AM

Most of my camo jobs resemble Tippit's or Denny Sturgis. However, this summer I got some spray cans and did what i thought was a real nice job. Like tippit, the more like a shadow it looks the better. During the season my wife noticed my bow was very shiny. It turns out the paint I bought was semi gloss and not flat giving it a "sheen" in sunlight. In the dark times of early morning or late afternoon I was fine but not when the sun was shinning. I covered the limbs with cloth tape. The mistake I made was looking at the tops of the cans which show you the color and I didn't pay much attention to the label. Next time it will be camo did or FLAT paint.
By the way, those of you who have gone the dipped method, does the finish have any shine to it or not?

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Post by: huntin_sparty on January 31, 2010, 03:13:00 PM

Quote

Originally posted by Two Arrows:
Gene - Here is a home made camo job I did last summer.

  (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v671/dco68/IMG_0976.jpg)

two arrows
Awesome Job looks like one of my favorite camos ASAT!