BIG MISTAKE!

[carmencassella]

So I am rushing to get two bows built, one for myself and one for my wife. After getting my bow roughed out I started laying out the bow for my wife, taping one side of the glass and preping all the veneeres, carbon fiber and bamboo. I get it all glued and in the oven. Three hours+ later we take it out and start to peel the tape off and to my horror, find that I have glued the wrong side of the glass to the veneer! I am hoping that because it is a light wieght bow, 28-30# that the glue will stick to tha smooth side of the glass and I won't have any problems. Any advice on if it will hold? Thanks.

[Sam Harper]

That's a real bummer.  I think at 30#, it will probably hold.  You know what you could do to convince yourself?  Take your bow, cut off whatever you're going to cut off from the ends, and put a dab of Smooth On on the fiberglass, let it cure, then try to pry it off with a flathead screwdriver.  Or, you could glue two of your scrap pieces of fiberglass together and see what it takes to get them apart.

[Robertfishes]

I believe the unsanded side still has a release agent on it, we always sand it off before appling tips and finish. I think it has a chance to delam.. When you cut it to size take the cut off piece and see if you can seperate the glass from the veneer.

[johnny girardi]

Your not alone. If you think your the first think again. I would finish the bow. I have even talked with Gordon  glass about this . They think you could using epoxy glue glue shinny side to shinny side and not have failure.After bow is finisher maybe you pull it back for awhile. I had many customer do this and never herd of bow braking.They also may have never told me.

[Robertfishes]

that's some good news! maybe you will be OK

[Roy Steele]

As you found out the worst thing you can do when bow building is RUSH.

[johnny girardi]

Did this work out?