Wood glue as a bow finish?

[myshootinstinks]

Anyone used Franklin II wood glue as a finish on self bows? I believe that's what Ed Scott told me he used on the Owls some time back and curious if anyone else has tried it.

[bornofmud]

I've heard of using smooth on, but not wood glue.  Would be worth it just to buy a can of minwax or spar varnish, home depot sells um in spray cans for cheap and it'd give what I'd imagine to be a much better finish.

[Wolftrail]

I should start doing that. Have mixed paint in with fiberglass works great.  But as far as backing goes you can use any color fabric on a wood bow and just simply add some water based paint to the glue.

[George Tsoukalas]

I have used wood glue mixed with ashes on a bow.
I would think a waterproof glue would work. Try it on scrap.
Jawge

[Dan Landis]

I've used a thinned solution of TBIII on bows and arrows, seemed to work okay.  Produces a somewhat flat finish.

[Pat B]

I've used TBIII over sinew as a waterproof covering but added Tru-Oil over that. TBII will get sticky if it gets wet so I don't think it would be good as a finish. I saw a bow at the Classic this past weekend that Clint(Scrub-buster) used TBIII as a finish. It looked good with a nice dull finish but I'm not sure how durable it would be.