Pat,
If this is a laminated board bow, wouldn’t the type of glue used to put it together dictate the use of heat being safe or not?
Another question:
After a piece of wood has been subject to extreme levels of tension and compression that we put these bows through without any backing, it has compressed the belly side of the limbs wood cells , and literally stretched the cells of the wood on the back in tension….
I can’t help but wonder what this is going to do to the cells of the wood by reversing the tension and compression….
Considering that heat closes up wood cells and makes the wood brittle, and moisture allows more flexibility without damage, wouldn’t it be better to sand the existing sealer off the bow and introduce some steam to reshape it, then use a backing of some sort to hold it there after it’s dried?
I cannot see how doing this Is going to hold at all without using backing…. What are your thoughts on this? Kirk