Skins and white glass?

[Jeremy]

I'm thinking of skinning a '62 Grizzly - it's not in original shape anyway and the I'm not crazy about the way the silk screens were handled when it was refinished.  Rather than sand those off and find replacements I thought skins might be a good option.

How would rattler skins look over the white glass?  I've seen lots of 'em over black, but would the white glass lighten 'em up too much?

While I have your attention: what's the new concensus as to what glue is best now?  TightbondII/III, SmoothOn, or Devcon2ton?

[Jeremy]

Anyone??

[Bjorn]

It makes no difference if the glass is white or black. Yes the skins will be  'slightly' lighter-very marginal. Usually the skins are wet when they go on so use Tite bond lll. But there is a thread in the 'how to' section that goes through the process step by step.
How come you find all this time to skin bows and I'm stuck with this Swiss Army knife?

[snakewood3]

They will look great over white. Some of the best bowyers paint their limb backs white prior to skin application, really makes the pattern stand out.

[ethan]

Jeremy, I used black glass on the back of a bow I wanted to put some copperhead skins on.  When everything was dried out the snake skins were so black that from 5' back it you couldn't tell I had skins on them.  Had to get a friend of mine who's a taxidermist to touch them up with a spray gun.

[Jeremy]

Bjorn, didn't say I was going to skin it anytime soon!  :D   I think it may be a nice project for my time off around Christmas, but it'll probably get pushed off 'til Spring.

[Littlefeather]

Jeremy, The white glass color will bleed through the skin and make and colors in the skin really sharp. Like's already been said, many guys paint the limbs white or a lighter color to get the best contrast with the skin. I vote for Titebond 2. Let us see pics when you're done. I won't consider it chest pounding if you do, simply showing you are proud of your accomplishment.  :D  CK