Know of any white wood?

[Mike Mecredy]

I got a customer today wanting me to make her a bow and wants it as white as I can get it.  I got the glass and the string covered, but what is the whitest wood you guys can think of?

[K.S.TRAPPER]

Hickory or Bamboo and I guess maybe Ash,    

Tracy

[DVSHUNTER]

Mike, is go with hickory or ash as well. Also miniwax makes a whitish stain that I used on a gunstock that looked good too.

[rainman]

Holly would be the whitest North american wood.

[magnus]

Also there is a white leather dye that works on wood. Used it on arrows and is comparable with poly urethane.

[Stiks-n-Strings]

Rainman hit it.

 stiks

[alaninoz]

You could also try liming the wood.

[Grey Taylor]

There is a finish called pickling stain that you could use to stain the chosen wood white. It is a stain so you'll still be able to see the wood grain beneath the white coloring.
Obviously, try it on some scrap before you commit it to your lams.

Guy

[Osagetree]

If you use Oxalic Acid Wood Bleach on hickory you'll be pleased.
Wood grain may be raised as a result of application of this product. Ensure all bleach residue is gone & then sand wood & finish.

[PEARL DRUMS]

The lightest colored wood I have used up here was white ash. Hackberry is a close second.

[Mike Mecredy]

Thanks for the input guys, I was figuring on holly.

[B M A]

Holly was my first thought or another is Vine Maple.  It is pretty white.

[Sal]

Another voter for holly, its naturally white, no need for chemicals.

[Keenan]

Vine Maple is very white and great bow wood.

[fujimo]

does holly make a good self bow??

[Sixby]

Holly is the purest white.

[red hill]

Wayne, I read a post on here a while back that mentioned holly as a good bow wood.  I'd love to try it, but haven't found a tree I felt I could get a decent stave out of.