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Online Terry Green

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Can you stain the glass of a finished bow?
« on: February 16, 2015, 12:59:00 PM »
If not, any other way to knock down the brightness of some light lams?
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Re: Can you stain the glass of a finished bow?
« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2015, 01:46:00 PM »
I did a test on carbon arrows once and they accepted dye but lightly.

Might want to try some spray paint used for artificial flower decorating. Used it many years ago for camo painting bows.
It will go on easy and will clean off whenever desired.

Places like franks had it and maybe michaels.
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Re: Can you stain the glass of a finished bow?
« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2015, 02:41:00 PM »
I don't know..could you use something like TransTint added to spray finish? It's added to lacquer and used on wood. I just bought an airbrush and was going to experiment with alcohol based dyes in it. But my experiments will be on laminations before glue up and risers after shaping and final sanding just before spray finish.

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Re: Can you stain the glass of a finished bow?
« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2015, 03:26:00 PM »
If you want it to be permanent, this will work.

 http://www.3riversarchery.com/Camo+Spray+Paint_i00320X_baseitem.html

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Re: Can you stain the glass of a finished bow?
« Reply #4 on: February 19, 2015, 08:10:00 AM »
I've tried brown shoe polish with mixed results.  Takes 2-3 weeks before humans can't smell it anymore. Edit...This would be applied over the bows finish, not before

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Re: Can you stain the glass of a finished bow?
« Reply #5 on: February 23, 2015, 05:35:00 PM »
Maybe try sandpaper or steel wool?
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Re: Can you stain the glass of a finished bow?
« Reply #6 on: February 23, 2015, 06:05:00 PM »
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Re: Can you stain the glass of a finished bow?
« Reply #7 on: February 23, 2015, 06:38:00 PM »
Limb socks.
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Re: Can you stain the glass of a finished bow?
« Reply #8 on: February 24, 2015, 12:01:00 AM »
Or try skinning the bow. I know 3Rivers has some imitation skins.  Any pics of what your bow looks like now?

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Re: Can you stain the glass of a finished bow?
« Reply #9 on: February 24, 2015, 06:59:00 AM »
I had a bow with black walnut lams and clear glass. I covered a few tiny air bubbles with some water based walnut stain. I started on the glass, then touched up the satin finish between coats until you could not see the bubbles anymore. Be sure to blend the stain with the grain of the wood. I used a q tip. I have another clear glass bow with died yellow lams (too mimic freshly cut osage). The glass has a few imperfections. I am going to try the same thing with some yellow dye. I will let you know how it turns out.
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