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Offline Sam Harper

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dying bamboo backed bows
« on: April 26, 2016, 10:52:00 AM »
I did a new video on youtube showing a couple of new ways I learned to dye the back of a bamboo backed bow.

 

Here's the end result of the two methods:

 

 
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Re: dying bamboo backed bows
« Reply #1 on: April 26, 2016, 12:43:00 PM »
Are you on acid? Lol. That's psychedelic man!

I didn't watch the video, but the top one looks similar to many of mine.

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Re: dying bamboo backed bows
« Reply #2 on: April 26, 2016, 01:04:00 PM »


Aniline alcohol soluble dye.

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Re: dying bamboo backed bows
« Reply #3 on: April 26, 2016, 05:10:00 PM »
Thanks Sam enjoyed the videos.
I know I'll have to give it a try.
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Re: dying bamboo backed bows
« Reply #4 on: April 26, 2016, 07:18:00 PM »
Made my day!

Thanks very much for sharing!

Nice to see new videos yours.   ;)
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Re: dying bamboo backed bows
« Reply #5 on: April 27, 2016, 04:13:00 AM »
Thanks for sharing, I kind of liked the sunburst best   :)

Offline Sam Harper

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Re: dying bamboo backed bows
« Reply #6 on: April 27, 2016, 12:23:00 PM »
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Originally posted by Bowjunkie:
[QB] Are you on acid? Lol. That's psychedelic man!
I was going for shagadelic, but I'll take psychadelic.  :-)  Some people who saw the first one I did thought it could pass for a camo design.
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Re: dying bamboo backed bows
« Reply #7 on: April 27, 2016, 12:27:00 PM »
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Originally posted by Buemaker:
Thanks for sharing, I kind of liked the sunburst best    :)  
Me, too!  It took me some practice to get that one to work.  You could probably do it with other colours, too, as long as you put the light colour down first, and move to the darker colours.
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Re: dying bamboo backed bows
« Reply #8 on: April 27, 2016, 12:44:00 PM »
Very nice to see it done first hand. Thanks Sam now I have no excuse not to do it. Thanks again.
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Re: dying bamboo backed bows
« Reply #9 on: April 27, 2016, 01:42:00 PM »
Very cool video, Sam.  I'm planning a BBO recurve right now.  Love the way the sunburst finish looks.
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Re: dying bamboo backed bows
« Reply #10 on: May 16, 2016, 08:41:00 AM »
Great stuff Sam, now I know how to dye my boo too. Thanks !RT

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