Can these glass defects be hidden?

[Kevin Karnehm]

Ive made several longbows with no problems. This is my first try at making a recurve and a couple new to me veneer technics. When I pull the blank out of the form this is what I found. It is on the other side also. I know its the glass because the other side I cut the glass in two and I must have flipped one end for end because the same defects are there only on opposite sides of the bow. Its so frustrating I dont know if I even want to finish it. If anyone has any thought please tell!

Kevin

 

[Kevin Karnehm]

Heres anoth er!

[kennym]

That is the kind of defect I usually see in glass,a repeating streak.

Shows up more on dark woods,don't know if you can hide it.

It is a heartbreaker,but don't know what to do about it. Have heard guys wetting and laying on a black surface before glue up,but not sure if you can catch it all.

[2treks]

Not to sound like a wise guy, But you can skin it. or dip it. or paint it. or leave it as is. it will still shoot the same.
Chuck

[Kevin Karnehm]

Thanks for the responses guys. I've started shaping the bow just to see if it's a shooter. It looks pretty good! If it is, worst case senerio..... I'll do a give a way or something. But this ones target wieght is 75# Osage cores with an over all lam thickness of .341

Kevin

[Robertfishes]

.341 is likely to make a 120 pounder?? maybe my math is wrong. Are you using 1 1/2 inch glass?

[Kevin Karnehm]

LOL Its looking like its gonna be stout! I didnt do any math. I just went off the long bows I've been making and my personal bow is .303 and it's a 71 lb bow. Well so far this thing is feeling like a beast! And no I'm using 1 3/4 glass but through the grinding process it's down to 1 3/8 but she's still stout!

Kevin