Super glue skins or not?

[Art B]

Should have mentioned, light sand in one direction (head to tail) only before you apply any glue. Remember, very light sanding using fine sandpaper, your call here. ......Art

[Stinger]

Got it, thanks Art!

[Pat B]

I usually wait until the first coat of Tru-Oil is cured before I sand if at all. I do give each coat a good buffing with 0000steel wood and after the last coat is completely cured I do a quick spray of satin poly to reduce the shine.
  Keep a damp paper towel handy when you put the TBIII down on the back and you can easily remove any glue that gets on the side of the limbs bufore it dries.

[don s]

i used the "skinning a wapiti" method that stinger posted. although it was done way back when, the skins still look as though they were put on yesterday. i have had no problems whatsoever with the super glue cracking or developing white streaks. i remember doing 7 coats of superthin fast drying CA glue bought from a local hobby shop. then i finished with minwax helmsman spar urethane, 2 coats.
                                       don

[Bob Morrison]

never have used superglue.No flex at all. I only use TB3 to glue skins on....I would use 7 coats of the spar, before I would use any STCA.

[Stinger]

I ended up putting 2 very light coats of the TB III over the skins.  That dulled the look of the skins significantly.  The detail that was in the design was lost.  I now have 4 coats of Tru-oil on top of that and the skins don't look as dull but still not as nice as before I added the TB.  The most noticeable issue is that the skins overall are much darker than they were originally.  That may be due to the fact that the limbs were a dark forest green and the diamondback skins were fairly thin.  I plan on another 2-3 coats of Tru-oil and then a layer of satin poly to knock the glare down.  The outcome is still very nice, just a little darker and not as sharp as I expected.  If I do another set of limbs, I don't think I will put the TB III over the skins.  I think I will try going straight to Tru-oil.