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Offline Colorado Joe

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Heat curing way after initial gluing?
« on: July 23, 2011, 04:35:00 PM »
I used smooth on to glue a hickory backed ipe together, it has been a few months. Would I, or should I heat cure the bow to set the glue even better before I move on to tillering?
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Offline Don Armstrong

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Re: Heat curing way after initial gluing?
« Reply #1 on: July 23, 2011, 08:55:00 PM »
I am no expert, but I would think, heat would not help after the smooth-on has cured. Don
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Re: Heat curing way after initial gluing?
« Reply #2 on: July 24, 2011, 04:39:00 AM »
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Offline recurvericky

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Re: Heat curing way after initial gluing?
« Reply #3 on: July 24, 2011, 10:39:00 AM »
Per their website, "When mixed 2A:1B by volume, EA-40 will achieve greater heat resistance and improved physical properties." Does anyone use this mix ratio?
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Re: Heat curing way after initial gluing?
« Reply #4 on: July 25, 2011, 06:38:00 AM »
cooking would be fine-IMO--but don't do it unless its clamped in a form--
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