Spray on spar urethane finish Questions

[Mad Dog]

My longbow got scratched to the wood so I emailed the bowyer. He said sand out damage and lightly sand rest of bow. He said to seal the whole bow with helmsman spray spar urethane. I did all that and it turned out pretty good for a first timer, but handle is still tacky after 5 days. is this normal? The rest of the bow dried within 48 hrs. in the basement. I then moved it into the house for a few days, but it seems to be drying very slow. I tried using a hair dryer from a distance to see if it would help, but it seemed to get tackier so I stopped. Any ideas.

[BO-R]

What type of wood is the handle?If it is cocobolo it takes a long time to dry....If coco..hit it with spray shellac to seal,let dry topcoat with spar urethane,i have had success with that.
VJ

[Mad Dog]

Thanks BO-R,I accidently did a double post and can't delete it but artb was telling me that on the other post. I'm going to give it a little longer and if I have to strip it I'll try the shellac first as you suggest

[Mad Dog]

Thanks BO-R,I accidently did a double post and can't delete it but artb was telling me that on the other post. I'm going to give it a little longer and if I have to strip it I'll try the shellac first as you suggest