tru-oil question

[rmorris]

How many coats do you who use it put on the back and belly of fiberglass limbs?  I assume too many coats will cause horizontal cracking in the finish.

[Canadabowyer]

I have used 8-10 coats and never had any cracking of any kind.  Bob

[rmorris]

Bob, thanks, also how much prep work do you do to the glass? Do you remove the factory finish, just rough it up or just clean it up with alcohol first?

[macbow]

I use a lot of Tru-oil on my wood bows.
If I were doing the glass bows I'd use Tru-oil on the wood surfaces on the riser then do the limbs and the riser with some spray poly etc. I just don't feel the Tru-oil will be very scratch resistant in the glass.

[Canadabowyer]

I sand the wood and glass to 220. You want to remove all the shiny part of the glass, it is a release agent used in the manufacturing process and no finish will stick to it very well.Mack is right, its not a tough finish but I have bows over 10 years old and have had no problems with dings or scratches.Also if you did ding it, its very easy to do a refinish. Thats not so easy with an epoxy finish.Apply the thinnest coat you can and let it dry completely. I put it in my bow oven at 100 f.for a couple hours.Then smooth with #000 steel wool. After about 4 coats switch to #0000 steel wool.If you want a non shiny finish, rub it out with #0000 steel wool till you like it and then wax it with good paste wax. Bob