From: sticshooter
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Date: 12-Dec-17 |
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Picked up a longbow and it's home made bow and really not that bad. BUT the finish is awful. It looks like poly and it looks THICK! I was wondering if there is a stripper I can use to remove it with ruining the glass?<><
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From: Mountain Man
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Date: 12-Dec-17 |
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Frank Ive never done it on a bow but ive striped finish off gun stocks with glass bedding using Easyoff oven cleaner Im sure someone here will chime in but it was the only thing that would take the heavy cosmoleen out of the wood on a M1 Garand or 1903
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From: Dogman
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Date: 12-Dec-17 |
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I'll be watching this but all the strippers that I know of will also eat the resin on the fiberglass.
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From: sticshooter
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Date: 12-Dec-17 |
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Thanks guys that's what I was afraid of. So sanding it is the only way?I HATE SANDING!<><
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From: fdp
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Date: 12-Dec-17 |
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I scrape ALL bows that I refinish. Not a fan of chemical strippers on glued together bows.
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From: bodymanbowyer
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Date: 12-Dec-17 |
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I sand them. It's what I do beat, sand and paint. Oh we're talking bows,so leave out the beating :-) JF
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From: Lowcountry
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Date: 12-Dec-17 |
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I think I've seen where George or Phil or one of the guys that do a lot of refinishing, post on here where he uses the back of his pocket knife, held perpendicular to the bow, to scrape off the worst of the finish. After that, he uses sandpaper to remove the rest of the finish.
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From: Sixby
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Date: 12-Dec-17 |
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I have found sanding works great. Start with 180 lightly on the riser. SAnd riser and limbs with 220 to smooth and then finish. God bless, Steve
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From: KDdog
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Date: 12-Dec-17 |
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Carbide furniture scraper, then sand.
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From: Redheadtwo
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Date: 12-Dec-17 |
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Put a dollar bill in the leg garter...
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From: sticshooter
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Date: 12-Dec-17 |
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this has some real thick stuff on it...... looks poured on lol.<><
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From: unhinged
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Date: 13-Dec-17 |
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Don't use a stripper, high risk of doing damage. try a fast flash solvent like acetone or denatured alcohol to soften the finish and then carefully scrape or scrub it off. It will take a while, but you should be able to minimize any damage to the laminate or adhesive.
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From: ny yankee
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Date: 13-Dec-17 |
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Try EZ Off or Formby's furniture stripper (if that is still around, I think it is)
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From: Phil Magistro
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Date: 13-Dec-17 |
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I'm with fdp -scrape and sand but don't use chemical strippers as a rule. I mainly use utility knife and razor blades but also do use an old pocket knife with a short blade. On most two part finishes acetone or denatured alcohol won't touch them. In fact, to remove old paint I use rags and acetone or lacquer thinner and a lot of elbow grease. Removes the paint and won't do anything to the original finish.
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From: Shifty
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Date: 13-Dec-17 |
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Scrap& sand!
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From: Jeff Durnell
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Date: 13-Dec-17 |
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Scrape and sand. I use various cabinet scrapers with burnished/curled edges that take it down relatively quick.
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From: Chas
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Date: 13-Dec-17 |
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Not sure if it's a good way or not but I use a palm sander with 100, 200, 300 grit.
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From: unhinged
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Date: 13-Dec-17 |
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Lots of agressive sugestions. O.P. said it's a homemade Bow with thick poly. Denatured Alcohol will take that off lickety-split.
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From: sticshooter
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Date: 13-Dec-17 |
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wow thanks guys for all the help. I have a palm sander. I may try the Denatured Alcohol on a test area. the fish is Thick and I'll try and get a pic of the finish to show it. right now in shop and taking a break shooting this wreck here it is lol.<><
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