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Offline kid bow

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Finishes and sealing
« on: August 25, 2016, 04:53:40 am »
So I have built two bows for a couple who are friends of the family. There son has past away a little while ago and he was a dear friend of mine. I want to do a dual stain kinda deal where it's light at the tips and gets darker towards the handle. I'm going to be using a wood burner tool to burn the phrase "for the loving bond between a father and son" in to bow limbs on the belly side and fill them in with a gold paint. Any advice at all for these bows?
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Offline loon

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Re: Finishes and sealing
« Reply #1 on: August 25, 2016, 05:22:39 am »
fuming?
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Offline kid bow

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Re: Finishes and sealing
« Reply #2 on: August 25, 2016, 05:54:56 am »
I think that's what it's called. Light color at the tips progressively getting darker.
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Finishes and sealing
« Reply #3 on: August 25, 2016, 06:20:59 am »
That's a sunburst. Stain the whole bow and use 0000 steel wool to fade in the tip color. Or, you can use two colors of stain and do the same thing.
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Offline kid bow

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Re: Finishes and sealing
« Reply #4 on: August 25, 2016, 06:25:41 am »
Quote from: PEARL DRUMS on August 25, 2016, 06:20:59 am
That's a sunburst. Stain the whole bow and use 0000 steel wool to fade in the tip color. Or, you can use two colors of stain and do the same thing.

Awesome thanks pearly
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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« Reply #5 on: August 25, 2016, 06:29:58 am »
If you ask me? One color steel wooled looks best. Try it on arrows to, looks really nice.
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Offline Aaron H

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Re: Finishes and sealing
« Reply #6 on: August 25, 2016, 09:59:58 am »
I do my fade jobs with one or two shades of stain and I "drag" the stain from dark to light
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Offline DC

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« Reply #7 on: August 25, 2016, 11:51:49 am »
Does anyone have a Youtube link to doing this? I've tried both ways and failed miserably both ways. Maybe if I saw someone do it, it would click in. 
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