Did I overheat and damage my back?

[Hilongbow]

Happy Thanksgiving week everyone. I am working on an osage bow and was doing some heat corrections to get the limb profile I want. I overheated one section moving the heat gun back and forth across the belly and sides, and I got some discoloration on the sides and back. Has anyone else made this mistake and had good or bad luck? Curious what to expect.

Thanks!

[Selfbowman]

Probably not just lightly sand and continue. Arvin

[bjrogg]

I’m thinking your probably ok. Especially that far out the limb. I do try to avoid that though. But I have tinted a few like that.
Bjrogg

[George Tsoukalas]

I thought you exercised too much and hurt your back.

Bow looks good.

Jawge

[Eric Krewson]

It happens, no big deal but do let your bow to rehydrate for a few days before you do much tillering.

[Hilongbow]

Haha well my back does hurt but it I can tell you with certainty that it isn't from exercising too much.

Thanks for the advice, I'm glad to hear it might not be as bad as I thought. I will continue on as planned. I still have to do corrections to the other limb and I move slow so it'll have plenty of time to rehydrate. Should be quick considering we've gotten about 9 inches of rain in the last week and might not see the sun again until the weekend.