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Offline Burnsie

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Sharpies - No Go for Bow Layout
« on: November 21, 2025, 10:03:45 pm »
Well - I learned a new lesson - don't use a Sharpie to lay out your bow on the back of you bow. The lines laying out the profile of the limbs are OK because they end up getting scraped/rasped away.  Lines drawn perpendicular across the limb/ bow, and left for any length of of time will leave a stain that won't come out.  The black color will scrape off, but it will leave a line.  I've worked on the lines, but I was afraid to be too aggressive for fear of violating the back ring. I'm hoping it will all turn the same amber color over  time?

Offline Badger

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Re: Sharpies - No Go for Bow Layout
« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2025, 10:46:29 pm »
  It looks like you drew the lines 10 years ago. Put it in a room with some light and it will even out a little bit.

Offline WhistlingBadger

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Re: Sharpies - No Go for Bow Layout
« Reply #2 on: November 21, 2025, 11:43:35 pm »
Try wiping it with rubbing alcohol.  Sharpie ink is soluble in alcohol.
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Offline Pat B

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« Reply #3 on: Today at 12:22:19 am »
I do all my layout with a carpenters pencil and never had problems removing them with a light scraping or light sanding or indenting the wood.
Make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes!    Pat Brennan  Brevard, NC

Offline bentstick54

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Re: Sharpies - No Go for Bow Layout
« Reply #4 on: Today at 12:40:52 am »
Yep, only pencil for me.

Offline sleek

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Re: Sharpies - No Go for Bow Layout
« Reply #5 on: Today at 01:09:52 am »
Sand it all down smooth, its patina WILL come back. You can speed it up with ammonia.
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Offline Pat B

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« Reply #6 on: Today at 02:45:38 am »
Or just sunlight.  (-S
Make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes!    Pat Brennan  Brevard, NC

Offline bjrogg

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Re: Sharpies - No Go for Bow Layout
« Reply #7 on: Today at 06:55:13 am »
I agree with Badger.

It looks like a tan line

Exposure to sunlight will darken it

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