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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Blaflair2 on September 15, 2013, 03:10:45 pm

Title: Finish?
Post by: Blaflair2 on September 15, 2013, 03:10:45 pm: How many coats of oil should I put on. Thinking teal or tung oil. Then wanted to put a spray urethane on. Will that go over the oil?
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Post by: bushboy on September 15, 2013, 03:28:30 pm: What type of wood is it?
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Post by: Blaflair2 on September 15, 2013, 03:40:31 pm: Osage
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Post by: Blaflair2 on September 15, 2013, 03:42:50 pm: Also I don't out anything on before I shoot it in?
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Post by: wood_bandit99 on September 15, 2013, 03:49:03 pm: Tung oil I would say at least 5 coats. But I constantly rub in oil. Every month I put on two coats to make them completely water proof.
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Post by: Bryce on September 15, 2013, 04:09:10 pm: 6-9
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Post by: Blaflair2 on September 15, 2013, 04:15:47 pm: Will the urethane go over the tung oil ?
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Post by: lostarrow on September 15, 2013, 04:29:39 pm: Test on scrap first. The poly won't likely stick well in the long run over the oil. Three coats would be plenty for teak oil. First soaks in , second hits the spots that soaked in more or got a thinner coat first time around, third evens everything out . Couple more if you're not convinced , but anymore and you are trying to build up a finish with a penetrating oil. Save the million coat finish for finishes that build up to give it depth, like poly or shelac. touch up as required.
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Post by: toomanyknots on September 15, 2013, 04:55:29 pm: I've added tru oil over tung oil. The tung oil was real tung oil, not the stuff from lowes. I waited 2 weeks, maybe a month, before doing the tru oil. The tung oil was just one coat though.
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Post by: Gordon on September 15, 2013, 08:26:04 pm: You can spray urethane on over tung oil, but you better make sure that the tung oil has completely dried or the urethane finish will develop cracks.
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Post by: Blaflair2 on September 15, 2013, 08:41:59 pm: So I can just finish it with tung oil? And it'd be fine? Any advantages of tru oil
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Post by: dbb on September 19, 2013, 08:41:37 am: Yes you can finish it with tungoil.
It will just take a lot longer to do it.
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Post by: PEARL DRUMS on September 19, 2013, 09:13:32 am: I use real Tung oil on most of my bows. I start with a base coat of shellac just to liven up the grain. Then I wipe on 4-6 coats of real Tung oil. Then after a week or so I wipe 2-4 coats of paste wax over it, however you can skip the wax if you want to. I like the cheap insurance of adding wax.
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Post by: PEARL DRUMS on September 19, 2013, 09:16:42 am: One more thing. If you choose a sunny, dry day to apply the tung oil, you can do at least 3 coats in a day by leaving it in the sunny, warm breeze. Ive done it many, many times. However, in a normal weather situation its one coat every 20-24 hours.
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Post by: Pat B on September 19, 2013, 09:50:33 am: Osage is pretty oily so why add more oil to the finish? Just spray a few coats of poly and 0000steel wool rub down between coats.
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Post by: The Gopher on September 19, 2013, 09:55:05 am: Quote from: Wood_Bandit99 on September 15, 2013, 03:49:03 pm
Tung oil I would say at least 5 coats. But I constantly rub in oil. Every month I put on two coats to make them completely water proof.

No finish is completely waterproof, some are just better than others at slowing down the movement of moisture.
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Post by: PEARL DRUMS on September 19, 2013, 09:58:40 am: Touche' Le' Gopher!
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Post by: 4dog on September 19, 2013, 10:11:08 am: Touch the gopher??? No way man ..no way. >:D
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Post by: dbb on September 19, 2013, 11:59:49 am: Quote from: 4dog on September 19, 2013, 10:11:08 am
Touch the gopher??? No way man ..no way. >:D
:o :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: