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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: stuckinthemud on August 05, 2020, 02:00:34 pm

Title: Finish over jute wrap
Post by: stuckinthemud on August 05, 2020, 02:00:34 pm

Hi guys, can I use a finishing oil over a jute wrap?

Title: Re: Finish over jute wrap
Post by: Pat B on August 05, 2020, 02:31:17 pm

I haven't used jute handle wrap but on the hemp wraps I do I use Massey finish, 2 part epoxy thinned with acetone.

Title: Re: Finish over jute wrap
Post by: Stickhead on August 05, 2020, 03:47:33 pm

I’ve put Tru Oil over a jute wrap, and it worked fine.  (Until my bow got run over, that is.  It didn’t protect against that worth a darn.)

Title: Re: Finish over jute wrap
Post by: dylanholderman on August 05, 2020, 09:20:08 pm

i cant speak to a oil finish but i have done the epoxy finish over a wrap before.
i just used 5min epoxy thinned with 70% isopropoyl alcohol.

Title: Re: Finish over jute wrap
Post by: bownarra on August 06, 2020, 12:08:30 am

Just use watered down pva over the wrap. Lasts for ever.

Title: Re: Finish over jute wrap
Post by: HighEagle on August 06, 2020, 11:27:43 pm

    Jute handle wrap finished with Titebond III till dry, Acrylic paint till dry, Some more TB III dry, Then rubbed in some sticky beeswax 

Title: Re: Finish over jute wrap
Post by: Hrothgar on August 07, 2020, 05:48:57 am

A few years back I was putting jute on everything -- thought it looked more primitive. Generally TBll, but also Polyurethane, even just bare.