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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: Mint Hill Mule on June 14, 2008, 11:29:00 AM
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Been dipping shafts in Poly. Is there an advantage to thinning? If so, what do you use and what ratio? How many coats?
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Got this from Arrowman. "...I'm now using a diluted polyurethane as a sealer coat to start with. I cut it approx. 30% acetone. Once it dries (approx. 24 hours later) I steel wool it with #1 steel wool to smooth everything and then seal with GL. Normally I use two dips of GL and get a super smooth finish that won't crack if the shaft gets really wet"
I had asked him what he used and that was the reply he sent. I now use the same thing and it works well.
JAG/Johnny
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Yup cut it with 30% paint thinner, let dry good between coats and sand after first coat. I than dip two more times checking for any of the grain raising, if it does lightly sand(steel wool) only the spots it is raised and dip again. I have had shafts lay out from Feb. into April under the snow and found them and they were still shootable. Shawn