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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: Zradix on January 10, 2010, 11:49:00 PM
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Thinking about a spray can camo job on my bow. Will it affect the bow much?
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it should not affect your bow at all??
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Originally posted by FerretWYO:
it should not affect your bow at all??
Ya and if it does the difference will be so minor you would not notice it
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Might be slower if it is a lot harder to find.
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It's pretty much a physical impossibility to add mass to bow limbs without slowing the bow. The question is how much. Chances are it's so little you'll not be able to tell in your shooting.
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Can't really see it, may have to
go down to 17.2 instead of 17.3 yards ;)
if you're using lead paint.
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In the past decads a lot of people was used to camp paint or socks cover the limbs without any visible effect.The best way could be to really fine tune your bow before and then after the paint job see if the same bare shaft is not become too stiff.
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Originally posted by Bjorn:
Might be slower if it is a lot harder to find.
Lol, I 2nd that ^^
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How much paint are you planning to put on it ?
I can't imagine you ever noticing the difference. other than forgetting where you laid the darn bow when nature called.
Almost all of my hunting bows are painted.
ChuckC
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Yep, your arrows will fall to your feet.
Just kidding. I've done it for years without problems. Even use the cloth tape some years and that isn't a problem either.
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Hope not, some folks around here are liable to be chasing after you as painting a wood bow ia a violation of some kind.
Post up before and afters, some guys have a knack for being a le to make Krylon look good. I am not one of them.
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No.
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It won't slow your bow, but it sure will make it sissy-ugly. Can't imagine why someone would cover up a nice bow with Krylon....but that's just me.
Zradix - Let's put it this way, "If you took Krylon and hosed down your truck, do you think it would make it slower? :saywhat:
You could then drive right up to a deer and he would not see you. :knothead:
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i have camo cloth tape on the limbs of my longbow i can tell no difference in performance with that either
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use blackboard paint that way if nothing is happening ya can always draw on ya bow while waiting :biglaugh: just kidding. but use blackboard paint as it comes in green black and brown and makes one hell of a camo job and is dull and no shine but be careful when ya put it down as it is had to see belive me i know.
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I'm with Rick. If the limbs are covered with stress lines, I can see painting over them, but to cover a nice bow with camo just gives me the shivers. It sure doesn't help any in the deer woods so it must be a people thing.
And no....it will not slow down your bow; well, maybe two inches at 100 yards.
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I paint mine with black, gray, and green flat paint to get rid of shine. Shine will definitely hurt you in the woods, especially turkey hunting on the ground! For the camo pattern I pick up leaves for stencils and get creative.
My bows are tools, and anything I can do to make them better tools is fair game.
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Don....tell me you ain't a dip guy. :goldtooth:
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Don't use boat bottom paint. That WILL slow your bow down.
I used to paint every bow I owned in the 60s/70s but I don't anymore. I used a product called Bow Dull. Probably isn't made anymore.
A couple of thick coats of Johnson's Paste Wax and let dry to a dull haze will accomplish the same thing and you can just apply another coat in the spring and shine her up.
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If the bow is nothing special it will not affect speed. If the bow has some really nice wood you will lose about 100 fps. I don’t know exactly what that is, but ………
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I've used that removable camo paint with good results (no difference in shooting it that I could tell). It came off pretty well also. The shiny glare bugged me. I use those limbsations (?) now. I like them also.
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Use to camo paint my Bear T/D's in the 80's. Never had any problem with any difference in performance.
Only problem was after about 3-4 years the paint would begin to crack and flake, just had to remove it and re-paint.
Unless your bow has a high gloss finish, there is really no need to paint it.(unless it is some bright color combination and not natural)
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If you want to dull the finish, put a coat of paste wax and let it dry, Wipe it off when you want.
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If you paint racing stripes on it the bow will shoot even faster. :)
Spray paint is a good way to camo a bow and get rid of some of that nasty looking wood people put in them. :D
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I painted lightning bolts on it so I could pretend Zeus himself was striking down upon the target. Problem is I didn't think about fires. Guess I need another bow painted with an Ocean mural with a life boat bobbing around. Thanks guys. :knothead:
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I tested an A&H ACS CX both before and after a camo dip (slightly thicker than paint) and it had no effect on arrow speed.
If it doesn't affect those thin light limbs I can't imagine it would affect anything else either.
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Well she never was pretty. Had nice curves though. Here..It's done. Least now "I" don't worry much about the deer seeing it. One less thing to worry about at the moment of truth. A hunting bow. My bow. Reflects on me. Nothing pretty but damn capable.
(http://i748.photobucket.com/albums/xx121/Zradix/Kodiacbelly.jpg)
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Looks good, John!
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Thanks, first attempt.
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Looks good to me.
(http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n217/dave27615/bowpaint2-1.jpg)
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Where is it??????????????
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Nice!