I've done a nice little camo job on a bow and am using arm-r-seal to seal it up. i've used arm-r-seal a lot and i love how it works but in combination with spray pain it isn't drying just getting tacky, has anyone esle had a problem like this? can i do anything to speed it up ir am i stuck with stripping it off and starting over? thanks, Dan.

I recently made a laminated glass/wood bow with 0.030 cocobolo veneers in the limbs, the finish(Spar Urethane)was tacky on the limb edges and I had to sand the edges down and seal the limb edges with superglue, then lightly sand edges and refinish, it worked but still took about 3 days for the edges to "dry".

I had the same problem with the Ipe overlay I put on a bow.  I used Tru Oil and it took over a week to lose the tacky feeling and harden up.  I'll use a super glue sealing layer on any more exotic woods I use.

Dennis

I think the two finishes are incompatible in this case, you might have to start over or call the manufacturers.

Thanks guys, i'm out of town for a few days so i'll just give it a bit more time and see what it looks like on monday.

It's the oily rasins in the wood.

Well i got back from camping today and took a look at the bow, and it's all dried up, lookin' good. as they say, patience is a virtue.

You can use the finish called Deft to seal up those oily woods, then use the finish that you want to use. Worked for me on Bocote.

The best thing I have found for sealing over oily woods like ipe is wax free shellac spray. 2 coats and it dries in minuets. Then you can top it with something like spar urethane. I like water based spar. Dries fast and low odor. I have had spar urethane take over 3 weeks to dry when used directly on oily woods.And thats after cleaning well with acetone. The problem is the oils come back to the surface before its dry so you need something that cures quick to seal in the oils.