Oh No! My warf limbs!

[Glynn Sluder]

Well, I sure feel stupid. Kinda getting around to turkey season here, so I picked up a quiver for the warfer and some camo tape.

My buddy had given me some limb socks of some kind, but they were pretty cheesy. Hard to string the bow and they slipped down real bad, so I thought I would just tape the limbs up for turkeys.

The package said it wouldn't mar any finish, but I missed the fine print that said, "You have decals on your limbs, moron!

After one day I could tell that the tape was too smooth and reflective for big birds, so I removed it, and some portions of the clear over my lettering with it too. Man, I'm an idiot! My beautiful Samick Masters limbs, defaced!

I use this bow for everything, it is by far my favorite shooter. We shoot field round 3 or 4 times a week and 3-D's on Sunday. Have been looking forward to hunting with it as well.

I have entertained the thought of camoeing this bow for everyday and getting another spaceship bow for special target occasions.

So my question today is, can you paint these carbon laminated limbs without damaging them (further) or must I live with them reminding me of my mistake from here on?

If so, spray paint or out of the pail? Will I need to remove the rest of the decal? Finally, could I just remove the decals and have silver limbs or would there be no clear gloss where the decals were?

I just don't want to hurt these great limbs anymore than I have. Help, please

Glynn

[Bob Gordon]

I have poof can sprayed a bunch of them, most flat spray can stuff will do fine. I usually mask off the black tips and the micarta at the limb butts and the sides as it makes the limb look better when done. I also don't paint the belly side of the limb as that side never faces a critter and I like the world to see what limbs they are. Only problem with the flat or semi-gloss spray can paint is that it's not very durable and will wear pretty fast but spray paint is cheap and if your careful and make up some simple stencils out of cardboard you can do a pretty good two or three color camo, just be careful where you set it down in the woods as you might not find it again without a metal detector!!..LOL...warf

[Mark]

I've painted three sets of carbon limbs and they turned out nice. You may feel differently than I do about painting those limbs, but I say if your going to paint them then figure on it being permanent and prep the limbs for that. What I mean is your going to want to sand the outer coat with 600 grit sandpaper and wipe down with denatured alcohol to get good adhesion, and after the Rustoleum paint is applied spray it with a couple coats of Minwax Spar Polyurethane to keep the paint job looking good. I masked out the tips, limb butts and edges of the limbs, Maple core, but I don't think it's really necessay.

[DAS]

Glynn,
That hurts!! I have a pair of Samicks too and they are fabulous. Without knowing what they sprayed those limbs with, repainting them could be risky. If the decal is exposed, the solvents in the paint might wrinkle it up too! I have some very high quality camo film that is printed in Realtree Brown Hardwoods. The material is called Kynar (similar to mylar) and the image is photo quality. I could apply it just to the face. I have a pair of limbs here that I'm covering for another guy tomorrow, so I could shoot you a picture if you have any interest

[Bob Gordon]

You also might consider a film dip, it's not real cheap but your limbs arn't cheap either. Then they would have durable, factory look camo in the pattern of your choice that would last forever, can have the riser done too....warf

[James Wrenn]

I think the film dip would be pretty cool.I am going to have one of my metal risered longbows and a set of limbs done that way once I get to the final design with a set of carbon limbs.It is going to be my only hunting bow for a long time to come so I might as well make it look like one. :)

[CM Sackett]

If you want the original type finish, call AIM at 860-423-8609... and ask them for tech help.

Eric Hall is the president of AIM (the American distributorship for Samic).

You probably won't get the answer right then, but Eric seems like a stand-up man who would get the info... if that's the way you want to go.

Best of Luck,

Sackett

[Cueball]

Where would a guy get the film dip done? That sounds like the best alternative especially if you are wanting to keep the setup longterm. I would be interested in doing the same to my W/W focus limbs.


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[Steve]

Roby,
Check out this site I just found - they do work for some archery companies, but also do small jobs. They are less than an hour from me, but I can't get to see them for about 3 weeks. I emailed for details yesterday but haven't got a reply

Steve

[Cueball]

Thanks for the response steve I didn't see the url.


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[Steve]

http://www.tarjac.com/index.jsp

Try this

Steve

[James Wrenn]

http://www.trebark.com/second_skin/

Here is another

[DAS]

www.trebark.com does the film dipping. I think they charge $70 for limbs and $140 for limbs and riser if I remember right. The film is just ink so after it dries they clear coat it with automotive clear

[Glynn Sluder]

Hey everybody, Thanks!

Finally got back here, lots of great replys.

Mark, I like the way you painted those two warfers, very nice.

DAS, of course I would like to see a picture, you can e-mail me thru my profile.

I think the film camo idea is a good one. It won't hurt to shoot field round with a bow dressed to hunt till I can work my way into another one and it won't draw so much attention at the 3-D shoots. This bow is probably going to do most of my hunting other than elk.

Thanks again, Glynn