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- Thu May 08, 2014 1:10 pm
- Forum: The Ozbow Trade Blanket
- Topic: Starting a shop
- Replies: 57
- Views: 14985
Re: Starting a shop
Hey All First, to the guy opening the shop, awesome idea and I really hope it works out. So great to be able to browse local craftsmens' goods in the one place! I hope people don't take what I'm about to say the wrong way, I'm a lawyer and this forum has helped me out with building arrows, so I thou...
- Tue Apr 22, 2014 9:26 pm
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: Arrow making - seal/finish/laquer etc.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1746
Re: Arrow making - seal/finish/laquer etc.
Sorry Trad you do mean Minwax right, Miniwax is just a typo and not a different product?
- Tue Apr 22, 2014 9:23 pm
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: Arrow making - seal/finish/laquer etc.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1746
Re: Arrow making - seal/finish/laquer etc.
Awesome thanks Trad, I'll go grab a tin at Bunnings. Any specific type?
- Tue Apr 22, 2014 9:05 pm
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: Arrow making - seal/finish/laquer etc.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1746
Re: Arrow making - seal/finish/laquer etc.
Cheers for the advice guys. So would the above mix (beeswax, linseed oil and pine turps) be considered a wax and not a varnish (sorry, I'm new to woodwork altogether)? If so, the suggestion might be to fletch onto the raw shaft and then apply the Balsam?
- Tue Apr 22, 2014 6:54 pm
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: Arrow making - seal/finish/laquer etc.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1746
Arrow making - seal/finish/laquer etc.
Hi folks This will be a very amateur question for 99% of you, I am trying to make my first set of wood (POC) arrows and I am getting very confused over the abundance of information on the internet. I have been told that a linseed oil / beeswax can be used to either seal or finish the arrow (I'm not ...