Applying rubber coating to limbs

pdislow · Post by **pdislow** » Sun Nov 22, 2009 7:04 pm

welcome to the forum!

Chuck Gravel · Post by **Chuck Gravel** » Sun Nov 22, 2009 7:59 pm

bstout that y25 looks awesome. i'll trade you a 2009 equinox fully loaded for that. huh?

Grizzly Adam · Post by **Grizzly Adam** » Sun Nov 22, 2009 8:20 pm

Welcome to the forum!

You should definitely avoid "rubberizing" your limbs ... it's not a good idea, for all the reasons stated above.

bdog · Post by **bdog** » Mon Nov 23, 2009 9:36 am

bstout, those black bows sure look cool,quite the arsenal you have there

christo0815 · Post by **christo0815** » Mon Nov 23, 2009 1:11 pm

Thanks to all comments,

so what I can smmarize that it is not a very good idea to apply a rubber coating to my limbs, because

-I´ll loose some speed
-It seems to be very difficult to a godd finish on the limbs with the spray
-There is the danger that the rubber coat will crack

So now I know waht I sholdn´t do, but I don´t really know how I can get the black limbs thing.

Can someone help? I´ve read in the form about krylon color, but this is not available in Europe.

So if anybody can give me some more advice, I would be thankfull.

Christoph

christo0815 · Post by **christo0815** » Mon Nov 23, 2009 1:34 pm

@bstout:

So you think I won´t have a risk that the the airbrush thing will crack on the limbs?
Do I have to ask them to use a special kind of paint?
Do they have to take of the camouflash film?
Can they apply a clear coat on the painted limbs? Or will it crack?

Christoph

Limbs and Sticks · Post by **Limbs and Sticks** » Mon Nov 23, 2009 6:30 pm

bstout wrote:
christo0815 wrote:@bstout:

So you think I won´t have a risk that the the airbrush thing will crack on the limbs?
Do I have to ask them to use a special kind of paint?
Do they have to take of the camouflash film?
Can they apply a clear coat on the painted limbs? Or will it crack?

Christoph
All very good questions that you'll have to ask the painters. I'd get on the telephone and start calling around your local area until you find someone you're comfortable with and is reasonably priced.

The good thing about the color black is it's easy to touch up when things start showing some wear later on.

I used flat black lacquer with a air brush, make sure everything is clean, use lacguer thinner to do this this is my exomax heart stopper.

Wes

blackjack · Post by **blackjack** » Tue Nov 24, 2009 4:11 am

g'day l also own a y25 no.191 you have the dearest & rarest excalibur made l'd keep it original just buy a vortex or similar or another set of limbs but if your only going to dip or paint them then spare limbs is the go...regards frank

christo0815 · Post by **christo0815** » Tue Nov 24, 2009 2:37 pm

Yeah, I tried to contct the excalibur customer service for a new set of limbs, but they didn´t reply to me.

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