How much abuse can a bow take. (And cleaning it?)

[boom]

Inclement weather hunting. Crashing thru brush, dust storms. Frozen ... got caught in a snow storm.

What is your cleaning routine?

 

[dkime]

A lot more than that! Haha honestly i just had this conversation yesterday, it’s one of those weird things where i baby my bow but I expect it to go to hell and back with me. Situations like that I would keep it in my bow case with some desiccant and the wax my strings until the cows come home as well as my hardware.


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[Piscatory_4]

Hosed mine off with garden hose after last year then blew off with air hose, every couple years or so. I wipe stuff off that is obvious.

 

[boom]

I’m gonna hold mine in the shower thus weekend. Wipe as necessary I suppose. It got nasty.

 

[5MilesBack]

What's this cleaning routine that you speak of?

 

[Beendare]

Compounds and ILF recurves can take a lot of abuse. The main 2 big issues are leaving these bows on a very hot cars dashboard, and abrasion on the strings and cables that kill them.

Waxing regularly...helps a string to resist abrasion. This wax can attract dust which is abrasive, every so often wrap a piece of floss around the string and drag to clean the dirty abrasive wax off before renewing.

I just wipe my bows with a damp rag. They can take a power wash....but its the drying part that keeps limb bolts and axles from rusting. Many bows have sealed bearings on the axles. The older bows its a good idea to put a drop of light synthetic oil on the axle....new bows it can't hurt to add a drop of oil on the exposed axle for corrosion protection.

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[cgasner1]

Knock the big chuncks off and make sure the moving parts are clean and don’t worry about it my travels in a case or in my hand


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[Rob5589]

Wipe it down, lube as needed. The only "delicate" parts are strings and sight pins. The rest of a bow is pretty darn durable.