Uukha Limb Refinishing?

[CodeMonkey]

Anyone have any luck refinishing Uukha limbs?

I know of limbstations and painting them, but I'm wondering if anyone has ever been able to strip the finish and graphics and just put a more durable matte clear coat on them.

 

[nevadabugle]

No uukas. But I've done it with other limbs. I used clear Duracoat.

 

[go4thegusto]

A late bowyer friend told me to use the aluminum wheel clearcoat spray from an auto store.

 

[Beendare]

I've painted, clear coated, limbsationed and Snake skinned limbs with the limbsataons my least favorite- lasted a week and I stripped them off- too shiny.

Prep is critical.

My snake skinned limbs have 5 coats of Spray polyurethane over them.... one set is 14 years old still excellent. Matt poly might still give a little reflection of sun....but if you mist a couple coats over one or two regular coats, it gives it a dimpled finish which is the way to go I think.

 

[Shawn Hultquist]

Finishes will react with one another. You will have to sand them down to raw edges and glass to prevent any possible reaction. Wipe down and no fingerprints. Then I sealed mine when I was a Boyer with three to four coats of shellac. Green scruby pad inbetween coats to hit the high spots. Then spray with a two part epoxy finish for best results. Krystal, buff-hide, or thunderbird.

It’s not that hard if you have the patience to paint.


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[CodeMonkey]

Appreciate all the responses. I'm currently weighing upgrading my ILF limbs and was thinking about sticking with Uukha (the new U5 limbs look awesome), but I have had the finish on my Gobi's flake pretty bad after some very average use.

 

[Beendare]

There for a while they were having problems with their finish. I’m not sure if they have that resolved yet or not. I have three sets of them and all the finishes are fine.