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Cleaning your Bow

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  1. bloodcrick

    bloodcrick Moderator/BHOD Prostaff

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    Just curious how many clean there Bow after a long hard season? I was shooting today and decided I was tired of looking at a coating of yellow pollen fron Turkey season and dirt. I clean mine every year but see some really cruddy looking Bows at the 3-d range and friends Bow's. I hold mine under a Hot shower to get it soaking, take a 2" soft paint brush and dish soap, scrub all the nooks and crannies, rinse and dry it with a leaf blower, thats right, leaf blower :moose: wax the string and lube anything thats needed and check it out in general! How you guys cleaning yours if you do? Who's guilty of not cleaning there's? I think ill sleep with mine tonight :jerry:
     
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    I wax my strings about every 2 times I shoot but, that's about it. Check it over really well. I clean it once every now and then but that's about it.
     
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    i'll take a shop vac with the brush attachment and get in all the crevices and wax the string and a drop of Remington oil with teflon on the axles.
     
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    The only cleaning I usually do is wiping the blood off after taking trophy photos. :tu:
     
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    Not to much to clean on an element. But after every shoot outside i brush siren my bow and write it off of needed. The main thing i try to do is keep a lil bit of oil on the screws so they don't rust.

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    Im guilty of not really CLEANING my bow but I wipe it down a few times a year to get all the white carbon spray off it and oiling the screws with non scented oil. Wax the string after every shooting but def dont baby it!
     
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    You let your bow get dirty?:bash:
     
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    I wipe mine down really well and occasionally use a can of air to blow out the limb pockets, etc. If I hunt in a lot of damp or rainy conditions, I'll put a few drops of lube in the cams after the season. Other than that, a routine waxing of the strings is all that I do.
     
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    i wipe mine down and wax the strings. I dont take it in the shower like crick does:moose:
     
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    Mine still has mud caked on the bottom limbs from where I laid it in the mud after killing my doe last year. No need to clean it off- it adds character! Lol
     
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    mine once went off while cleaning it....:rolleyes:
     
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    I always wipe mine down especially after being out in the elements.
    Crick isn't your bow a male?
     
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    other than wax and lookin' her over i dont do much. used too mineral oil the screws now i'll let the bow shop do all that.
     
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    i wax thats abot it
     
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    Wipe it down and make sure to wax my strings often. But that's about all it needs
     

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