Wingbone Finish

[Crazyfeather]

I've made me a handful of wingbones that i've used just to kill turkeys but i got some this year i want to try and make look perty like all these other ones on the forum. What kinds of finish do yall use on your wingbones is it tru oil?

[Scpossum]

I do not think the tru-oil will penetrate bone. You will have to use an epoxy finish or something similar.

[Chris O]

I would like to know also. I want to try my hand at making a couple to give to my kids. I figured it would be a spray enamel of some kind.

[superx2]

I do not think the tru-oil will penetrate bone. You will have to use an epoxy finish or something similar.

I think its also some kind of epoxy seeing some with the thread wrap like fishing pole.

[nitro]

Ive seen people use Deft and others use CA finish. Don't know what works best. Send Mark Sharpe a PM and ask him- he makes great wingbones.

[EZ]

There are a lot of finishes you can use. For years, I used polyurethane, which works, but it yellows. Then I used Crystal Clear for a while and then regular Lacquer (9-10 coats). Finally (recently) I started using a two part epoxy. That pretty much requires you to make some sort of turner that rotates the call slowly until the epoxy sets, although, I know some guys that don't use one.

There are many ways to skin a cat!

[Chris O]

Thanks Tony, I didn't know if some of the sealers would make the thread bleed it's colors

[EZ]

Thanks Tony, I didn't know if some of the sealers would make the thread bleed it's colors

The sun plays heck on thread color. You can buy color fast thread and/or there's a liquid product that I use on ALL my calls that preserves the colors. Can't think of the name, but you can get it from the Mud Hole.

[Chris O]

Thanks

[FullChoke]

I made wingbone yelpers for years and I seldom applied any finish to them. Instead I would sand them progressing down to 400 grit sandpaper then polish them using a cloth jewelry polishing wheel chucked in a hand drill held in a vice and polishing compound. In just a few minutes the bones would take on a mirror gloss that lasts for years. 

FC