Cotton Balls
10-27-2007, 05:56 AM
#1
Nontypical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: No.MN
Posts: 1,053
Cotton Balls
Talk to me re checking for cracks with cotton balls. I recently noticed that the paint (or whatever it is) on the outside of my Excal limbs is just a bit rougher in several spots on both limbs, approximately in the area where they bend. I can feel it by running my finger over it (feels like tiny goose bumps) and it looks less shiny in those spots. Are these cracks, or just my imagination running wild? How do I check for sure. Has not been dry fired but I do shoot nearly every day thoughout the summer.
10-27-2007, 06:19 AM
#2
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Land of Rocks, Ozarks of Mo.
Posts: 3,048
RE: Cotton Balls
Just take a cotton ball drag it along limb, if any splinters are there they will grab the cotton and leave fibers you can see. If it doesn't pull fibers out its most likely paint flaking.
10-27-2007, 08:37 AM
#4
Typical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Canning, Ontario. Canada
Posts: 974
RE: Cotton Balls
There is also a coating over the paint that has been known to crack peel and bubble, it is normal and has no affect on the bow, I got mine flaking once during a dry-fire.Drove it right to the Excal factory to confirm, they replaced the limbs anyways.
