New Horn Cracking Strategy

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hollowdweller

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Anybody ever urethane a horn handle?? I am trying it on my Ganga Ram. It has lots of little cracks all over it, but the handle is very solid. Must be full of Laha. Anyway most of the cracks are too small to put anything in. I also used it in the rain once, and it seemed to absorb water and the moisture seemed to make it softer, or at lease another good crack appeared while using it wet.

Anyway I bought some of this urethane sealer and have been putting several coats on it. At this point the urethane seems to have almost filled in all the cracks and the handle looks like it has a high polish. :D I'm hoping that this will not only fill in the cracks, but also weather proof and prevent further drying of the horn.

Anybody ever try it??
 
sounds like a great idea. I haven't used it on horn only because no-one has ever requested it. Plus the horn has a nice finish on its own. But I do think the PolyUrethane would be a good sealant to fill any voids/cracks.
 
I tried to let some sink into the interface with the bolster and buttcap too, although this handle hasn't really shrunk much. I think the cracks are more from chopping.

I'll let you know how it works.
 
I had the thought last week to use Minwax Wood Hardener to seal it up and make it even more tough. But I dont know what it would do to the laha if it penetrated that far in, so I have left it alone.

Any thoughts on that one?
 
I haven't tried polyurethane, and wondered if it would adhere to the horn. I considered a wiping poly, but went with Watco Danish Oil. It seemed to work on my Bura Villager Sirupati. It slowed shrinkage on the horn handle of a Kumar Sirupati, and I just applied another coat. I had a couple of 1/8" hairline cracks - so small that they were hard to see.

Let us know how the urethane works. What brand and type did you use? Was it water based?
 
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