User blog comment:Cbachura/Do status coatings remove bow damage?/@comment-4212769-20140803153118

If you use an element Bow a status coating will undo the element damage.

Example: You have a Thunder Bow, put on a Poison Coating. Now it's a Bow with Poison and otherwise only raw damage, the thunder element got negated.

This goes for every Coating but Power and Close Range Coating.