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I’ve used Devcon for Many years. Yes, it may be slightly more forgiving of volume measurement than some others but if you want the best hardness, most clarity, slowest yellowing, and fewest epoxy disasters, why not use syringes to measure it? There are lots of ways to screw up a finish and after all the steps involved in getting to the topcoat stage, it’s particularly galling to screw that up and ruin a bunch of baits. to be honest, epoxy is not my first choice for topcoating metal baits. I prefer moisture cured urethane like KBS or Dick Nite.

I think a “10 minute” epoxy would still be a “quick cure” formula with all the bad features of a 5 minute epoxy. What you want is a slow cure 20 or 30 minute epoxy designed for glue/craft applications, or a decoupage/table top epoxy that cures even more slowly. My standard glue epoxy is Devcon Two Ton 30 minute. Among the decoupage epoxies, Envirotex Lite (aka Etex) is the most popular. But my take is that any brand epoxy from either of these two categories should work just fine. Note: these epoxies all require slow rotation after application to prevent sags and drips until the epoxy is cured hard enough to stay put, 45-60 min for glue epoxies, 2-3 hours for decoupage varieties.

I think I'm going to stay with the 50 lb braid for now since I figured out how to lay the harness after pour. I was wondering the braid would loose integrity after placement in the cooler plastic but it seems this method worked well. Got to field test it and this 6 lber put it thru more than most fish would also landed several 2 lbers and a 4 lber....... as the Guy on the popular TV show "FORGED IN FIRE" might say Bass Stump your worm will catch fish!!! Again thank for all the member's replys!

I' very biased when it comes to plastic. I use lure craft. Not worried about price I know it' a top shelf product and most of all it' a local business, 10 min from my house.

Awesome idea. I'm stealing that one.