Salty's

I had it manufactured.

Is here! I gotta figure out how to break this down.

Is coming...

Yes many different variants of pine. As Travis said Eastern white pine is best. There's all kinds of pine though and some is nowhere near as good as the rest. White pine should finish out to a creamy texture. Other pines not so much they can be hard, tear out alot, Sugar pine is great stuff but $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ and hard to source.

I hit report as I'm sure others probably already have.

Long ago in a far out galaxy.....

You do realize that even spraying water based paints can expose you to things like ethylene glycol etc in your lungs. Your homeowners insurance may not like this either. Wear a respirator and and don't spray hazardous stuff.

Just be careful there are seals that don't like chemicals like this. Hence why you find alot of lesser cleaners out there like windex etc.

Thin with drops of denatured alcohol. Then use a good camel hair brush with the bristles cut down and draw it across the lure. You can coat a saltwater size lure nicely in short time. Don't mix alot at once or it will light off faster.

And the answer is: THE ONE THAT WORKS FOR YOU. Webster's definition of clear coat: The endless search by fisherman for the ultimate coating for a fishing lure. Derived from clear coatus, Latin for waste a ridiculous amount of time and money looking for a product that doesn't exist. See tackleunderground searches for more information back to 820 BC lol

Should not be using acetone. Use denatured alcohol or xylene first. Acetone is caustic to latex & water based paints. SURE way to have adhesion issues.

WAAAAAAAAAAY too thin. Your sealing your lure with paint thinner. Must smell great to a fish too.

YES it is if you can get it to evenly dry. But it can be extremely dangerous to work with... Always wash your hands before you grab your pecker lol

You need to understand how wood acts if you want to seal the right way. Wood fiber end grain is like a straw. This is how the tree gets moisture to its leaves and nutrients to it's roots. THE OBJECT ISNT TO SEAL INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE LURE. Guys that are dipping for hours and hours are doing NOTHING but throwing sealer away and allowing wood to increase in weight which could make a dud. The idea is to seal the capillary tubes for two reasons. One is keeping water out. Two is providing a base layer for your primer and paint to stick to and not be absorbed. "paint flow". What difference does it make if your sealer hits the middle of the lure? Fish are only going to penetrate a small amount even with the sharpest of teeth. The idea is to seal all the end grain. End of lure, inside drilled holes etc. I hope this post doesn't take me off my newbie status.

GLITTER GUN

Flexcoat lure finish is one of the best finishes you can use.

HAHA I just saw i'm a newbie. Ok I laughed.

ALL Chrome paints will dull when cleared. Why? Because a chrome paint when viewed from the side looks like a forest. A clearcoat fills in between the tree tops and it doesn't reflect as much light in the vertical spectrum. Short of a vapor deposition type finish there doesn't exist a perfect chrome finish. Real chrome excluded.

Sorry to hear. Thoughts and prayers.

If you make as many lures as I do in a year I doubt you could do any better. Wood is an imperfect medium. I have more bad lures on my shop floor than most guys have ever had lures in their tackle bag.

Throw them in the trash. I learned long ago not to sell blems. Guys will line up a mile long to buy them and you won't sell any finished good product.

Or just be like 90% of people out there and don't file for excise while you rip off all your fellow fisherman... IRS doesn't care. Just a few minutes on facebook shows that.

If you can stop kbs from bubbling I bet you'd be a millionaire.

NEW JERSEY I had some put through a spectrometer once about 10 years ago. The company that made it was identified through a database. I know it was NJ, search CAB or the words spelled out you should find it.

They make freshwater too