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You can chalk the slots with cardboard and a bit of chapstick(like mentioned) and then add the fins after with epoxy or super glue. If your worried about sealing the slots do so before hand with Smith & Co CPES and a needle. As for Etex and D2T both have their hangups. D2T can be hard to find before its started to yellow but I do like how fast it sets up and the mill thickness you can achieve. Etex takes forever to dry and do multiple coats which in turn can cause more yellowing... however it does give a good finish. Like Downriver Tackle has said before there are many different formula's for epoxies. Etex is an interior bartop epoxy and D2T is a glue neither are UV resistant...LOL hopefully what he's got in the lab coming builds like D2T,dries hard as Urethane,has a shelf life longer than 30 days,and is UV resistant! Fisheyes can be a combination of things...like everything already mentioned it can also be from forcing too thick a coat on. I like to thin my epoxies just a hair and do multiple coats depending on the bouyancy of the bait.

jannsnetcraft? doesn't matter if they are custom or not I want to start practicing doing some custom painting.