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Just go to someone who does shop fit outs and see if you can get a odd piece off them, they usually have it. Hazmil may jump in here and give you a few pointers

Google Celuka Board.

Just Google foil paper, might be what you are after.

Nice tutorial. What is the bond strength between the base coat and decal paper if you wanted to just rattle can clear it ? Cheers

Depending on the thickness of the material (stainless steel,aluminium or poly from an old face shields) and style of the bib, try cutting with old paper guillotine, clamp and cut.

Awesome. Nicely done, could do with a few here as we have mini plague of mice at the moment. Like the eyes also and looking forward to the finished project.

Method - I bent the end into a U shape and clamped the U between two pieces of wood. Holding with pliers, I bent flat one side (count 1) and flat the other side (count 2) and repeated until the wire broke. Seeing as we only form the wire once, plus a little bit of sideways tweaking to tune the lure, I am not concerned about cracking. You can easily perform the same test on your stock for comparison.If the wire broke after 4 or 5 bends, I probably would be concerned. Let us know what your results are. Dave Dave results of my wire test, not controlled but probably a good sign. Wire Type 316LSi except for the .9mm(.035") unknown. .8mm (.031") Average breaking point 46 .9mm (.035") Average breaking point 34 1.2mm (.047") Average breaking point 25 1.6mm (.063") Average breaking point 37 For the sake of the discussion take six bends of each average, so the lowest number would be 19. If I hade to tune a Lure 19 times I would be making some terrible lures, I'm fighting some mean fish or I'm not fishing hard enough. All up I think the safety margin is good, might have a failure from time to time as not everything is constant. Cheers and thanks for everyones contribution.

Dave I'm currently using the I.6 and 1.2 mm in the 316L stainless steel wire, not really having a issue with it, unless I take my mind of the job. Just was alerted on another forum about cracking issues or I have read wrong into the whole subject. Just wanted a opion from guys like yourself and our American lure bluiders as I think they are a bit more open minded about lure building and more into explaining things. Cheers again you know me as TC to get you out of the dark.

Bobp Thanks for that link. Vodkaman Dave thanks for taking out time for the information about the stainless steel wire. Info on the web can be intimidating if you do not know how to interpret it. Think I will try the 304L stainless after I off load the 316L.

Hi guys did a search on wire but did not turn up what I was chasing, is 316 S/S tig wire classified as a hard wire and do any of the guys on the forum use this wire, cons and pros. Cheers and thanks.