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tassiedevil

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  • Birthday 12/16/1974

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    Australia / Tasmania
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    Lure making, Fishing and more fishing.

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  1. Thanks for your help guys. I think i found what the problem was. I had sanded the epoxy to thin which in turn caused it to lift under the paint when it was in the heat. Because there was a couple of lures that when i was sanding the epoxy getting ready to paint i remember thinking to myself that it looked very thin, but did nothing about it and went onto painting. I should not of been so slack and just put another coat of epoxy on the lures. Guess i will just remeber that for next time when im not happy with something (fix it) But on a good note i caught 15 trout in the one day on the lure that had the bubble on it LOL. Thanks again for your help. Adam
  2. What is the best way to heat set my paint. I normally spray a light coat on the lure then hang it up in front of a fan heater on low setting and move onto the next lure and so on untill i get back to the first lure and repeat untill i have fully coated the lures. Then i will leave the lures hanging up for about 2 days before i put top coat epoxy on. Also do you recommend that i use envirotex epoxy instead of the pc-clear epoxy to seal the lures in. Adam
  3. Thanks for your help guys. The paint not being fully dry was my thought to. it only happend to the last batch i finished and i was in a rush to finish them, so that could of been the problem. Also do you put primer on the epoxy before painting the auto acrylic on. I have never done it before and had no problems. But just a thought it might of had something to do with the problem to. Like jerry said it could of been oil off my fingers but i normally have gloves on all the time. I think it just comes down to me rushing the last batch of lures. I might just have to sit back and do this and wait LOL.
  4. Hi can anyone help please, some opinions would be great. I have got a couple lures out of about 20 that have formed a bubble on the side and it looks like it is under the paint. The lures did get exposed to some sun and heat on my last fishing trip. but it was only 2 lures that formed the bubbles on the side of each lure. This is how i make my lures. After carving the lure i sand and seal with super glue then sand smooth. now i seal the lure in pc-clear epoxy and let set hard for about 3 days. when the epoxy has gone off hard, i sand it to make sure it is smooth and the paint has got something to take to. Then i paint with auto acrylic paint. Once the paint has set hard i then clear with 3 coats of envirotex lite epoxy. I'm not sure what could be causing the bubbles. could it be the pc-clear epoxy im using and it has lifted from the balsa, should i change to just using the envirotex epoxy after i seal with super glue. Or could it be that i didnt prime over the epoxy before i started painting. Has anyone els had this problem and what steps do you take to not get these problems. Some help would be great thankyou Regards Adam.
  5. Sorry forgot it was forum rules that i was not allowed to add photos of my work to my post. I tried to edit the post and remove photos and add them to gallery but could not work out how to do it. Sorry guys.
  6. Hi all, I just wanted to say hi and say how much of a great forum you guys have here. with some of the reading i have been doing in this forum you have answered some of the questons that i had when doing my own lures. I live in Australia From tasmania where the trout fishing is spot on and people come from all over the world to catch our wild brown trout. I started making my own balsa lures about eight years ago and only made about 20, i caught plenty of trout on my lures but ran into a few troubles with paints and top coats. some lures would be fine but others not so good But now with the help from your forums i have started again and fingers crossed all the problems i used to have are a thing of the past I will try and add a couple of photos of some lures i have just finished. No where as good as some of the lures i have seen on here but its all a learning thing So i just wanted to say hi and thankyou for this great forum, cheers Adam.
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