RamblinWreck

Bought some of the sealcoat from Lurepartsonline and tried it on a "trial" lure I had just painted. Even though I let the last paint added (black back) dry for a day there was some removal of the paint while I brushed on the sealcoat. Not bad though. So I assume I need to heat dry the paint before applying the sealcoat or let it dry longer. It worked very well and only added about 3.5% to the weight. I need to field test it now to see how it holds up under use. Thanks for everyone's help.

Thanks "wchilton" -- this sounds promising Wasn't sure though what "sealcoat" is so looked it up. There is some for asphalt and then there is "SealCoat Universal Sanding Sealer" that is sold at Home Depot. I assume you are talking about the sanding sealer -- correct?

New here. I live in the Daytona Beach, FL area and fish inshore. My most productive lure has been Yo-Zuri's SS Minnow in black back with silver sides. Problem is that Yo-Zuri has discontinued making them. They do have some inventory of other colors left to sell so I bought some and have repainted the backs with an air brush. Once painted I seal them with Devcon 30 min clear epoxy and dry on a rotisserie. Works pretty good but there are 2 problems. 1) The epoxy increases the weight of the lure by approx. 11% which causes it to run slightly deeper and it also decreases the wobble of the lure. 2) The epoxy adds a slight brown/orange cast to the lure. In a recent post I think someone suggested to the poster that he should add denatured alcohol to the epoxy to thin it. Did I read that correctly? Sounds like that might work for my problem. How much alcohol do you add? Thanks - any help will be appreciated.