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Papilio has a sealer to use with the water slide decal and holo foil, they state it will take almost any clear coat after it's sealed.

I make my lures out of cedar. Some wood turners use CA glue to finish their work. Maybe you can wipe yours lures down with CA to seal off the surface.

Post a pic when you get it done.

I was on Papilio's site looking around and they have a self adhesive holographic film that you can print on! Might be what you are looking for...

Just thought of something else, How about you apply the holographic paper, then print out a black line scale pattern on water slide paper, and just apply that on top of the holographic paper. The water slide decal is clear, so you would see the holo paper, except where you printed the lines. You can get the stuff on line at Papilio.com, it's the Inkjet Clear Waterslide Decal Paper.

My version of a lure spinner. I threw it together out of scrap. Four turn table motors from microwaves. It turns out there are DC and AC motors. To use the DC, you'd need a transformer-Home Depot sells one for door bells that has the right voltage. The little electronic gizmo at the bottom right is a board one of the motors was connected to in the oven, it has a fuse and I think some sort of transformer. Not all the ovens use this board, but all the AC motors can. These are torquey little motors-I keep them running for 2 days and nights while the Envirotex cures, and the motors don't even work hard. Most of them turn at about 3 rpm. The motors are hard to kill, so even a dead microwave will probably still have a working motor.

I don't think those paints will work-the effect only presents in bright sun light, in shadow it's grey. That makes sense, you need to refract light. Light gets cut down pretty quickly in water, especially with particles in suspension.

Just thought of something we used to do with rubber cement. You spread a little on the desk, and when it dries you peel it off and make a little ball to take off rubber cement from your work piece. That might work with the liquid mask to peel it away without too much fuss.

This might help out. It's a spray mask. Apply the holo tape, spray a light coat of mask through the net , remove the net, then spray color over the mask. That will leave the holographic paper showing once the mask comes off. Cleans off with warm soap and water, so brush is easy to clean. Peeling it off would be time consuming... http://www.rctech.net/forum/painting-designs-graphics-photography/486159-spraying-liquid-mask.html http://parmapse.shptron.com/c/faskolor-paint-shop_fasmask-liquid-paint-mask

Glow Inc. sells Ultra Green. Very bright and long lasting. Powders and paints. Also colors that are one color by day and glow a different color at night.

I use Envirotex for mine. Only once did I have a problem with fish eye-contamination due to silicone grease, (my fault, don't ask!) I was nervous using Envirotex, at first-due to all the cautionary tales I'd read. As it turns out, I haven't had any special problems with it, just the normal learning curve. The thing that makes most difference to me is too cold environmental temp. I don't use gloves. I bought disposable brushes, but I cut one at the perfect angle and don't want to chuck it, so I just clean it with acetone, then soap and water-no problems there either. Disposable mixing cups are a must, found that out the hard way!

Clemmy, love that wax idea! I soak all my lures in wood hardener before dipping in primer. The hardener would infiltrate the gaps pretty easily. Any bigger gaps could be taken care of with a wood filler skim coat.