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  1. Also the concrete sealer can be hell on your paint jobs. Kind of temperamental. Likes to wrinkle paint sometimes, especially whites and oranges. Good luck with your experiment and let us know how it turns out
  2. if you want more info on this, do a search on the site for cement sealers. Should bring up an older thread where we discussed it and what everyone else experienced as results from using it. Hope it helps
  3. Ive used GST cement sealer Ive gotten from Menards. If you try it, make sure it is the gloss. Its tough but Ill warn you though, if you chose to try it, it puts out a lot of fumes and you really need to have a heater blowing on it while the lures turn on a turner to get it to cure faster. Still will take hours if not half a day or better depending on temps and humidity. That said, you'd also need to do it outside to prevent it from stinking up your whole house or causing any potential health problems. Im making the move to UV cures like Alumilite or solareze this weekend and should be able to post a comparison. by sunday night hopefully Also you would have to dip the GST and not attempt to spray it through a gun/airbrush or you'll probably ruin the airbrush.
  4. I have never tried that so I can't say for certain. I'd be a little concerned about the off gassing maybe screwing up the paint jobs after I put the paint on. If I were you, I'd try a different sealer on the lure before painting. Then, after the paint is on, only dip a small portion of the bait to make sure the gst reacts ok with it. Or better yet, find a bait you no longer use, paint it with the same colors you are using and then dip it in get to get an idea of how it will react with the cement sealer. Whatever you decide to do, feel free to post the results back here. I'm interested in how this turns out
  5. I have been using GST concrete sealer as a topcoat. Havent had any issue with it provided I let my baits dry completely before putting them in my tacklebox. Ive got lures I painted years ago that still look almost new with no yellowing. I do keep my tackle in the house when Im not at the lake, but I have all sorts of commercial baits mixed in with my own with no adverse effects. That said, the offgassing of the product is ferocious and you need a well ventilated area outside if you dip your baits. Drying time varies with humidity and temperature. Sometimes I put them on my turner for a few hours then transfer them to a drying rack and let them hang for a day or two.. If they seem to be drying slowly, I'll use a ceramic heater and a fan to help dry them out (but I try not to do this because I always worry about flammability issues. If I do resort to this, I keep a constant watch on them to make sure if anything happens, I can get the problem taken care of immediately) Also, it can cause wrinkles in some colors of paints, but I have been heat setting my paints now and keeping coats very thin and so far this is working.. Hope that helped
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