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   So i have currently been using cold solarez or wood filler as my gap filler and to smooth the bait out. This is good and all but i would like to have a different product that is lighter and maybe floats. All that solarez is causing my baits to be heavy and sink or soften the action. I want to try the material used to seal cork poppers which i think is the same thing used to seal and smooth Rapalas. does anyone use this or know the product? Thanks guys!

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I use the filler on the gap created when I cut the slot for my wire form if I can't clamp or press the lure down enough to get the fit I want. This is usually done when I only cut a slot for my wire form instead of cutting the lure completely into. Probably not the best way to do it but it works

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I use the filler on the gap created when I cut the slot for my wire form if I can't clamp or press the lure down enough to get the fit I want. This is usually done when I only cut a slot for my wire form instead of cutting the lure completely into. Probably not the best way to do it but it works

 

Oh, OK. I quit building 100% balsa baits because I hated all the trouble of trying to get a wire through to fit properly and then epoxy everything back together while keeping it all straight. Not saying anything against this process. It's just more trouble that I wanted to go through. These days I use either 100% Paulownia or if I want a little livelier bait I use a basswood core sandwiched between two pieces of balsa. This way I can still use epoxy to fasten my line ties, hook hangers and ballast without having to worry about anything pulling out.

 

By doing it this way I no longer have to worry about using any fillers. All holes are drilled just slightly larger than the hardware that fits in them and this provides just enough "glue gap" for the epoxy to form a strong joint.

 

Ben

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I cut balsa baits in half and lay in the wire form, then glue the halves back together with 5 min epoxy.  When back together, there is always a little scar that runs around the perimeter of the bait.  I just use Elmer's interior or exterior wood filler.  The interior filler is basically like spackling compound.  But it gets covered with a durable undercoating of epoxy or Solarez, plus a topcoat of epoxy - so no harm/no foul.

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