muskiestalker51 Posted January 31, 2016 Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 i'm working with azek an after sanding I'm still getting sand marks, this stuff seems hard to sand an get a smooth finish. Just curious if you guys find it hard to sand also an what you are using to get a smooth finish. Would a coat of Devcon work to give it a smooth finished Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayburnGuy Posted January 31, 2016 Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 What grit sandpaper are you using? Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted January 31, 2016 Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 I sand down to 120 grit, and then use super glue to "glaze" the bait before I begin painting. My base coat, usually Wicked White or Black, smooths out whatever's left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muskiestalker51 Posted January 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 Thanks guys I use 120 but still have some marks, the super glue is a good idea but I'm building muskie baits. Before I prime the bait maybe a dip of concrete sealer would do the same as super glue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRammit Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 A final hand sanding with 220 gets mine smooth enough... Thick primer even smoother... Then i put paint on and ruin it (ha ha!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayburnGuy Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 I usually finish with 220 grit. Sometimes go as far as 400 grit. This leaves the surface plenty smooth. Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass100 Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 Here is one of my tips for smoothing out and filling the holes on your PVC. I take light weight spackling and put a little bit in a 3 oz dixie cup. I then add water to it and mix it up. You want it thin enough that you can use a small paint brush to brush it onto your lure. It quickly fills in all the holes and smooths out any imperfections. Make sure you brush it on in many different directions so that it fills all the holes. If it does not fill in your small pin holes then it is not thinned enough. The light weight spackling takes very little sanding to smooth out and I usually use 400 grit sandpaper to do this. If you use to heavy of sandpaper you will pull the spackling out of the holes. Any imperfections after this is so small that your primer coat will cover it up. If you have a lure turner you can thin down etex a lot and it will do the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 A quick dip in Solarez will smooth your baits once they're sanded with 120, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muskiestalker51 Posted February 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 Thanks folks a lot of good ideas using 120 now an next go to finer. The spankling sounds real easy might just dry it out an see how it comes out. Thank you again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-Mac Posted February 3, 2016 Report Share Posted February 3, 2016 You could try dipping the lure in concrete sealer or solarez too. Both of these methods would be easy. I don't believe the sealer would eat the PVC, thoughts anyone? Also, when I'm making a lure with small detail cut in, I'll shoot createx gloss clear over it several times. This will definitely smooth it out for a nice lure to make a mold out of, but I normally will recut the details in the lure produced from the mold. I then take that lure, make another mold and I'm good to go. So if doing this for a mold, it's really a 2 mold process. The first mold is to produce a smooth blank. The second mold takes the smooth blank and applies the sharpened details. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
