[mark poulson]

Downriver,
Do you have any experience with Minwax Wood Hardener? I used it for the first time as a sealer on a wooden lure, and the lure cracked when I left it in the heat.
I used Krylon white primer over it, then Auto Aire water based aluminum, opaque water based Createx, water based Wildlife Colors iridescent violet, Krylon spray glitter, Krylon spray clear with UV inhibiters, and then two coats of Etex.
The top of the head split and peeled, down to the primer, which seems tacky.
I wonder if the sealer and primer didn't bond, or if the sealer still had solvents left in it.
The Wood Hardener is some kind of a polymer that restores rotten wood to structurally sound.
Looks like I'll be stripping and redoing at least the head of that lure.
And I guess I'll have to put the rest of them in the garage between trips, to keep them from getting too hot.