[Dean McClain]

"The problem is generally more pronounced with cedar than it is with maple".
Well there has to be a reason for that. Picking up some cedar oil with the brush while applying the first E-tex coat, which manifests itself when a second coat is applied on top of it, is the first thing that makes sense to me then, within the context of the higher cedar probability. If that is the case, an alcohol wipe before hand will cure the problem. I know you use Zinser as a primer/sealer, but I've seen a small amount of old glue residue go through 2 coats of that on a window sill like it wasn't there...or perhaps somewhere in the process of your cedar lure you end up touch contaminating your first E-tex coat. And it only takes a minute amount of surface contamination to ruin coating adhesion. I guess there is no possibility of any airborne contamination from a spray can of something in your work area?

Dean

[philB]

Hi Riverman

Hey, join the club. Do a search for my name and you will pick up some awesome links and tips about epoxy coats and fish eyes. The guys here really helped me to reduce my epoxy problems but not eliminate them totaly. I have tried everything under the sun to eradicate these flaws but still do battle everytime I coat a lure. One thing is for sure you will get a better coat in sunny California than you will in Northern Europe .

Good luck

philB

[Richoc]

Jed,
Take a Q-tip soaked with laquer thinner, and clean the spots.
Do not leave any fuzzy though as the finish will get gooey.
Make shure to let dry to touch as not to trap any of the thinner.
Then patch coat them.

[woodieb8]

jed . the problem leaves me to question. what sealer?

[RiverMan]

Hey Rich!! Good to hear from you, I was thinking about you the other day, I hope you are doing well.

Dean, I have probably been a bit careless at times with touching the lures after the cedar...will watch this and see if it helps.

I have most recently been using polycrylic as my sealer woodie...just because I had a gallon of it left. Typically tho I used sanding sealer as you know.

As an experiment I just did two baits just now and I made sure I didn't touch either of them anywhere! I had latex gloves on at all times. Each of them has one fisheye but it looks to be small.

I wrote the folks at ETI/Etex and this is what they told me:

"Try applying a couple of layers of a clear acrylic aerosol to the lures first; there may be something in the paint that is a resist to the
coating. From the photo it looks just like it may be a contaminant if it isn't a late breaking bubble. Only wipe with alcohol or acetone b4 re-coating".

jed

[Richoc]

I think it is still it may be air borne particules.

I know for shure it is not late breaking bubbles.

[RiverMan]

Well I don't want to be over optimistic but it looks like the problem may be solved. I think it was simply contamination. Time will tell for sure because it wasn't happening all the time but for now there looks to be improvement!!

thanks guys!