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I like cedar for it's buoyancy, and natural water/rot resistant properties. I'm not exactly sure what kind of cedar they grow in California but i'm sure it will do. However, for carving fine details, it can be frustrating. The grain that is there is much harder than the wood between the grain if that makes any sense. So I can make for a difficult process to carve details. I prefer bass wood if I want to add any fine details, that stuff carves like a block of butter, it is amazing.

simple. if it looks like a copy, look on the commercial baits package for a patent number and study up.

What people dont realize, patent products can not even be duplicated for personal use. Trademark products can be, so long its not for monetary gain.

Wasting your time with a patent attorney, unless you got really deep pockets... I think its pretty self educating if it has a patent, you can't copy it legally. Steve parks will have your balls hanging on his clothes line if you knock the strike king stuff.

A friend on another board did this video on different markers it takes a while to watch but it's worth it! https://youtu.be/Bf_4WY4R8-8

Looks like a nice jig. Is that one of the out of production heads or something you created? Having 0 artistic ability, I can imagine what one would look like if I did it. Can of worms probably.

Your volume changes things. Teflon PTFE has excellent compatibility with many, many solvents and chemicals. That said, I have read here by Cadman that a paint stripper will remove powder paint. I have never tried it but I’m thinking a little experimentation may be in order for the volume you are dealing with. Try 10 or so in some stripper then a dawn wash or something and see if it works. MEK is an aggressive solvent that will remove most paints but has some health hazards associated with it. It has excellent compatibility with PTFE. Pretty sure something will probably work in the solvent/remover category.

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