Chris Catignani
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On 3/20/2024 at 7:17 PM, Munkin said:
The angle that the wire is coming out of the head is low. Try bending the wire from the current 2-3 o'clock to about 1.
Allen
Allen...thanks for the input. I was also wondering about that.
This is how it lays in the mold...and have thought about modifying the mold.
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On 3/13/2024 at 10:16 AM, GA Bassman said:
Here’s my setup when using #4 & #3.5 willow blades
What is the length / # of that spacer?
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4 hours ago, robalo01 said:
... Can anyone help me ID the ebay vendor? I think they were not in the US. I believe they were sold in lots of 50 pc.
You should be able to click on My eBay (on the top ) and click Purchase History.
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1 hour ago, Apdriver said:
... I think this one in photo is marketed as a crimp on sleeve.
What the length you using for those...and where did you get em.
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I'm making a few spinner baits and was wondering about the spacing between the blades.
Currently I'm using a bead, 2cm tube and another bead...and that seems to work pretty well.
Just curious as to what others are doing and why.
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Does anyone have a recipe for the motor-oil that when looking down on it, it looks green and when you hold it up it look translucent brown? Like the Charlie Brewer Slider Motor Oil color.
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Good to know....what about when there's a bunch of bubbles...Is that getting close to burn?
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What does it look like when you "burn" your plastics?
I keep reading about it and figure I probably have done it and maybe didnt know.
What are the ramifications of burning a batch?
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I like Gomexus reel handles.
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This is a pretty good stencils for scales.
My daughter has a flower shop and these hold the blooms together during shipment.If any body wants one shoot me an IM with your name and address.
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I kinda like balsa because it easy to carve. If I find that Im gonna be somewhere where Im going to be really bored...I bring a block of basla and my carving knife. Plus...I have a huge discarded display case, for floats, that was made of balsa!
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My daughter has a flower shop....some varieties come in with a mesh sock over the flower...this is what I use for scales.
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On 12/15/2022 at 8:27 PM, Flaswimbaiter said:
Sharpie?
Probably the best solution...I did however lightly spray the tail with clear acrylic sealer and it seemed to do just fine.
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I have a glide bait that I'm airbrushing and it's a thread fin shad...aka yellow tail.
So I put a tint of yellow on its brush tail and I'm thinking about giving the tail a shot of acrylic sealer (Mod Podge rattle can).
My thinking is that the yellow airbrushing wont hold up without something on it.
Any thoughts on this...or other ideas?
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I'm gonna add another question to this same thread.
In an effort to salvage the gallon of Crystal Clear I bought I'm thinking of making a hybrid version of plastisol...something like 2 parts DoIt Essentials 1 part Crystal Clear. Has anyone ever mixed these two before?
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I use a lot of paint pens before I airbrushed.
Years ago, I would remove the paint/finish off a plug and get it to the bone color then just add a red gill line.-
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On 11/28/2022 at 11:48 AM, Outlaw4 said:
yes. its like adding filler to epoxy. makes perfect sense to me
this winter i am going to work on adding titanium dioxide to epoxy base coats. hopefully get a white super hard base as the pigment kind of works like epoxy filler (i hope lol)
Just a word of caution when adding pigment. Do so just a little at a time. Its been my experience that you only need a little. Its also been my experience that the epoxy doesn't set up right if there is too much pigment.
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It looks pretty...
In the "how it started section" it says
QuoteThere hasn’t been a truly new lure invention in over 50 years.
I'm like huh?
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9 hours ago, hazmail said:
I have been using UV Clear Epoxy for a while now and appears to be pretty good.
Is that a resin or a two part epoxy?
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Are you leaving that upper chamber empty?
Also what setting are you using for the fill%
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I agree...they do look good. Thanks for sharing...
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I have something I use thats called Liquid Leaf #6130 Renaissance Gold.
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22 hours ago, benton B said:
I do my sealer coat over the foil then paint and clear coat. My foil baits have held up for yrs.
I'm not saying it wont work...I'm just saying epoxy wont readily adhere to aluminum foil very well.
One of the methods of applying epoxy (lures, rods) is to pour it out on aluminum foil...this helps slow down the exothermic reaction and gives you a little more time to work with it. Once the unused epoxy cures...it can be easily peeled off the foil.
Not 100% sure if this is really @Flaswimbaiter problem...just an observation.
One thing worth trying is to use something like FlexCoat. It has properties to make it somewhat bendable.
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On 9/21/2022 at 10:52 AM, Flaswimbaiter said:
Some of my foiled baits are still holding up, while others have cracked and peeled. I am using Devon 2 ton, any suggestions? Do you guys do any prep with foil?
Epoxy wont really stick to foil. I have used a silver like paint that I have epoxied over.
The paint was Iridescent Silver (Fine) made by Golden Acrylics.
Spacing between tandem blades
in Wire Baits
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Makes sense...what I have seems to run pretty good in the water.