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Yes, but before that it was more yellow brown opaque, and ....... Currently, I kind of like the bone River2Sea uses on their hard baits. But the bone on the Rebels from the early 80's ...... I give up. Even if we made a standardized color chart on TU, or own computers would show it differently so what's the point. I don't even try to offer advice on how to make a color shown on the site anymore. I and my wife have the exact same computer, but different settings, so when she was looking at the same photo as I was some time ago, we could not even agree on what the true colors were.

Ask yourself 3 questions for starters and weigh your answers: 1) Am I willing to give up a good portion of my fishing time? 2) What do I deem as success monetarily? 3) Am I self disciplined?

Research the tax angle and what is required there in your state as well as federal. Those regs and record keeping turned me away from selling.

I sell lures on a small scale and have dabbled in it for a fair amount of time. I still work at a job but I work long hrs in exchange for lots of days off. This gives me a reliable income and time to build lures on the side Can you make a few bucks yup but you need to unless time management, your honest expenses vs profit and how to sell your lures Your asking a question that has been asked on here many times. Do a search and you can read comments regarding most questions you might have My advice try seeing how you do selling lures on the side and see how you do If it was easy we would all be doing it though lol

I still have the one you sent me.

Ya, if you don't have a chemistry degree, or perhaps a medical degree, SDS sheets will scare you to death. I worked at a USA research facility in the middle 90's and they required "MSDS" for every liquid. Well, I and friends could not resist, so we made our own for water. Everything on it was true, found in high concentrations in cancer cells, found in drownig victims, known as a greenhouse gas, known to impede breathing, ....... The reviewer called me in the office and said that chemical would absolutely not be allowed on the site. I asked him if he read the chemical name carefully (Hydrogen Dioxide) and did he know what the common name was? He arrogantly said yes, so I told him to remove the drinking fountain from all buildings ASAP. By then he realized I had tricked him. He forgave me, eventually. The point is that most of what you read on SDS sheets (the M was dropped a few years ago), is meaningless without the knowledge of how to understand and apply it. Good reads, but common sense and some practical knowledge is often necessary.

I don’t know what’s available in SA but there are 3 clears that I consider tough enough for crankbaits. Epoxy, UV cured polyester resin, and moisture cured urethane. Of these, UV cured resin is the fastest by far. Each has pluses and minuses and each requires a specific application and curing procedure. To my mind, none of them are really suitable for dipping because they are either too viscous (UV resin) or too susceptible to contaminating finish you want to store after dipping ( Moisture cured urethane). I brush on all of the clears. The easiest to apply is moisture cured urethane which I quickly flood coat on a lure and hang it to drip dry. But UV resin is also attractive because its cure only takes a few minutes in total. All that said, I still use epoxy pretty often just because I have it around and have used it for decades.

Maybe I’m crabby today, but I still have no idea why anyone wants to do exact copies of anything. Especially something zoom makes. I bet you play around a bit and you can “invent” something better on your own. I have well over $1000 of colorant on my bench that has taken couple years to learn and understand how they look and interact with others and brands. My advice is take the time to learn. Generally certain brands tend to use the same brand colors rd I have found. I apologize if this sounds rude or mean but it’s reality.