Nathan

Considerably less it is a thinner product.You'll need a couple coats but with a cure time of a few minutes it's no big deal...Nathan

Stuff definitely looks interesting!..Nathan

I wonder if these light bulbs made for aquariums ( suppose to be good for plant growth etc. because they mimic sun light) would work..I was looking at some at Wally World ...Nathan

If you have a tax ID number you can probably get them from Shorty's in Windsor Mo. Their Number is 1-800-723-8508.If you don't have a number they have a retail website....I believe it's Captainhooks.com....Nathan

With two forms of ID...Nathan

Dr.Basslove, What ever Gene tells you take it for gospel....I'm lucky enough to call this guy my friend and have seen his work in person...Wow is the only thing that can be said...Nathan

QuickDraw , Give them a call..They sent me another quart right out ...Nathan

I'll second Skeeter on that!!..Nathan

I'm with Ben, If it is a shallow running crank or top water bait it may make a difference ...you get much over 6ft and they look black.....Nathan

Thanks guys...It was a lot of fun to work on...Nathan

It sounds like Cougarftd is on to getting it glossy with many short uv exposures...Nathan

When I spoke with them on the phone they said to heat it slowly in the microwave.You can actually get it water thin...I wonder if after heating it if setting in a hot water bath to keep it warm would help with dipping....Nathan

I think the gloss top coats are for us fisherman.If you look at footage of a bait under water and you can't tell how glossy the top coat is...Nathan

Hey Mark, Lol....I'm old enough to get your Artie Johnson comment!!..Gotta love "Laugh In"...Nathan

Just called the company and they said they would get another quart right out to me...Great customer service!!!..Nathan

Thanks Cougarftd...I'll do that... Nathan

Well I got mine in the mail yesterday...apparently they didn't get the lid sealed well.The plastic bag wrapped around my quart of Solarez was full of product that had leaked...I'll be on the phone to them today...There is still some that is salvageable in the bottle to mess with...Nathan

My guess that this would not be a style of lure I'd use around cover.Neither version offers any deflection before the hooks would snag...Nathan

And a silver cross!!!...lol..Nathan

Thanks guys....I was able to pull it off because of all the free flowing info. here!... Nathan

Nova, I have placed the bills a midship facing forward..but never backward.The action was only so-so.The diving bill in the tail area facing forward makes for a nice top water bait.(the further back the bill is less it tends to dive)...Nathan

Nova, I can see how that would work...The diving bill would then be rear facing like my top bait....The only difference is the bill location...Nathan

3rd time is a charm

For some reason the picture didn't post...I'll try to fix that..Nathan

For the past few years I.ve been playing around with diving bill placement..(I've even placed them near the tail of a bait,,you get a cool top water wobble!)..The past year I've been playing around with a new bait concept that is 180 degrees of what we are use too...We all build floating baits that dive when retrieved..What about a sinking bait that swims to the surface when retrieved? Think about the uses of such a bait..Think how you could swim it and follow the contour of a subsurface hump in the water....of follow the top of a submurged grass line?..Another use is you can actually make your bait look like a small bait fish feeding on the surface..Or let your bait sink through a school of fish then swim it up through them...What other uses can you see? This can be achieved by building a sinking bait then attatching the "rising bill" in one of two ways...You'll notice the one bait has the bill coming out of it's forehead facing forward at approx. 45 degrees (we will call it forehead bait) and the other has the bill in the normal location but facing back word at about 45 degrees.Now both baits will swim and wobble to the surface and when you stop the retrieve they sink..Even with in these two baits you have a couple different uses from one to another....Example with the forhead bait you can swim it to the surface and use the very top of the bill to cause a surface commotion while the entire bait stays in full view under water.....The other bait makes a great bait that you can buzz right on the surface..Like I said before you can make both of them look just like a little fish feeding on the surface by bring them to the surface and stop/starting your retrieve. I've even tried this concept with Shad baits,Trout shaped baits..etc and they all work. I'm sure I've worked with this project for so long that I'm missing some uses that are right in front of me...What have I missed?...Have fun with it...Nathan