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I got a bad batch of flex coat awhile back , did the same thing . I havent had that problem with etex , but it could be . Are you sure you used 1:1 of each ? Yeah I have done that before , had a batch not set up and look at my bottles and notice the one was way less than the other one . I dont know why I just admited that .

yeah I have a pile of oldies that need redone . I guess I dont really "collect" them , I just have to many and havent painted them yet . But then on the other hand i can never use the last few of a body style that i have bought a bunch of , so I guess i should just come out and admit that i do collect them . I have a professional plating machine also which I can replate the hardware . .those bodies above are making some real cools little lures so far .

How many are ya looking for ? I have around 25 or so I belive in stock still .

floats maybe , but they have glue on the peg and inside at the end of the peg . the pegs arent tapered as i belive floats would be . But hey maybe the guy running the tapered peg machine messed up and drilled them non tapered so they had to make them lure bodies , I have made a "few" error induced design changes due to a lil boo boo KcDano - you collect the lure bodies also ? I have a bunch of Herters bodies as well , they did put out alot of diffent bodies . I have a bag of plastic ones that are shaped like lil fish that are numbered 1-99

Ok for those that know me I am a wooden lure body junkie , if i see them i buy them , any old new doesnt matter . I have 1,000's in my shop , boxes full from the 20's on through a few small lure companies i have bought there remaining bodies from . Anyway I have never seen some like this before . I added some pics to show them . They are all identical , these were not hand made . I started drilling the back of them for hardware and after drilling a few i noticed how soft the wood was after drilling about 3/4 inches , after looking at the back of the plugs i noticed that perfectly centered in all of the plugs it looked as if they had been drilled out and a different wood replaced . so i had to cut one in half . all of these have been drilled out and then a wooden plug put back in the hole leaving a hollow chamber . and these plugs are perfectly centered in the back , some body loved these guys . i am sure it was machine made but they are old so someone liked this hollow body for a reason . Maybe i am just excited over nothing but thought i would show these to you . there is a glob of glue on the inside on the end of the plug . and a good sized hollow section . cant tell what kind of wood it is but they are light . the front is almost at a point so i am guess maybe it was a diver because it would be too hard to get a screw eye in the small tip of the lure . and like i said the plug holes are all perfectly centered , I mean dead on , maybe this is how they were turned after the hole was drilled ? who knows ? anyone ?

10798.2 was the best out of them

haha they do take forever , I have 9 going on different screens now . lots of noises .

This is a repaint job from one of my good customers that fishes ALOT . And yes she uses my big ol lures to fish with as well for musky and pike . Any way I was going to prep this guy for his paint job and looked at the lip . a few she sent to me have wear marks from where the connecting link has rubbed , well more than wear marks they are all groved , how much trolling does it take to do that ???? Just found it interesting and i wish i could fish that much

Ok , how ? :

Jed , good idea here , just send them to me while you wait for him

hey how about 10 minutes since we are dreaming ??? yeah 4 hours would be nice . I have the heater on and all my infered lamps . I am tan all year long

the post office returned one of my packages cause now aparently you have to fill the address label out in all caps to canada . I have had stuff take weeks to get there like 3 or 4 before . not always but not uncommon . And about the feedback retaliation I do not leave feedback unless they do first , unless its something i bought or one of my regulars , but as a seller i wait till they do in most cases

I actually read the info in the box of etex and I know there are always questions to how long it takes to set up so here it is. TEMP ----- DUST FREE ----- HARD CURE 70 f -------- 4-7 hours -------- 72 hours 80 f -------- 3-6 hours -------- 48 hours 90 f -------- 2-5 hours -------- 36 hours I have been running an electric heater in my airbrush room for the last month or so and it has made a difference on my curing times and paint drying , also I have a very low humidity in there as well .

I havent seen any thing like it and i shop old lures alot on ebay , I take it its plastic ?

good stuff , I shall try them all . I just think the 3d eyes are to 3d for some of the smaller plastics , thanks again !

Very cool !! I like these colors !

So whats your alls secret to painting the eyes on plastice lures with out the recession for the 3d ones ? like rapala and bagley and that type of eye ?

I get at least 5 of these a week . I dont bother . I used to when i first got them but I found most of them to be bogus , phone numbers that werent correct , no such school ect . The good news is I , toby , do accept lure donations !!!! So if you feel like you need to give some away to a poor humble lure maker just let me know Did that tug at your heart strings ? huh

I call it my new shop monster light , I havent named him yet . I went to my storage unit tonight for some stuff to sell on ebay and this light was next to the trash . It is right next to my door and is really about 7 feet tall if not a little bit more . It came with the rewd lights and they all worked , they are heat lamps not just red bulbs , I could feel the heat from this thing 8 feet away when i took the picture . Each lamp has its own on/off switch and it has a heavy gauge wire cord so i know it was meant to be used with high wattage bulbs . plus its chrome and thats nice . just thought I would share . I like free stuff , especially something of use . I am not shy to dumpster dive , hey i make lures for a living . PS the lights all move on flexable shafts

first off can I move into your hobby room ? Thanks in advance . I am lucky enough to have a window in my airbrush room so I run my line outside to my craftsman 6hp 30 gallon compressor , overkill , hehehe . I did build a house for it to sit in , kinda like a dog house with insulation . It was very loud at 300 in the AM for the niebors till i boxed it in . Maybe you could do this with yours in your room ?

Createx auto air , HOK , dupont - those are 3 of my favorites

I have thinned epoxy before . I found it not worth it . I brush mine one al the time now . I used to thin it with alcohol .

LOL Dink there are many many different sealers that wok well , the krylon is good stuff and readily avalible . I dip most of my big wood baits in thined primer , but when I do the crank baits i do spray them cause dipping the little cranks is to thick for them . And as for the clear if you read through the board there are several posts about the different clears . There is one hell of tutorial on using flex coat , that guy is good !!! hehehehe

I have and have always liked best my badger 155 anthem . I have had 3 pashcee vl thingys and didnt like them . everyone else loves the pashcee vls .the anthem goes real fine and real wide , one size needle , one size tip . I am sure a pashee vl lover will chime in soon It is basicly what you get used to i think , I spray every thing from epoxy , primers , water based paints and automotive clear coats with the same airbrush .

This is my baby . I have been using it for years now which equals thousands of split rings . They are made by berkley . They came in a set with a fish scale and some other stuff . Splits rings are my least favorite thing to do . These do real small ones also .