rjlures

blackjack, do you make them by yourself? How many can you make in a day? Just curious, I hope to have my own business some day. You some exelent looking baits.

Skeeter, yes that's exactly what's happening. I was also wondering if stainless steel eyehooks would be better than the brass.

My screw eyes are brass and nickel plated. Iwas thinking of trying stainless steel. I think everything is cured before each step. I usually let the clear coat dry a day before testing them. and I let the paint dry for at least a day before clear coating.

I'm having some of my lures split after finishing them. My process is a piece of shaped basswood, next I put devcon on the bait to seal it. Next I spray base coat white, then I paint my colors using createx. Next I add my diving lip and eyehooks and set them in epoxy. Then I put two coats of envirotex lite as my finish coat. After they're on the drying rack for several hours I set the tail eye hook in with epoxy. Once everything is cured I test them and sometimes they need to be tuned. My problem is when I tune them sometimes the clear coat cracks, although I can't see it crack and if the lure is in the water long enough it seems that the paint and clear coat split all the way down the lure. Does anybody have any advice? Is the wood not sealed properly? What else could be wrong? thanks

I started making my own cranks and I was wondering if you guys put an epoxy coat over bare wood first, then prime and paint? Because I just used 2 coats of primer then painted and the lures are still a little grainy. Any input, thanks