fatfingers

Try this; it has been working well for me: Drill the hole, place the weight, fill the hole completely 2 ton expoxy glue. Then...take the wood shavings from the hole you drilled and push them into the glue until they are thoroughly covered and soaked. Arrange the shavings so that they protrude slightly out of the hole. Grind off the excess after the glue has thoroughly and completely cured and dried. I've also been priming with the newer spray paint that claims to chemically bonds to plastic. It works well with both wood and plastic lures and seems to bond well with Envirotec if and when I use it as a sealer. I prime with white and I'm ready to go directly to the airbrushing with colors of choice.

Does acetone work for making the wood sealer with chopped up plastic cups? Anyone tried it instead of lacquer thinner?

No, but he's a Pinhead. He's the founder of the now international PInheads Pinstriping Association (not sure of the official name, but that's close). I wouldn't doubt that my brother knows your brother. Its a small world.

My brother is an airbrush/pinstriping artist whose work has repeatedly been featured in several national periodicals about custom cars, hot rods, etc. He works on motorcycles, cars, boats, planes, etc. Although I'm quite proud of him and his work, giving his name would be giving mine by default. I hope you understand.

Boy, am I glad I found this joint. Its amazing how hard it was for me to find lure builders online. Anyway, I'm glad I found it, I hope to learn from you guys and I hope to share a tip or two along the way if I can. I'm 53, from Ohio; a musky fishing freak. Just started building hard baits a few months ago. I've built wire baits for quite a few years, but I'm more into the hard bait stuff for now. I've got a brother thats a very, very, well-known airbrush artist, and he's been helping me quite a bit. Anyway, for what its worth, I'm here.