mark poulson
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I thought about doing that, too, but I realized I'd have to retie every time the bait got damaged.
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Thanks. He is always fun to watch.
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Thanks.
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How do you paint your heads?
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Thank you. If you had already posted this, I missed it. Old age, I guess.
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What thread do you use?
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Me, too.
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I'm guessing that the ads are what pays for the site.
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They look like they were made by Nathan Bettencourt, one of the moderators here on TU.
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White basecoat is a good idea.
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I add my glo powder to clear nail polish, and use the nail polish brush to apply it. I test in my laundry room with the doors closed after it's dried. If it's not bright enough, I add a second coat.
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Mixing water based and oil based rattle can paints?
mark poulson replied to Flaswimbaiter's topic in Hard Baits
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Today's his actual birthday. Happy Birthday Ben Siegel, wherever you are. You are missed
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You're right. I jumped the gun.
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Happy Birthday Ben Siegel, wherever you are. You are missed
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Cheap clear nail polish works great. I hand paint spinner baits with Createx, super glue the eyes on, and then coat the entire head with nail polish. I haven't had a paint failure or an eye come off in the 10+ years I've been doing it.
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When I was a kid, back in the 50's, my mom had a cast steel pressure cooker, and a cast steel meat grinder that clamped on the pullout cutting board. So did most of her friends, because they ground their own hamburger and sausage meat. Different world back then.
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"Heat stabilizer is often used in remelts." I add stabilizer to new plastic, too.
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Thanks for the correction.
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That's why I suggested contacting Elaztek directly.
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You might try contacting Elaztech, and asking them what to use. If you want to take a "do it yourself" track, try some different stuff and report your results here, so we can all learn from you. If I were going to try it, I'd start with Sharpies, and then Spike-It Dip and Dye. I've always found Elaztech very sensitive to soft plastics, so I would use one bait, trying the dye on different parts of it, so I didn't ruin more than one.
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And don't sell yourself too cheap! Charge enough so you can make money, and feel good about yourself. Otherwise, you're committing financial suicide.
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Gloves are good. Just be sure they don't make you so clumsy you drop your plastic.
