mark poulson

Thanks. Back in the 60's and 70's, when we used it on construction jobs we called it Durham's Rock Hard Putty. Good stuff.

I am serious. You must be a pretty good tier to have them hold. I'm jealous.

What is DWP?

So I put my reading glasses on, and I see you used skirt tabs. I apologize for not seeing it before. I'm glad you have had such good success without glue. You must be a much better tier than I, because I've always had to either use glue/head cement/clear nail polish, or wire afterwards to keep my skirts from coming apart.

I suggest you take a look at the commercial spinnerbaits that are being sold right now..Tacklewarehouse.com has a big selection.

Kris, It looks to me like you're using skirts with an already attached collar. I make my skirts from skirt tabs, and thread without either some glue, or an overwrap with 28 gauge wire, don't hold up to fishing for me.

Just be sure and wrap the can in something. Aluminum gets hot quick.

Bait Junky used to sell degassed plastic. That was all I used.

I am a hobby pourer, and only pour for myself and a fishing buddy, but this is what works for me. I also only heat a cup or so at a time. To hand pour stuff, I pinch the mouth shut with big chip clip, leaving a small opening at one end to pour from, and I always wear gloves (thank you Frank).

This might work. It's what I heat my plastisol in: https://www.amazon.com/Norpro-Silicone-Measuring-Flexible-Dishwasher/dp/B002MKP24K

If it swims as good as it looks, you're in business!

I've found that hitting my black sharpie with a hair dryer helps it to not run. With red and chartreuse sharpies, they will still run, unless I shoot a coat of Createx gloss clear over them. When I dip and hang a bait by the nose with red sharpie gills without the gloss, the red bleeds down a little, and makes a neat bleeding bait effect. This old photo shows some bleeding on the right hand bait. At the time I was using AC1315 concrete sealer, and evidently didn't heat set the red well enough, because it bled a little. I did other baits at that time with more pronounced bleeding, but I evidently didn't take any pics. http://www.tackleunderground.com/community/gallery/image/5484-5-inch-gliderwalkers/

How well does it swim? Does it "raise a rukus"?

I think you may need to add a couple of spacer beads behind the clevis so your blade can spin more freely.

It's the same thing with Rustoleum X2 Gloss Clear.

I hope they'll listen to you. Take care.

My friend would call it bulbage. Hahaha

Man, that is tough. Washing your hands works, because the soap breaks the virus' membrane, I've been told, so please do that. Stay safe, and be well.

Be safe.

Thank your wife for the advice. I already found out that it's important to rinse off the soap, or you will blow bubbles out of you butt later.

We just got a report from our local supermarket that one of their employees has Covid 19. Yesterday, they sent an email to all of their club members. They closed completely today, and are sanitizing the entire store. Due to reopen tomorrow. My daughter and I are doing our shopping there online, and doing a drive thru pickup on Sunday. I just hope they can really sanitize everything, since the virus can live on hard surfaces for days. We'll wear gloves, use hand sanitizer, and wash our hands after handling the food, but I don't know how to sanitize the food itself, other than cooking it.

I've found that acrylic top coats, like AC1315 concrete sealer and rattle can Rustoleum X2 Gloss Clear, are melted by the softener in plastisol. I keep my baits topcoated with them on one side of the boat, and my soft plastic baits on the other side. My baits coated with either epoxy or UV clear are not affected by plastisol.

Man, don't take a chance with your lungs and your health. Once you do the damage, it can't be reversed. Been there, done that. Spend the time and effort to keep yourself healthy and safe, so you can go broke chasing the soft plastic dragon.

You nose is the best defense you have. If you can smell the plastisol, you need better ventilation and breathing protection. Fumes from this stuff is not safe to breath, no matter which formulation you use.

I load the rack, set my toaster oven at 350, and bake for 30 minutes. Then I open the oven door a little, put a piece of alum. u channel in the door to keep it ajar, and let the jig heads cool back down for another 30 minutes. I haven't had a jig head chip doing that for 10 years.