Mad Moose Baits

In my limited experience with molds, Alumilite has always done me right.

LOL...I think we all have! I bought an MCU from a local paint company that fizzed like Sprite! UGALEEE!

Wow...awesome info Mark, thanks!

It's a solvent based sealer and 5% above the GST...let us know!

Wayne, Funny you should mention the cloudy lips. It sees to clear them up except one seemed to be beyond help. I have some lures I can coat and check with some plastics. Will report back in a few days on that. I will just throw one in the truck and leave it there....

Wayne, I'm lost... in what way? Let me know and I will be glad to give it a shot.

OK, so not that the hook hanger blob is horrible, I tried hanging a small wire on the rear hook hanger last night. It really helped. The seal coast ran down the bait to the rear hook hanger and then down the wire. there was a slight blob at the point where the hook hanger and wire met but even then it was small and away from the paint job. I have screwed up a few lures in my time trying to remove hook hanger blobs.... Zbass: Yeah dragging it across dry asphalt is a little extreme, sorta like my 50 hour soak. Oh quick update on that. The softeness created by the soak seemed to fade as it "recured". The bottomline is: I'm using it. It has streamlined my production, holds up to normal fishing and gives a really pretty finish. Now watch, 4 months down the road I will grow and extra head or something.... "too good to be true they said"

I dip and hang.

LOL and then nedyarb walked into a wall and forgot his name for an hour....

Mine don't cougar

I mentioned this before... it does seem very thin when you dip it yet it clings so well it just covers beautifully.

I've made a bunch of mini cowgirl type inlines for bass and had a blast. I usually use 2 #4 Colorados

One guy told me his buddy hung a small wire from the back hook hanger. As the blob tried to form on the back hook hanger it would then glide down the wire, clearing the hanger. I guess the blob forms because the back hanger is the last thing to "hold onto". Gonna try this with the GST

Exactly what it does, Mark. There is no AC type coil to dehumidify the air, just low heat and low fan to exchange the air. Just want to keep in the experimentation and try as many things as possible.

I'm tellin' ya. The finish on a bait I did this weekend looks awesome. I still have another experiment: air ry vs air dry and a dehydrator for hardness.

edit*** disregard, the search feature is your friend....

Thanks for the reports Krash, I just wish that stuff was cheaper...isn't it like $325 a gallon?

Mark, thanks a ton for that info. I am going to try and do a dip every 48 hours to allow for curing.I really do love the way this looks on a crank. If I have to allow more curing time, so be it. The ease of use comes from the dipping, not a fast turnaround. And yes, this is a high gloss finish. They do make a matte or satin sealer...wondering that would be a good base coat and then glossy on top?

This morning I checked the crankbait and found that it had recovered a lot of the hardness. The jury is still out. I have to wonder if a 50 hour soak is fair. Will continue to experiment and post. I have also emailed the company about cure times etc.

From the product data sheet... DRY SCHEDULE: Dry Time: ............................................10 to 30 mins Cure Time: ...........................................24 to 48 hrs Rainproof: ..................................................... 24 hrs well.. looks like 48 hours it shall be... Also, I dipped the lures three times and in rapid succession...maybe I should let them cure fully between coats? would love to hear your input please since I am not up on my chemistry etc,,

ok, 50+ plus hours definitely softened it up so it chips easily and now I am finding the baits I fished with yesterday are also chipping easier. So now I have to rethink it.... this bums me out! Will have to look at letting them cure 48 hours and then test. oh well

LOL... that poor bait....

OK, brief update. My son and I went to the quarry with 2 lipless baits. He fished "normally", I however fished like I had found a lure with a dead or alive bounty. He ended up with 1 tiny nick, right on the nose where it struck rocks. My lipless had a scuff on the side from where I would put the rod tip on the bottom and drag the lure through the gravel beds and some notable chipping on the nose. I snagged mine in the rocks at least 8 times also. I then compared the abused bait I used to the lipless crank that had been coated with Solarez. The QST won hands down, the Solarez bait had a lot more chips and lost an eye. I was pretty happy with the shape of the lure I used. I did everything in my power to abuse it and although it did show some damage I can't imagine much surviving what I put it through, unscathed. I have taken photos and will share tonight. Also I will be checking on the shallow crank and frog that will be 49 hours immersed when I get home. I plan on beating the crap out of them also. At this moment I believe I have found a new topcoat. Tonight will be the final test.

No clue on balsa...I work with plastic blanks that I paint. I can't see this adding any significant weight because it is so thin....however I will do a before and after on my next lure.