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I’m glad it worked for you too!

Unfortunately, I am unable to locate a copy of that PDF file. I retired about three years ago and it probably got left behind. I'm not sure what this motor came out of, but I found it on eBay. As mentioned above, a microwave motor will work and I have a spare one laying around in case I need it. I've attached pic so you could see the motor specs.

whackett, I don’t remember what motor that it is, but I’ll dig through my notes and post an update later today.

You don’t want to turn lures when using KBS. Doing so will cause bubbling to occur.

I have a bunch of those blanks that I won’t be using. If you’re interested, I can PM you with additional info and pics. David

I haven't used auto clear so I can't comment on it, but my can of aerosol KBS that I was so happy with when I first used it, has crinkled several lures after sitting in the garage for a few months. I'm reluctant to use it anymore as it ruined a number of lures.

I've always had good interactions with Coast and they're very knowledgeable. I guess I've been lucky as I've never had an order take more than a few days to ship and be delivered. (I only live 120 miles away though.)

I Rock fish out of the Central Coast area, primarily out of Morro Bay. I make most of my own jigs as well. I airbrush vertical type jigs and top coat with Solarez, D2T or recently with KBS. They hold up fairly well as long as they aren't dragging along the rocks, but not as well as powder coat. I would not recommend airbrushing for jig heads as the rocks tear them up pretty quickly.

I have purchased from Barlows many times over the past few years and never had a single problem. My orders have been filled and shipped quickly. My only wish is that I would like to receive shipping notification and tracking number via email.

Are you referring to the Realistic Wraps product or making your own wraps?

I powder coat jigs up to 8" and the Eastwood oven can handle those longer jigs.

I recently purchased the Eastwood oven. I thought the fan was louder than it should be so I called Eastwood. I was a little disappointed with Tech Support, but they ended up shipping me another oven. Because it cost less the $100, they didn't pickup the first one, which was a good thing. The second one showed up with a bad temp control dial. It is very hard to to to the lowest setting and the oven doesn't get hotter than 375. Oh, and the fan sounds the same so I'm using the first one and saving the second for as a backup. I couldn't recommend this oven.

Auto Air is actually a water-based paint. http://www.autoaircolors.com/ David

It's true. A buddy picked some up for me when he was Nevada cause I couldnt buy any here where I live in California.

Called Eastman today and was not impressed with their Tech Support, at least not the person I talked to. She went to listen to their unit and when she came back she mumbled something about not able to hear cause of a filter system in their shop. And then some other BS because she "wasn't where I was" to listen to my issue. But, she offered to replace it "if that's what I wanted" to do. (Told me that they would pick mine up Wednesday and the replacement wouldn't ship until the defective one was received by Eastman.) She was pretty worthless and I asked to escalate. Got transferred to Customer Service and had a much better experience. I complained about them at least not cross-shipping. They're sending me a new unit and they're not bothering to pickup the defective one cause it cost less than $100. Seems crazy to me and I just didn't want to wait 3 weeks. David

I get my paint and air brush parts at Coast Airbrush. David

I recently purchased an Eastman Powder Coating oven and fired it up for the first time today. For those that have this oven, is it normal to hear the fan? It's more of a humming warbler sort of sound and it seems to shift between a low and high speed operation periodically. Thanks, David

Is there a particular paint stripper that works best for powder paint? David

Whatever you do, don't keep the receipts and add them up. That will cause you to move over to the beer addiction line once you see how much your spending! Or worse yet, your significant other will figure out how much this "cost savings" hobby is really costing you!

X3 on the thickness of the paint. What paint are you spraying? I mostly use Auto Air (and some Wicked) these days and haven't run into any issues using stencils, other than I struggle mightily making them! For a particular pattern, I use a set of 4 stencils, two for each side and they overlay each other. I generally spray the base coat, heat set and then let it sit for at least a couple of hours before proceeding. I can then spray, heat set, swap stencil, spray, heat set, flip and repeat. My biggest problem has been not making sure the paint on the stencil is dry and then getting smudges on the lure. Haven't had issues with the stencils lifting the paint. David

Prismatic Powders. Disco purple and Illusion Spanish Fly. Disco Purple has to go over a base color like Ink Black. On the Illusion colors, it's a two step process and you have apply a clear coat to get the full effect of the color.

Very nice!

I use AA Transparent Sepia along the back down to the head area .