Spike-A-Pike Posted March 1, 2008 Report Share Posted March 1, 2008 Hey guys, I need some one to assist me in recreating a Plastic Dip for Sealing Wood Baits tutorial. Tally, the member who created the original, is no longer using this method of construction. So, if you're interested in helping to put this together, take a few minutes to read the existing tutorial, and, if you still aren't scared off, please shoot me a PM. Once someone volunteers to work this project, I'll post back on this thread to everyone know that we have a brave member selected. Thanks in advance... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike-A-Pike Posted March 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 I would like to thank Palmetto Balsa for stepping up with his submitting Propionate Wood Penetrating Sealer and Base Coat Does anyone still use Plastic Dip for Sealing Wood Baits??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazmail Posted March 2, 2008 Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 Phil and I do. pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike-A-Pike Posted March 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 Pete. Any chance you could be drafted into service??? You were a big hit on you through wire tutorial. Why your an international tackle making super star and TU is like your Hollywood walk of fame... Look Pete, this is getting tough to spread out any thinner... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrydabassman Posted March 2, 2008 Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 I do too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike-A-Pike Posted March 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 Just to this straight in my mind, Propionate Wood Penetrating Sealer and Base Coat and Plastic Dip for Sealing Wood Baits are two separate methods to finishing hard baits, correct? Terry. Did you get my PM? Would this be something you'd like to work on? The original would serve as a starting point. Pete. If your interested let me know... If you both want to give it a go, we'll figure something out then. I'm getting a bad headache... anyone seen my flask, er, my medication? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazmail Posted March 2, 2008 Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 Bruce - You know how to 'lube' someone- I am assuming you are talking about the "plastic drink cups technique". As I said Phil and I do, BUT we are having problems finding the right plastic for him, other than the drink cups (which are not in wide use here). There were heaps of posts on this,(drink cups). I am just thinking, what I have used (various yogurt containers) and what is available there, may be entirely different, i.e, U.S recycle codes, standards for food containers etc (do you eat yogurt in U.S?), this is why I have never posted anything on it - but if everything lines up, no problem. pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazmail Posted March 2, 2008 Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 Bruce- I have just been reading the tennis match between Phil and Swede on 'Coloring Propionate Sealer'- this may solve all your problems and combine it into one 'system'. pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munkin Posted March 3, 2008 Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 I think I still have a printed copy of it from a couple years ago? Allen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muskyman Posted March 3, 2008 Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 I would like to thank Palmetto Balsa for stepping up with his submitting Propionate Wood Penetrating Sealer and Base CoatDoes anyone still use Plastic Dip for Sealing Wood Baits??? Hi Spike, I always have used the dipping process, but I do it with a product made by Blue Water Marine Paint Company. It's a super tough high gloss or satin mostly used for the wood decks on boats or ships. It's called Mega Gloss Polyurethane Topside Enamel (White Primer). This stuff seals your wood baits permanently, dries in 4 hrs @ 75 f. Dries great on a drying wheel. -Muskyman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrydabassman Posted March 3, 2008 Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 Got your PM and sent you the links to the tutorials. I use the plastic cups to seal my baits. One container has lasted me a few years so far. I cannot think of a less expensive method to seal the wood, puts a smooth rock hard shell around the wood and ready to paint. I found the longer you let it set, the harder it gets, even hard to put a thumb nail into the balsa wood beneith...but then again, I "really" coat them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike-A-Pike Posted March 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 Terry, Got your PM and had a fun afternoon playing in MS Word, Adobe, posting... Thanks for a great time. Any way I can con, I mean, talk you into assisting me in recreating the Plastic Dip for Sealing Wood Baits tutorial that Tally originally made. I need someone to step up and act as a Subject Matter Expert and take the pictures to fit the existing text. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrydabassman Posted March 3, 2008 Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 I'm thinking it was "Virgin Lacquer Thinner"??? I'd know the container if I saw it again to get the correct name of it. I remember buying it at Auto Zone and i also saw it at Wallmart, but the name escapes me at the moment. It would be hard to make an accurate tutorial without actually making a batch. But I'd be glad to explain how to make it, photo's of the finished product and then what a wood bait looks like after w few dips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jflures Posted March 3, 2008 Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 I'd love to read about it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike-A-Pike Posted March 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 Was it Klean-Strip? I found a link on google linking back to TU. http://www.wmbarr.com/product.aspx?catid=21&prodid=104 It's such a small world any more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrydabassman Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 It's very possible, I'd have to see the container. I threw mine away long time ago. They don't show "Virgin Lacquer Thinner" and I'm almost certain that's what works best with the plastic cups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swede Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 In Tally´s tutorial it was Virgin Laquer Thinner that was used Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 I,ve been using lacquer thinner to melt plastic for 4 or 5 years now it works much better [ quicker] than acetone.The plastic cups work well but have used different items as well such as seed starting trays the really flimsy ones that have maybe two dozen pots all attached .The best thing to do is put a small piece in a oz of lacquer if it hasn,t broke down in a few minutes look for something else to use. Don,t but to much plastic in all at once or you,ll be stirring till the cows come home. Try to put plastic that,s the same size thickness in if you put different sizes in the same batch they dissolve at different rates and just add to the agony of stirring and stirring and stirring. Don,t know about the virgin thinner never seen it here. Hope this helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazmail Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 Sorry , can't resist- there is plenty of Lacquer thinners around, but not many virgins. pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishPA Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 yeah it was the Klean Strip Virgin Lacquer Thinner in the teal colored can. Available at Walmart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jflures Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 Just finished reading the thread. I also finished a bottle of water. And I wonder if the plastic water bottle would work instead of cups? Any thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
