BuckHammer Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 Hello I am new to TU, and this is my first post. I have been making jigs for about 7 years and have painted over 20,000 jigs one at a time. I read that cadman has made a single dip fluid bed and had success. I purchased one of those from csi paint a few years back. My question is what porous material is at the bottom of these fluid beds that alows the air to evenly pass through. Last weekend i made a 10"x10" fluid bed using tyvek as the porous plate. The results were ok. the tyvek bows up in the middle so it shallower in the middle. Does anyone out there know what is material used in a real fluidized bed. Ive heard of porous polyprolylene but there are so many sizes and variations out there. Thanks in advance for your help! Ive have only been on this website for a day or 2 and have already learned alot about lure building. Great Job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bamarocks Posted March 19, 2010 Report Share Posted March 19, 2010 [not real sure what the exact name of the stuff is but i do know its very expensive. a pc 24" x 36" will run you $300-$500 depending on who you get it from i have a friend in nashville that works for a company that supplies powder coaters with paints filters and all that stuff and he cant get me a better deal on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Cutom Baits Posted March 19, 2010 Report Share Posted March 19, 2010 BuckHammer It's called pourus polypropolene ( Hope I spelled it right), check out TJ's Tackle http://tjstackle.com/ I got my 3 'disks for the single dip fluid bed from him at a reasonable price, he may have larger sizes that you may need. RS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassrecord Posted March 19, 2010 Report Share Posted March 19, 2010 Hello I am new to TU, and this is my first post. I have been making jigs for about 7 years and have painted over 20,000 jigs one at a time. I read that cadman has made a single dip fluid bed and had success. I purchased one of those from csi paint a few years back. My question is what porous material is at the bottom of these fluid beds that alows the air to evenly pass through. Last weekend i made a 10"x10" fluid bed using tyvek as the porous plate. The results were ok. the tyvek bows up in the middle so it shallower in the middle. Does anyone out there know what is material used in a real fluidized bed. Ive heard of porous polyprolylene but there are so many sizes and variations out there. Thanks in advance for your help! Ive have only been on this website for a day or 2 and have already learned alot about lure building. Great Job! Have you read the 133 posts on DIY Fluid Bed under Homebrew tools? Might be of use. Good luck! John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LedHed Posted March 19, 2010 Report Share Posted March 19, 2010 Look for micro mesh @ mcmaster carr. Probably a 3 micron pore size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clamboni Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 Buck if you got the right airflow out of the tyvek, use some 1/4" wire mesh over the tyvek to prevent it from bowing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckHammer Posted March 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 (edited) Buck if you got the right airflow out of the tyvek, use some 1/4" wire mesh over the tyvek to prevent it from bowing. Id like to thanks every one for there help on this topic, I will post the finished product (incase someone else is interested in building one) when i get the kinks worked out. Thanks again for for you input!! Edited March 22, 2010 by BuckHammer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
