rapalaoutlet Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 Hi guys was wondering how i can clear coat my jointed lures without the epoxy "sticking" the joint. I thought i saw someone say once that we can use acetone... how does that help? is there anything else we can use? my epoxy i use is Envirotex lite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted April 17, 2012 Report Share Posted April 17, 2012 When I made jointed wooden baits, I coated the insides faces of the joints of the unassembled sections with D2T first, lapping it out onto the faces about 1/4" for lap. Then I assembled the baits, put them on my drying wheel, and coated the faces with two coats of Etex. I use a screw eye and hinge pin system for my joints. If you get epoxy in the hinge joints and it sets up, you're in for a nightmare try to get it out again, unless you can disassemble the baits again to clean out the hinges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobP Posted April 17, 2012 Report Share Posted April 17, 2012 I use a screw eye inside a screw eye for hinges and epoxy them in when the bait is completely finished. However, I can still get epoxy in the hinge when installing them and when I do, I use a micro drill bit chucked in a Dremel to zip it out. Can't say if that would be a fix for hinges incorporating hinge pins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
