M-D Posted July 7, 2012 Report Share Posted July 7, 2012 Hello all! Newb here, love the site and many thanks to Cadman for helping me get here. I am a longtime bass fishin fool but I'm a new luremaker, starting out with Arky style bass jigs. I have been using the super glue gel .14 OZ bottle and I have gotten about 50 WG's glued in and the bottle is acting like its out. Is this about right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jig Man Posted July 7, 2012 Report Share Posted July 7, 2012 I've never counted them but I'm thinking you may be using too much glue. It only takes the itty bittiest drop to hold them in the hole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smalljaw Posted July 7, 2012 Report Share Posted July 7, 2012 Jig Man offer good advise, it only takes a little bit but 50 doesn't sound too bad but I never counted because I like to always have an extra bottle, if one runs out I open the new one and then pick another up so I always have enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M-D Posted July 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2012 I have been filling the WG hole nearly to the top and putting the loose end of the WG in the hole. Maybe I should back down how much I am putting in the hole? I do get quite a bit of glue coming out after I insert the WG... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadman Posted July 7, 2012 Report Share Posted July 7, 2012 (edited) Hey M-D, Welcome to TU and I'm glad the admin. got everything straightened out for you. I am of the different belief, as I fill the hole nearly to the top. Some jigs have really deep weedguard holes while others are more shallow. I have found from my experience that when I used a lot less, the glue settled at the bottom of the hole and didn't glue in all the strands properly. They would then fall out. This is just my opinion. Experiment with it and let us know what you find. Like mentioned 50 jigs doesn't sound bad at all. One other trick I found which will get you more weedguards glued in is this. Turn your super glue bottle upside down. Take a pair of small channel locks and when your ready to glue, squeeze the handles on the tube (where normally your fingers would go) with the channel locks. Believe it or not you will get a lot more glue out of that bottle. When you're done, cap the tube and leave it turned upside down. When you're ready do the same next time until you will eventually run out. I would say you could do another 10 jigs with this little trick. Believe it or not those bottles are not full. The bottle is about twice the size or more of what liquid is in the bottle. Unfortunately, they do not fill by volume, but by ounces marked on the bottle. Edited July 7, 2012 by cadman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M-D Posted July 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2012 Thanks for the tip cadman! I have it sitting upside down awaiting my next session at the bench. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jig Man Posted July 8, 2012 Report Share Posted July 8, 2012 I put the already glued end of the wg in the hole so I never have any loose ones to fall out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
