bassguy Posted March 30, 2014 Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 (edited) Why is it that I'm better at "weighing" lures than weighing fish? Hahaha You've been watching me fish Mark. I'm in the same "boat" as you. LOL Jerry Edited March 30, 2014 by bassguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saltshaker Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 When I started painting those Little John blanks, I foiled them and coated with Etex. They would sink ever so slightly.....like an inch per second. I started dipping them in urethane to stop the sinking. I wanted them to float. Since then the only complaints I've had from people who bought them was that they didn't sink anymore. I went back to the Etex. Like someone noted...there is a fine line between sinking/suspending. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vodkaman Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 Saltshaker - where do you draw the line between suspending and sinker. There has to be a tolerance. An inch per second, I would call a successful suspender. Perfect even. A suspender will only truly suspend at a specific depth, which varies from day to day, depending on temperature. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen snider Posted March 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 Urethane is the answer was looking for will urethane float better than Etex and other clear coats? What kind of urethane do u use? Thanks ,Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 You can also use one coat of a clear nail polish. It is light, thin, and strong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobP Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 Urethane vs epoxy - Urethane is much thinner than epoxy in single coats, however only moisture cured urethane (MCU) is as durable, and although it has lots of excellent performance features, it is also very difficult to store and then use in small batches without hardening in the container. As to being lighter than epoxy, that's TBD unless someone does actual tests on both of them. You can't judge by just the thickness of the coating. Epoxy weighs only 1.1 x water. On a bass bait the size of a Little John, I would estimate the weight of all the finish including a Devcon Two Ton epoxy topcoat at around 2.5 hundredths of an ounce. Doesn't sound like much, does it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 Mark, I've heard you speak of using nail polish as a top coat..does anybody know what nail Polish is ?..Nathan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 Mark, I've heard you speak of using nail polish as a top coat..does anybody know what nail Polish is ?..Nathan That question used to come up often in my family, since my mother's side came from a town that went from Russian to Polish, and then back again, quite often. The general consensus was it was a nail with no head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vodkaman Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 The epoxy topcoat also increases the volume of the lure. The increase in volume means that the lure will support more weight. The sinking effect of epoxy is there, but not as bad as you might think. As for nail polish - I use screws. DAve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
