rwfleming Posted April 12, 2015 Report Share Posted April 12, 2015 guys what do you do after you have dried your crank and you noticed you have a spot about the siz of a pencil eraser with no Epoxy? poor me....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy G Posted April 12, 2015 Report Share Posted April 12, 2015 Put another thin epoxy coat on it is the only thing that you can do. This happens to me all to often. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwfleming Posted April 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2015 Put another thin epoxy coat on it is the only thing that you can do. This happens to me all to often. shew Lawd....tell me about it.....Oh well......lol back to the drying wheel again.......thanks for the tip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vodkaman Posted April 12, 2015 Report Share Posted April 12, 2015 If the first coat has already hardened, you should scuff it up before applying the second. The scratches will give a good key for the second coat to grip and will not be visible. DAve 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayburnGuy Posted April 12, 2015 Report Share Posted April 12, 2015 It all depends on how worried you are about how the top coat looks. Since the epoxy is self leveling it is going to leave a small shallow spot where the blemish is. If your doing it for yourself then applying a fresh coat of epoxy over the entire bait will do fine. If you want it to look like nothing happened I would clamp the bait so it couldn't move with the bare spot pointing up. Now you can apply a small amount of epoxy to the bare spot. Be sure to watch as it levels out that you don't have an excessive amount of epoxy on the bait. If you do just pick up some of it with a toothpick, matchstick or something similar. You want it to be a wee bit proud of the surrounding area. Once the patch cures you can then give it a light sanding to blend in the patch with the rest of the bait. Now you can give the entire bait a light scuffing with fine grit sandpaper and lay on another epoxy top coat. Once you apply the additional top coat the scratches left by sanding will disappear and you will have a smooth surface. One caveat to this is that if your covering a small crank then an extra layer of epoxy can have a dramatic effect on the bait. On larger lures you probably won't notice much difference. Ben 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
