TrophyFishR Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 Okay, I got to throw my rock crawler with PD today, it peels kinda bad. I used 3 coats of spray. Do I need to buy the dip can instead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cougarftd Posted December 9, 2015 Report Share Posted December 9, 2015 Was it shaken well when you sprayed? Reason being....I use that a lot (spray) and have not had a peeling issue. In addition I know of guys that have used it to prevent stone chips on car hoods and is has not peeled. I usually do 3 coats as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrophyFishR Posted December 9, 2015 Report Share Posted December 9, 2015 I shook the can for 60-90 seconds & warmed my garage up to 72 degrees prior to spraying. I think the coats were too thin or maybe 2 coats isnt enough. Overall, I really like the product & ease of use. Basically the hook rash was gnarly, but the other parts of the bait were fine. I landed a 10lb striper on that Rock Crawler, so its no big deal to the fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 (edited) You can try coating the hook rash area with clear nail polish first, and the spraying on the Plasti Dip. That way, if the hooks rub off the dip in certain areas, your paint job and bait are still protected. I used it over an already top coated swimbait, to give it a softer texture, ala Butch Brown's glide baits. Edited December 10, 2015 by mark poulson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrophyFishR Posted December 15, 2015 Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 I'm going to clearcoat the bait with Etex as usual. Then spray the PD on top after a few days & do multiple coats of PD over the Etex. Honestly the gnarly peeling rubber coat looks like crawfish skin, it's weird 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted December 15, 2015 Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 I'm going to clearcoat the bait with Etex as usual. Then spray the PD on top after a few days & do multiple coats of PD over the Etex. Honestly the gnarly peeling rubber coat looks like crawfish skin, it's weird Maybe that can be another way to add to a crawdad pattern. Does the dip peel after it's been cut by the hooks, or does it still adhere to the bait where it's not cut? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrophyFishR Posted December 15, 2015 Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 Maybe that can be another way to add to a crawdad pattern. Does the dip peel after it's been cut by the hooks, or does it still adhere to the bait where it's not cut? It peels where the hooks make a hook rash. Keep in my that I sprayed 2 coats & it recommends 3-4 coats. So I kinda screwed the pooch on that deal 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
