hilltop Posted February 23, 2017 Report Share Posted February 23, 2017 I am wondering, is there a base clear coat that blanks can be dipped in and hung to dry........then prime over and paint, the idea of coating and spinning every blank before priming is very time consuming, just looking to see if anyone has any ideas out there.......thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Ron Posted February 23, 2017 Report Share Posted February 23, 2017 Why are you wanting to put a clear base coat? I'm not sure the reasoning and am here to learn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobP Posted February 23, 2017 Report Share Posted February 23, 2017 I often use Solarez uv cured polyester resin. You can't just hang it to dry but 3 minutes under a uv light or 10-15 minutes outside under sunlight cures it hard. Can't get much faster than that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clemmy Posted February 25, 2017 Report Share Posted February 25, 2017 A common dip coat sealer that was used is proprionate. Lots of threads on it if you do a search. If you know the old clearcoat Rapala used, that's propionate. Only thing is there are different ones with differing hardnesses, so you should get it from someone knowledgeable. A couple members used to provide it, unfortunately Swede passed away, and I haven't heard anything from Palmetto Balsa in a long while. I don't use it myself, but I'm sure some are, perhaps they will chime in with a source for you craig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW Lures Posted February 26, 2017 Report Share Posted February 26, 2017 Ron it's for sealing the wood. I use a wood harder. Then I lightly sand it and put a primer on or you could call it the base color. I use this to accent other colors to follow. You've seen paint manufatures show transparent paint over black and white paints, that's what I'm talking. So what I'm saying is that you seal the wood first/base coat, paint and seal your paint last which is the top coat. Hilltop called it a base clear coat, sealer if you will....same thing. Dale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Ron Posted February 26, 2017 Report Share Posted February 26, 2017 I get it. I was having a brain fart and was thinking why seal a plastic blank. I paint blanks and don't make my own baits, so I was just in that frame of mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
