MarlinMike Posted November 17, 2018 Report Share Posted November 17, 2018 I recently bought a lure at a garage sale and during polishing I found out that the inside was fogged up (the whole thing was coated in this weird powder). The inside contains metal with a scale pattern. Is there anyway to fix this or do I have to deal with it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughesy Posted November 17, 2018 Report Share Posted November 17, 2018 The only way I know of is to dissect the lure and clean it up from the inside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD_mudbug Posted November 17, 2018 Report Share Posted November 17, 2018 It looks like moisture can get into the lure through the belly hook hanger. How about trying a vacuum with an attachment on the line tie / hook hangers or leaving the lure in some uncooked rice to dry out the inside? I had a fogged-up squarebill with a transparent paint job. There was no scale foil inside. I think it had a tiny leak at the rear hook hanger. The moisture in the lure didn’t dissipate without some help. I used a small shop-vac attachment rigged up to a small rubber hose with duct tape to suck out as much moisture as I could. After that, I left the lure in a sealed Ziploc bag of rice. I forgot about the lure and found my bag of rice a week later. Then, I sealed the 2 hook hangers. It has been clear for a couple of years. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarlinMike Posted November 20, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2018 On 11/17/2018 at 6:33 PM, JD_mudbug said: It looks like moisture can get into the lure through the belly hook hanger. How about trying a vacuum with an attachment on the line tie / hook hangers or leaving the lure in some uncooked rice to dry out the inside? I had a fogged-up squarebill with a transparent paint job. There was no scale foil inside. I think it had a tiny leak at the rear hook hanger. The moisture in the lure didn’t dissipate without some help. I used a small shop-vac attachment rigged up to a small rubber hose with duct tape to suck out as much moisture as I could. After that, I left the lure in a sealed Ziploc bag of rice. I forgot about the lure and found my bag of rice a week later. Then, I sealed the 2 hook hangers. It has been clear for a couple of years. I'll try that. I wonder why it gets that powdery coating though. That lure was so bad that it looked like someone spray painted it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD_mudbug Posted November 20, 2018 Report Share Posted November 20, 2018 It looks like a Mirro Lure. Some of those baits are painted on the inside of the body before the halves are put together. You see this sometimes on lures with internal foil inserts. My guess is that water was in the bait for a prolonged period, it broke-down some of the belly paint on the inside and spread it. The lure dried out on its own and the spread out paint turned into powdery residue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughesy Posted November 20, 2018 Report Share Posted November 20, 2018 The white powder is from the oxidation of the internal weight. There is no way to clear this lure up other than separating the two halves and cleaning the inside. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonoman Posted November 20, 2018 Report Share Posted November 20, 2018 There is a fella on a crankbait site that says to remove the white powder from the outside all ya have to do is take a hair dryer and heat it a bit and it comes off, as for the inside not sure if its possible to get that clean without destroying it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
