osutodd Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 Since I'm working from home "until further notice", I have some extra time to play around. No more hour drive to work and back. Doing an experiment this week to see if my epoxy topcoat will react with traditional soft plastics or elaztech baits. Going to leave them in contact for a week or so and see what happens. Has anyone tried this with other topcoats? Looking for good and bad reactions. Stay safe everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 (edited) I've found that acrylic top coats, like AC1315 concrete sealer and rattle can Rustoleum X2 Gloss Clear, are melted by the softener in plastisol. I keep my baits topcoated with them on one side of the boat, and my soft plastic baits on the other side. My baits coated with either epoxy or UV clear are not affected by plastisol. Edited March 24, 2020 by mark poulson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobP Posted March 25, 2020 Report Share Posted March 25, 2020 I don’t store soft plastics and crankbaits together because it’s just not orderly, but epoxy is very chemically inert once it has cured and I’ve never seen or heard of reactions with it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osutodd Posted March 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2020 That's good to hear. I've been leaning toward epoxy as a topcoat anyway. It seems to be more durable than anything I've tried that was dipped. I generally don't store them together either, but sometimes rods get shoved into the rod locker in a hurry, and plastics come in contact with other baits. Better safe than sorry. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobP Posted March 27, 2020 Report Share Posted March 27, 2020 Recalling other TU posts about this, the only soft plastic - topcoat reaction I’ve read about is using concrete sealer as a topcoat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravenlures Posted March 27, 2020 Report Share Posted March 27, 2020 I made the mistake of using concrete sealer and found out that the hook protectors were sticking to the lures along with other lures so dump that idea. KBS and Epoxy for me no more changes. Wayne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted March 27, 2020 Report Share Posted March 27, 2020 4 hours ago, BobP said: Recalling other TU posts about this, the only soft plastic - topcoat reaction I’ve read about is using concrete sealer as a topcoat. It's the same thing with Rustoleum X2 Gloss Clear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osutodd Posted April 29, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2020 Just got back to checking on my experiment. Left a Z-Man TRD laying in a mixing cup of hardened epoxy for a month. No reaction at all. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted April 29, 2020 Report Share Posted April 29, 2020 4 hours ago, osutodd said: Just got back to checking on my experiment. Left a Z-Man TRD laying in a mixing cup of hardened epoxy for a month. No reaction at all. I've found that the only thing that reacts with epoxy, once it's cured, is a hammer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
