shaggy Posted April 11, 2006 Report Share Posted April 11, 2006 Last year I purchased 33000 silicone skirts from a guy in Canada. He was selling them because "some" of the collars were defective. When the shipment arrived I began to go threw the order and found only a handful that were bad, so I thought I had made a good purchase. SOme of the bands were a little on the loose side, so I purchased replacement bands, and have been replacing them one at a time. My problem now is that the bands are getting worse. They are no longer loose, the are decentagrating. I have a garbage can in my basement that is slowly filling up with all different colors of 5" silicone strands. My orginal order of 33000 skirts will end up around 15000 skirts at the current rate. Does anybody have any good ideas for what to do with all of this loose material. There is no way I could go threw my can and reassemble the skirts. It would take way to much time and would not be worth the effort. Pleas if anybody has any suggestions let me know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smalljaw Posted April 14, 2006 Report Share Posted April 14, 2006 If you have a some spinnerbaits or jigs that you want to put a skirt on, take the loose strands and use light wire to put them on. I believe luremaking.com has wire that made with the sole purpose of tying skirts. The reason the bands on your skirts are falling apart is they are dry rotted. even if they are still together all it would take is to put it on a bait and make a couple of cast and goodbye skirt. Skirt collars are madse of rubber and will wear out in time but you can get an extra couple of seasons out of them by spraying them with a silicone spray when storing them for long periods of time. The silicone will keep the collar lubricated and keep it from dry rotting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WidowMaker Posted April 18, 2006 Report Share Posted April 18, 2006 What i would do is make sure all the colors are seperated and then leave them alone and dont touch them. Chances are that if they have been assembled for an extended period of time the strands will be stuck together in the collar area. You may be able to replace he bands on a "as needed" basis. You may be able to put the new collar on right next to the old collar and then remove the old one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WidowMaker Posted April 18, 2006 Report Share Posted April 18, 2006 What i would do is make sure all the colors are seperated and then leave them alone and dont touch them. Chances are that if they have been assembled for an extended period of time the strands will be stuck together in the collar area. You may be able to replace he bands on a "as needed" basis. You may be able to put the new collar on right next to the old collar and then remove the old one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ominousone Posted April 19, 2006 Report Share Posted April 19, 2006 How about gently placing them on jigs, and then tying them on with kevlar fly tying thread before the band deteriorates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
