b75nweav Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 Well, painted my best bluegill ever on a rapala dt 6 and decided to use the 2ton epoxy instead of the 5min. I kept rotating about every min for about 20min and it was looking great but after about an hour I noticed it was a little thin on the top and one spot underneath the lip. The next day it looked more obvious so I decided to try and fix it with the 5 min.......Dont try it, it doesnt work.........What do you guys do when this happens to you......?Hell of a way to finish off a crank bait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b75nweav Posted July 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 one more question how thick should the epoxy on a crankbait be. I usually lay it on thick the first time. I have purchased custom painted crank's before that were coated in epoxy but it did not look near as thick as mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobP Posted July 27, 2007 Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 I think 5 min repairs will yellow and show up. IMO, 5 min just won't level properly. If you're used to 5 min, anything else seems thin but 2T is thicker than just about any other popular clearcoat epoxy. I do a single coat. If you run into a fisheye or void, you can sometimes patch it if you're a clearcoat artiste but often the best thing to do is recoat the whole bait. Thicker is not better.... it's just thicker. If the bait is fully coated and neat looking, I don't care how thin it is. Epoxies are naturally very durable. And loading on a bunch of epoxy usually has bad effects on crankbait performance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinman Posted July 27, 2007 Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 Same here. If you get abit of a flaw, don't worry about it. The second coat of 2T will go on easier & take care of it. Sometimes a little light sanding the spot will benefit it. On smaller lures, with a little practice, you can get most with one coat. On big Musky lures I almost always put on 2 coats & sometime 3 before I'm satisfied. More suface area is just harder to put on perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longball Posted July 27, 2007 Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 as for your repair you can mix a small amount of your 2T and put in the hole and cover with a piece of scotch tape. After it dries remove the tape and it is fine. Yes, read it here, and yes tried it and it works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b75nweav Posted July 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2007 Well I dont want to fiddle with it anymore. Looks like this one is going on my pole not ebay...Thanks for the tips. Got a new one coming, will post it on here soon to get some input, turned out really great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lure--Prof Posted July 29, 2007 Report Share Posted July 29, 2007 You might as well try what longball suggests; it wouldn't take as long to do as the time everyone took to give you those good suggestions. Why ask for advice if you're simply going to ignore it? Might make everyone a little less apt to give you input next time. Dean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b75nweav Posted July 29, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2007 didn't mean anything by that. Just did not want to make it unfishable by blobbing alot of epoxy on it. Will try fix though...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
