I use western red cedar to make fishing lures. After cutting them out to shape I normally dip them in a sanding sealer. The sanding sealer though causes the wood grain to really rise. I need to seal the baits tho in some way before going to a primer. Does anyone have a suggestioin for me?
Thank you!!
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I just ran a damp cloth over them Bob and boy did it ever raise the grain!
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bOb wrote:
Seal them with epoxy. paint them. Clear coat them with epoxy. also, bass wood makes excellent lures.
Myxylplyk wrote: > Seal them with epoxy. paint them. Clear coat them with epoxy. > also, bass wood makes excellent lures.
I'm with you until the clear coat with epoxy.
Since epoxy has no UV inhibitors, makes a lousy final coat for outdoor items.
Lew
A fishing lure? Is he going to lay it out on the lawn for days on end and tempt the fish to come ashore?
I think that he can safely ignore UV problems.
Mike
Thanks for the help guys. I use an epoxy-type product designed for clear coating bar tops as a final coat. What I was hoping to find is a product that would seal the wood before I primer it. Perhaps there is a primer that would both seal and prime it? I want to have an additional layer of protection below the clear coat and of course must have the white primer as a base to paint the lure pattern on.
II
What "epoxy" do you use? Are you talking about something like Devcon 2 ton? And then you thin it with acetone....is that right? When you say to use a "long cure but thin it and treat it like a 5-min epoxy" what do you mean? Does the thinning spead up the reaction/drying time?
After the epoxy is on then what do you use as a basecoat primer?
Thank you!!!
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