ereyeckeyem Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 Do any of you guys have a problem with the Deps plastic skin turning cloudy white?? Any fixes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdi23nls Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 Not yet but I wish the would put the skins on the market to buy. I'm sure that's a pipe dream though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRHguy Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 ^^^that would be awesome. Switch out front and back halves and make all kinds of crazy patterns. But for now. Repaint! I mentioned in a post a while back I had a deps repainted by Rafa Custom Baits. This was mostly because I wanted a color switch but it was also due to the fact that my deps inner foil was getting all scuffed up and peeled, as well as the skin getting really scratched up and white. Had Rafa strip the skin and foil, repaint the body on the inside, and then once the outer shell was back on he airbrushed a bit on there too to blend the paint job. Looks brand new and I have yet to have any issues with it whatsoever since. Paint looks great and you can't even tell the skin was ever scuffed and white. Not sure how much yours is white and faded out but I don't see how this wouldn't work. Hope this helps! Casey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimbait 24/7 Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 ereyeckeyem, Squeeze the water out of the tail when your done fishing and shake your bait to remove the water inside your bait trapped between the skin and body. To dry it out if it gets cloudy just use a "Blow Dryer" over the bait till it becomes clear again or hang it in a warm place..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynem Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 I used to own a plastics company where we did lots of polymer analysis. I am guessing that the Deps skin is a polyurethane material. If that is true, the skin will absorb a bit of water and will turn cloudy when this happens. It does not weaken or degrade the skin- it just gets that milky opaque look. Just dry it out in the sun or with a hair blower on low setting, and you're good to go. Try not to store it in a closed box with wet baits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zyangoutdoors Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 How did you end up taking the rear section off...mines, the foil skin seems to be dulling out from having water still in there.. I was thinking of taking the rear section off and clean the foil to make it bring again ^^^that would be awesome. Switch out front and back halves and make all kinds of crazy patterns. But for now. Repaint! I mentioned in a post a while back I had a deps repainted by Rafa Custom Baits. This was mostly because I wanted a color switch but it was also due to the fact that my deps inner foil was getting all scuffed up and peeled, as well as the skin getting really scratched up and white. Had Rafa strip the skin and foil, repaint the body on the inside, and then once the outer shell was back on he airbrushed a bit on there too to blend the paint job. Looks brand new and I have yet to have any issues with it whatsoever since. Paint looks great and you can't even tell the skin was ever scuffed and white. Not sure how much yours is white and faded out but I don't see how this wouldn't work. Hope this helps! Casey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRHguy Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 Once the skin is off its tough to get the foil back to looking normal. I didn't do it so I'm not sure how tricky of a process it is but Rafa said he used warm running water to loosen the skin and a butter knife to separate it from the body Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectrum Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 Two things I've noticed. The adhesive on the back of the foil starts to break down and can fog up the skin. Also, sediment in the water gets trapped between the skin and the bait when the water dries and fogs it up too. I've taken them apart and scrubbed the ish out of the inside of the skin with dish soap. They do clean up. But you'll also notice (probably) that the foil itself isn't as flashy as it once was. If you're careful with a little solvent and a rag you can rub off the glue thats leaked out from behind the foil, and left residue on the surface of the foil. Also, it's a hell of a lot easier to the the skin off and back on if you do it underwater. At least it is for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsteadyslayin Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 Great topic, cause this will be a problem for all of us. Just got my 250. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ereyeckeyem Posted January 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 I used to own a plastics company where we did lots of polymer analysis. I am guessing that the Deps skin is a polyurethane material. If that is true, the skin will absorb a bit of water and will turn cloudy when this happens. It does not weaken or degrade the skin- it just gets that milky opaque look. Just dry it out in the sun or with a hair blower on low setting, and you're good to go. Try not to store it in a closed box with wet baits. I do believe it is a polyurethane material. Definitely feels like it. And thanks for the tips swimbait24/7 and that's prob what I did.. Left it closed in my box with it and other baits being wet. :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ereyeckeyem Posted January 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 ^^^that would be awesome. Switch out front and back halves and make all kinds of crazy patterns. But for now. Repaint! I mentioned in a post a while back I had a deps repainted by Rafa Custom Baits. This was mostly because I wanted a color switch but it was also due to the fact that my deps inner foil was getting all scuffed up and peeled, as well as the skin getting really scratched up and white. Had Rafa strip the skin and foil, repaint the body on the inside, and then once the outer shell was back on he airbrushed a bit on there too to blend the paint job. Looks brand new and I have yet to have any issues with it whatsoever since. Paint looks great and you can't even tell the skin was ever scuffed and white. Not sure how much yours is white and faded out but I don't see how this wouldn't work. Hope this helps! Casey Thanks for the suggestion but I definitely don't want to paint the skins.. I already sharpied a flash trout I had and sayonara. It's a tattooed for life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zyangoutdoors Posted January 31, 2014 Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 In the process of repairing the skin on the 250. If it all work out, it may be in production with any color or pattern you want. Reason why it's like this is because I left it moist and didn't like the fading tail section so I scrapped everything and going to replace it with a more natural trout patter with the flash foil still in tact Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aasenke Posted January 31, 2014 Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 I thought the back section was super glued onto the back of the bait so water doesn't get in and mess with the action of the bait? I know TDot knows something about this subject. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenbasser Posted January 31, 2014 Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 i know the rear skin is glued in near the joint, but there's an air pocket by the tail that takes on water during normal use. would really be interested in hearing details on successfully removing and reattaching the the rear skin, as my DIY flash carp is nearly finished Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zyangoutdoors Posted January 31, 2014 Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 Will try to finish this project next weekemd..will keep you guys posted of the finish results Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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