Thiskidlikes2fish Posted October 7, 2020 Report Share Posted October 7, 2020 (edited) I have been wanting to work on something to try and sell but for my lures I have been using Devcon 2 ton 30 min epoxy but I lose a lot of detail. Any thoughts on another clear coat I should use but I can’t do an automotive clear, I also haven’t tried thinking my epoxy but I am trying that next. Edited October 7, 2020 by Thiskidlikes2fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chefchris Posted October 8, 2020 Report Share Posted October 8, 2020 Use a better two part epoxy, Devcon is great for epoxying hardware or eyes/hook hangers not great for top coat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thiskidlikes2fish Posted October 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2020 1 hour ago, chefchris said: Use a better two part epoxy, Devcon is great for epoxying hardware or eyes/hook hangers not great for top coat Ok thank for the advise what would be a good epoxy to use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chefchris Posted October 8, 2020 Report Share Posted October 8, 2020 42 minutes ago, Thiskidlikes2fish said: Ok thank for the advise what would be a good epoxy to use? enviro tex lite from michaels or hobby lobby, is a good starter epoxy, get a 40% off coupon, and try it out danthefisherman and BigBaitThirty 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthefisherman Posted October 8, 2020 Report Share Posted October 8, 2020 8 minutes ago, chefchris said: enviro tex lite from michaels or hobby lobby, is a good starter epoxy, get a 40% off coupon, and try it out +1 for envirotex. You may also want to invest in a good bait turner. BigBaitThirty 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thiskidlikes2fish Posted October 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2020 (edited) Thank both of you will try it out and I already have a lure turner that I built Edited October 8, 2020 by Thiskidlikes2fish BigBaitThirty 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thiskidlikes2fish Posted October 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2020 (edited) I was wondering has anyone tried the kbs diamond spray. I was thinking about trying it but idk? Edited October 24, 2020 by Thiskidlikes2fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogervang Posted October 24, 2020 Report Share Posted October 24, 2020 Kbs spray is ok in my experience. its convenience, but not durable. Its easily scratched. Took one of my bait out for two night run. Fished it hard and caught some good fish but it looked like it's been fished for 3 months. BigBaitThirty 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thiskidlikes2fish Posted October 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2020 1 hour ago, Rogervang said: Kbs spray is ok in my experience. its convenience, but not durable. Its easily scratched. Took one of my bait out for two night run. Fished it hard and caught some good fish but it looked like it's been fished for 3 months. Thank you for the info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthefisherman Posted October 24, 2020 Report Share Posted October 24, 2020 1 hour ago, Rogervang said: Kbs spray is ok in my experience. its convenience, but not durable. Its easily scratched. Took one of my bait out for two night run. Fished it hard and caught some good fish but it looked like it's been fished for 3 months. This. I've used the KBS spray for a good number of years now and it's ok...great for a quick coat during prototyping but has a strong odor for awhile and will scratch off pretty quickly. I would triple coat your baits and let them fully dry for 24 hours at the very least before introducing them to the water. 2K automotive clear is what I use now and it is great! The downsides are that it is a bit more expensive and you'll have to use a whole can in short order. I keep the KBS spray handy for prototyping and will apply 2K automotive on a batch of baits that I want the paint to last longer. BigBaitThirty 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thiskidlikes2fish Posted October 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2020 7 hours ago, danthefisherman said: This. I've used the KBS spray for a good number of years now and it's ok...great for a quick coat during prototyping but has a strong odor for awhile and will scratch off pretty quickly. I would triple coat your baits and let them fully dry for 24 hours at the very least before introducing them to the water. 2K automotive clear is what I use now and it is great! The downsides are that it is a bit more expensive and you'll have to use a whole can in short order. I keep the KBS spray handy for prototyping and will apply 2K automotive on a batch of baits that I want the paint to last longer. Thank you.looks like I’ll be sticking to epoxy for one off baits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattony Posted October 25, 2020 Report Share Posted October 25, 2020 Bob smith 30 epoxy, and alumnite uv is good too. What I use BigBaitThirty 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassmaster1 Posted October 31, 2020 Report Share Posted October 31, 2020 I’ve been using alumi-uv and really like it. Really fast cure time and it seems pretty durable so far BigBaitThirty 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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