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Mace

Posted 7/20/2017 1:12 PM (#870880)
Subject: Jerk bait woes

Posts: 99

Location: West Virginia

I have been making maple jerkbaits for a while and have ran into an issue that I was hoping to get some help with. I added a precoat of epoxy to the base wood layer because someone told me that it made a smoother laying for painting. It does. But then I paint and do the normal 3 layers of epoxy. Baits seem to be a good bit quicker on the drop. Do you think one extra layer of epoxy can make that much difference? Should I do one precoat then drop back to two finish coats or just do all 3 coats at the end? Or just adjust the belly weights? Just trying to save myself some steps since I'm sure you guys have already addressed this. Thanks.

5th lake Brad

Posted 7/20/2017 5:21 PM (#870912 - in reply to #870880)
Subject: Re: Jerk bait woes

Posts: 537

Location: Gilberts IL/Rhinelander WI

Put in less weight.

rougarou

Posted 7/21/2017 4:24 AM (#870951 - in reply to #870880)
Subject: Re: Jerk bait woes

Posts: 102

check weight before and after doing both ways sometimes the raw wood weighes differant due to density

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