Plastics for lure bodies
Lotw1975
Posted 1/20/2016 11:08 AM (#800496)
Subject: Plastics for lure bodies




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Has anyone tried making a lure from machinable plastic like uhmw or hdpe? Just curious, we use them a lot at work and I have access to scrap.
MRichardson
Posted 1/20/2016 12:58 PM (#800513 - in reply to #800496)
Subject: RE: Plastics for lure bodies





Paint doesn't stick to the ethylenes
ToddM
Posted 1/20/2016 1:32 PM (#800518 - in reply to #800513)
Subject: RE: Plastics for lure bodies





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Location: oswego, il
MRichardson - 1/20/2016 12:58 PM

Paint doesn't stick to the ethylenes


I have tried to pronounce that 20 times what?
MRichardson
Posted 1/20/2016 1:57 PM (#800523 - in reply to #800518)
Subject: RE: Plastics for lure bodies





https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyethylene

 

 



Edited by MRichardson 1/20/2016 2:01 PM
Lotw1975
Posted 1/21/2016 6:54 AM (#800600 - in reply to #800496)
Subject: Re: Plastics for lure bodies




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That was my main concern, thanks
Gringo Loco
Posted 1/23/2016 12:36 PM (#800915 - in reply to #800600)
Subject: Re: Plastics for lure bodies




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Location: Moses Lake, WA		You might try the following since you have an inexpensive supply of material. See if you can get epoxy to evenly cover a rounded surface. If that works you can paint over the epoxy. Epoxy won't stick to everything and I'm not sure about polyethylene.