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Location: Oregon | Has anyone found an easy way to remove clear coat so that a lure can be refinished? I have tried a propane torch to heat it and then peal it off but it's quite time consuming....hoping to find something a bit easier.
thx.
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| I have done well with a heat gun in the past. Heat up small sections at a time.Then peal off the soft clear with an old knife or tool.
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| soak the bait in lacquer thinner if its a wood bait |
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Location: Oregon | How long does it need to soak George?
Edited by RiverMan 11/13/2007 4:20 PM
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| it depends upon the clear coat. do not use it if the baits plastic. i have stripped hundreds of lures. i dedicate a covered pail thats metal and a respirater. the clear gets very goopy and wipes off with a rag. |
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Location: Omaha, Nebraska | I tried doing that method with a couple hughes rivers and it didn't work on them, but I have used the method on other lures with less thick clear coat on them and it has worked fairly well. For the Hughes Rivers I ended up using a putty knife and peeling/chipping away at the clear coat by getting under the clear coat at just one spot. |
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Location: Oregon | Sounds like a nasty job regardless of how it's done.........thanks guys.
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| Heat, whether propane or heatgun, and keep it rotating while moving the torch from end to end and eventually most of it will start to lift off and you'll be able to peel it. Avoid burning the wood. It won't allow paints and sealers to penetrate the wood as well as if were new. |
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| What kind of topcoating is it on the lure?Better yet what brand is it
Edited by Swede 11/14/2007 5:18 PM
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removing clear coat