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Location: Xenia, Ohio | Can you lightly sand between coats? does this affect the glass like appearance in any way? |
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Location: Freedom, WI | Yes you can sand between coats, I would not use coarse paper though. I have even used a vibratory sander with fine paper. just make sure you clean the dust off good, I use either denatured alcohol or lacquer thinner to wipe it down. |
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Location: Xenia, Ohio | Thank you |
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Location: South-Central PA | Why do you want to sand between coats? If you recoat within a 24 hour period, there's no need to.
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Location: Okoboji | to get the nibs off. |
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Location: Middletown, Ohio | The best thing I've found, is to use those green Scotch brite pads to "rough up the finish" between coats. I think the e-tex adheres better to the roughed up suface than just putting on coat after coat.
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Location: NorthCentral WI | bowhunter29 - 1/9/2012 2:00 PM
Why do you want to sand between coats? If you recoat within a 24 hour period, there's no need to.
Jeremy
You know, when you've already got 3 coats of e-tex on and you just finished the final coat... then when hooking it up to the drying wheel, it falls on the ground and gets covered in sawdust, woodchips, etc..
UGHHH.. It's happened to me once or twice. |
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Location: South-Central PA | MartinTD - 1/11/2012 2:44 PM
bowhunter29 - 1/9/2012 2:00 PM
Why do you want to sand between coats? If you recoat within a 24 hour period, there's no need to.
Jeremy
You know, when you've already got 3 coats of e-tex on and you just finished the final coat... then when hooking it up to the drying wheel, it falls on the ground and gets covered in sawdust, woodchips, etc..
UGHHH.. It's happened to me once or twice.
Been there. If it's still wet, all you have to do is wipe it off.
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Location: South-Central PA | When I've had this happen, I quickly wipe it off with a paper towel soaked in Denatured Alcohol and then recoat in an hour or so. As a rule, I never get DA near my lures but when you drop one on the floor it's already pretty much ruined. Sometimes when you get a solvent on a lure, it can cause fisheye problems but you have nothing to lose at this point.
Here's what I would recommend: Use a razor blade (clean the oil off with DA) to cut off the high nubs, sand with a 320 grit, blow off the dust, and recoat with Etex.
jeremy
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Location: Xenia, Ohio | I have a small build-up of epoxy or hump up by the nose of my bait about the size of a dime and I need to sand it down. Can I sand this hump out of the bait I have plenty of epoxy to work with, once I sand the hump out is this going to affect the glass like appearance? |
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Location: NorthCentral WI | MacOne, it will be just fine. After sanding it will have an opaque look but as soon as you touch it with fresh e-tex it will be good again. |
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Location: Xenia, Ohio | Thanks |
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Location: Minnesota: where it's tough to be a sportsfan! | "You know, when you've already got 3 coats of e-tex on and you just finished the final coat... then when hooking it up to the drying wheel, it falls on the ground and gets covered in sawdust, woodchips, etc..
UGHHH.. It's happened to me once or twice."
Wish I had all mine on tape! It would be a great watch!! Had one at the point of super tacky and got it stuck to the back of my shirt without knowing it!! |
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Location: South-Central PA | jakeusa,
You just made me laugh out loud!!!
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