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| As a bait maker this question has come a few times. With the cost of epoxy coating being more and the costs having to be passed along would you prefer epoxy over automotive clear. Taking in the fact that automotive clear would probably save you a couple of bucks per bait but would get beat up faster.
Multiple options with plastic and wood and the last 3 being general opinions. |
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Location: Eastern Ontario | I voted thick epoxy on wood and 1 coat clear on plastic |
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| Epoxy
2-3 coats on plastic
4-5 coats on wood
Depends on lure
Auto clear is not even close. If you think so your kidding yourself. Best place for this post would be in the basement forum. |
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| In my experience thinner coats of auto clear will hold up better than thicker auto clear on plastic. It seems once you wear through the coat it will peal easier when it’s thicker. I couple of thin coats of epoxy hold up the best on plastic baits.
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| You are right auto clear is not close, there is the cost factor. It all depends on how long you want the pretty paint to last.
Why basement baits? There are examples of both in higher volume bait builders Examples for epoxy on plastic - Slammer, Phantom. Paint - Bucher, Drifter. All are excellent baits. |
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| Thick epoxy on wood, thin on plastic.
QUESTION: How will giving existing baits an epoxy coating affect the action? |
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Location: Oregon | With wood I don't think a guy has much choice, you need the protection to keep the water out. With plastic lures you have more options. I have never used a spray on clear but some of them are incredibly tough and some of the best baits out there are using it. Of most importance to both the builder and angler is lure action, and my experience has been than in most cases lures run better with a thin coat than they do with a thick coat. A really thick, deep coat of epoxy over a good paint job sure is pretty tho. 
Jed |
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| How about either painting the INSIDE of a clear plastic body or placing a holographic insert inside a clear plastic body.
That way barring catastrophic failure the finish will always be intact.
If the clear outer plastic gets too dull you can remove the hooks and polish it back to a like new condition. |
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