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| Just wondering if it gets old after not using it for a year. I tried to coat a few the other day and they are still tacky. yeah its been a week now. I have used it before and never had a problem. I turned the light on in drying rack to help cure. Shop temps are 65 ish with regular humidity. not a pro but just have fun with this. any tips appreciated. |
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Location: South-Central PA | Sounds like your mix is off. Mix up a new batch and recoat.
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Location: PA | Yep I second that, mix again and recoat. Even at 65 when mixed properly it will still set up hard. |
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Location: Finland | etex can go into a stage where the resin part starts to get white clumps in it how ever this does not mean its gone bad it just means that you are not having them in there ideal storage temperature, the clumping does happen with other kinds of resins too. if you have the clumping problem you can submerge the resin part bottle into a hot water and the resin starts to become clear again.
However to me it sounds that you are having a mix ratio problem ( if you can call it that ) you have to have the exact amount of each so that your resin starts to cure properly, mixing the 2 together properly (especially if you have not used the resin for a long time and its been sitting in your cupboard) is essential, most of the times a minute should be enough of vigorous mixing them together if you have that clumping problem and have heated it up earlier to get them out. Normally i just mix them together 30 sec or so mixing them like mad and also scraping along the edges of the mixing cup that i'm using.
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| Thanks for the tips. I will try and recoat them the bad part is they have fingerprints in them when i took them off the rack. Oh well i forgot to sign them anyway ha ha. |
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Location: PA | You can smooth the fingerprints out if you wet the tip of your finger and rub them gently they will go away. |
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| Can you use etex properly without a drying wheel? |
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Location: PA | lehighmuskies - 12/19/2012 11:53 AM
Can you use etex properly without a drying wheel?
No, most of the time it will run and sag without rotation. |
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| You can try Devcon 2 ton though, as it's set up time isn't as long as the Etex. It still needs hand turned for a while though as you wait for it to set up. Otherwise, most topcoats (etex, EX74, Flexcoat, etc) all have a set up time of like 8 hours. So unless you want to look like Popeye, invest in a wheel! |
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| I used to hang dry before the wheel.. Use thinner coats and wipe off the nipple at the end while drying.
Edited by MuskyFix 12/19/2012 3:00 PM
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| I have done a few without a drying wheel, i used thin coats like muskyfix said and hung them vertical by the nose. After each coat dried the rear eyelet on the lure was filled with resin, I would cut it off with a razor blade and file anything else off.
It works ok if you don't have a working wheel. |
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Location: Middletown, Ohio | The only problem I've ever had with E-tex when it gets old is that it seems like it gets a litttle thicker. But like everyone else said, it's probably the mixture ratio. I've had a few baits that stayed "tacky" and I just coated over them and they were fine.
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| I hang lots of lures. I'll hang them head-first, then tail first, then head first.....depending on the type of lure I'll even give some another hang. After the season, I take lures that have been scratched, chipped, hook rashed, and wet sand them and then give them a hang coat or two. |
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| Thanks guys gonna try n make a wheel I bought a rotisserie motor with the metal bar for a grill gotta screw around an turn it to a drying wheel some how |
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| recoat we will see what happens.!!!! |
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| The recoat job worked. I think what happened was that the resin got a waxy like blob stuck in neck of the bottle. Thus reducing flow. Thanks for all the tips. may have pics later. |
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