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Location: Oconomowc, WI | So I'm starting to make my own baits and have a pretty good sense of what I'm doing. But I do have a question on the sequence. I'm going to seal my wood baits with spar urethane and epoxy the screw eyes into the wood. Should I drill the holes for the screw eyes, then seal the wood, then epoxy the eyes in - or - seal the wood, then drill the holes and epoxy the eyes in. I guess what I'm getting at is should I seal the screw eye holes before I epoxy them. Thanks. |
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| You can do ether one. I always pre drill all my holes seal than install hard wear an pour lead than clear coat prime paint clear coat |
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| A buddy of mine got me into using Super Glue to seal up wooden baits when I make them..most of the time I use resin for retail baits..but from time to time I like to make some wooden ones too. Epoxy your screw eyes in anytime in your process that doesn't matter.. The super glue trick works great on balsa and cedar. I use super thin stuff I buy at the RC Car Supply store but normal gel super glue works too. The RC Car stuff is as thin as water not your normal Super Glue but soaks in great and you don't have to wait as long as you do for it to cure to go onto the next step in your process.
Edited by taterhog 7/30/2013 10:45 PM
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Location: Minnesota: where it's tough to be a sportsfan! | I actually tried that on a guitar neck I made. Rather than laminate rosewood for the fretboard I went ahead and tried the 500 super glue, water thin. Sealed it no issues and hard as a rock. I used a piece of bass wood for that neck just to test the whole thing out. Impressed. |
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Location: Muskegon Michigan | I sand the body then drill the holes. I then dip in sanding sealer. Then prime and paint the bodies. After they are good and dry I epoxy in the screw eyes by first coating the inside of the hole using a wound guitar string rolled in epoxy. I work it into the hole until I'm sure the entire hole is soaked. Then roll the screw eye in epoxy and thread it in. I use small cardboard squares to cut the excess epoxy off. I assemble after painting this way my lips and screw eyes all look clean without tape line and such. Mike
Edited by Kingfisher 8/1/2013 10:06 AM
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Location: Oconomowc, WI | Thanks for the responses! |
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| I degrease the screw eyes with solvent and dry before I epoxy into the blank hole.
Epoxy sticks better |
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