Respirator/gloves are a must with CPES

Respirator with canisters not the paper things. Its still no where near as bad as glisten:skulz:

I only use cpes for soft wood, urethane for all else. Its easy and it works

omg I'm way too tired to read all this scientific theory stuff about sealing
too technical for me today:spin:

Most of us have mental issues ,,,, this is how we cope .. sealing is ground zero ,,. Its very important .. Tell me you never layed in bed awake at night thinking about sealing ?

Zinser Bulls Eye Shellac, p-e-r-f-e-c-t.

bingo.... I've been the over seal rout, I had a batch of perfect swimming darters ( tested prior to sealing then dried with a hair dryer) sink like lead when I finished them, these were allowed to soak in BLO overnight.... I've never had an issue with smal darters, but on those I prefer spruce... but on the larger ones, a long soak can cuase problems... anyone who has left a plug in a vehicle in the sun for a day knows exactly what I'm talking bout... I went to a 50/50 mix on the BLO a few years ago, I haven had an issue since... large maple or birch darters all get screw eyes, it's much easier to keep the desired action consistant..

All in the fun. Believe me I don't loose any sleep over it but I enjoy the thinking about it part. Helps keep my slowly deteriorating brain stimulated and I like knowing how others solve their problems. It is also stoking a pretty sleepy forum for the last several months and is probably helping out someone who needs some answers or confusing the hell out of them. Beats fighting about stupid stuff

ok ... how about Clear Coat ?

sealing? no

ceiling, yes


I love the problem solving thought processes I see Tagger,Rockfish9 and Numbskull go thru, fascinating really

Last winter, my first batch of plugs sat in straight val oil for 30 hours, I kinda forgot about them, but they finished sweet and i haven't had any problems with them since. I'm sure they gained a little, but as a topwater spook, I haven't had any problems with them sinking during use and the action is still there.

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