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Old 01-14-2009, 03:07 PM   #31
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Respirator/gloves are a must with CPES

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

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

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Old 01-14-2009, 07:18 PM   #32
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omg I'm way too tired to read all this scientific theory stuff about sealing
too technical for me today
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Old 01-15-2009, 12:55 AM   #33
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thank you...it's a hunk of wood with hooks...... if it splits, make another...if it sinks, make it swim....if it won't swim, throw it in the woodstove...

over seal...or over kill...

it is easy to beat oneself up too much with this stuff....
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 ?
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Old 01-15-2009, 06:13 AM   #34
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Zinser Bulls Eye Shellac, p-e-r-f-e-c-t.

Why even try.........
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Old 01-15-2009, 09:35 AM   #35
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George, why not just screw eye them? Makes things a lot easier and you know full well a properly seated screw eye will hold anything. You could adjust for the weight with thru eye with belly weights and such.

Just a suggestion.
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..

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Old 01-15-2009, 10:04 AM   #36
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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 ?
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

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Old 01-15-2009, 03:54 PM   #37
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Nope Eddy..never have

only sealing i dream of is the kind they do in Canada
ok ... how about Clear Coat ?
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Old 01-18-2009, 01:38 PM   #38
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Tell me you never layed in bed awake at night thinking about sealing ?
sealing? no

ceiling, yes


I love the problem solving thought processes I see Tagger,Rockfish9 and Numbskull go thru, fascinating really
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Old 01-19-2009, 08:42 AM   #39
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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.

60 % of the time, it works every time.
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Old 01-19-2009, 11:32 PM   #40
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oh...

and i thought this was a thread about the waters from P-town to Monomoy....

talk about over-seal-ed.......

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