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Plug Building - Got Wood? Got Plug?

 
 
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Old 01-05-2014, 01:47 PM   #5
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A lot less than that I have found. I epoxy seal my med. size darters, for several reasons, cause I make them out of AYC and I have found nary any weight gain at all. I usually do 2 coats of clear coat epoxy on all my plugs for a top coat nowadays, cause I can as I do pretty small batches, and I have never found any problem with the way they perform with the added coats. I do thin coats though as clear coat runs thinner than e tex. If you gobbed the stuff on you would probably have some weight gain. Just my findings others may disagree.
I agree with your opinon Paul. I DONT GOOP IT ON LIKE I used too.
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