need help rebuilding some old stuff

[gone fishin]

Strip em if they are really beat - that is if you don't care about the mojo. If the plug was good to you and you don't want to change the paint, just finish coat them with your usual finish. I had a pencil that was chewed up real good - caught plenty on it. I figured that I would refinish the plug. Same color etc. After the refinish, It couldn't catch for beans. I swear I lost the mojo.....

[put_em_back]

I've been buying trashed plugs to take apart to see how they were built and also to rebuild. I tried paint striper and thats okay. Sanding with a sanding block seems to be good and you get a nice surface. The striper leaves a mix of striper and paint that hardens so you have to sand anyway.

Winch on the other site is famous for useing fire, a torch, to remove old paint. I guess if you have good ventalation and wear a respirator it would be okay because I'd be afraid of the lead and other stuff coming off the burning paint.

I've resealed with BLO/turp and painted like a new plug. A couple of my favorites were old Gibbs 2 3/4 oz pencils. They don't sit in the water the same way they did when they were bought used, but they caught fish.

Gone fishin - I think when you redo a plug, you seal, paint and finish coat and the weighting of the plug changes so you get different action. Like I said, the Gibbs were different and walked differently but still caught. I've got a few giant pikies that I am going to start rebuilding soon .

[NIB]

Torch em,..