Imitate this - Sphyraena borealis Northern Sennet - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

NIB · 04-11-2007, 05:17 PM

Createx in fact reccomends u heat set thier paints.Especially the Auto Air type..Not sure about the oven thing U don't want to heat up the wood that will make whatever u put in it (sealers) want to come out..

PASurfer · 04-11-2007, 06:02 PM

Dare I say this

: NIB's right... and Jigsy, for that matter. An oven pre-warmed to 200 degrees doesn't bother Createx (or the Krylon primers I used) and sets them nicely in about 15 minutes, but if you're thinking of doing it after traditional sealers... Val-oil, BLO, and such... they will liquify and migrate to the surface. You can trust me on that, or try it for yourself. That's one reason (besides time) that I skipped the sealer. Usually I'll hang 'em to air-cool out of the oven, but I thought the heated wood might suck up the first dipping in topcoat a little better... and I was in a hurry.

George, I've no secrets, but I don't know if it will help you since the acrylic topcoat is some stuff made by a company called Tripp that I bought several years ago from WoodCrafters as they were closing their doors. I haven't since it anywhere else. As Jigsy suggests, this isn't something I normally would do for trades and the like but this one's for me, and if it doesn't hold up as is I can always repaint it later.

I guess my whole point here was not to lock into the same old, same old, if the fish are chowing on something you don't have... it really wouldn't take you too long to come up with a solution to the problem. Heck, the real old timers used to paint the suckers behind the dunes with whatever the "hot" color was that day, then walk out and fish 'em. Well, almost.

eastendlu · 04-11-2007, 07:12 PM

Well Vic i tried to imitate this fish as best as i could and my wife said i looked ridicules and that i'm too fat .

wetsuit'nmtk · 04-11-2007, 07:35 PM

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we all know stripers are oppertunists but....

i have used live senate a million plus times for fluke and never ever had a hit...why is beyond me. i have also run into large schools of them diving and despite numerous stripers in the vacinity they went unmolested.

maybe i missed something but i'd sooner mimick a schoolie then a senate

ThrowingTimber · 04-12-2007, 06:17 AM

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Originally Posted by wetsuit'nmtk

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we all know stripers are oppertunists but....

i have used live senate a million plus times for fluke and never ever had a hit...why is beyond me. i have also run into large schools of them diving and despite numerous stripers in the vacinity they went unmolested.

maybe i missed something but i'd sooner mimick a schoolie then a senate

Arden, dude relax lay off the red bull. This is the first in a series of imitate this threads, its just the first one.. Hopefully with enough participation there will be others

And who knows maybe they'll be some interest in making a schoolie

Diggin Jiggin · 04-12-2007, 04:46 AM

I know when I was doing my floors one time I used some waterborne polyurethane that is very thin stuff. Kind of white milky when wet but dries clear in an hour or 2. when it dried on your finger nails it was as thin as saran wrap. It was water based so I bet you could dip an unsealed painted plug in that, and it would probably help protect the inside a bit. I haven't tried it, but I never tried to fish a plug the next day either...

justplugit · 04-12-2007, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Diggin Jiggin

I know when I was doing my floors one time I used some waterborne polyurethane that is very thin stuff. Kind of white milky when wet but dries clear in an hour or 2. when it dried on your finger nails it was as thin as saran wrap. It was water based so I bet you could dip an unsealed painted plug in that, and it would probably help protect the inside a bit. I haven't tried it, but I never tried to fish a plug the next day either...

DJ, i've used a waterborne Urethane, which drys in 6 hrs as a sealer and clear coat

If you want to use a plug the next day it works. But, cracks easy on rocks and will peel if you don't let the clear really dry for a few days.