Here's another way to go ...Husky from TU site sent me a foam plug you could hit with a hammer .. Forget about moisture meters and Hydro Shmydro .. Always wanted to try this .. handcarve a proto ,,,make a mold (silicone /plaster).. lay your thru wire/weighting in and mix and pour in your foam . Make a bunch playing with the weighting .. After you get what you like .. make a bunch exactly the same .. no wood issuses ... handcarve proto is inexpensive to get into .. Spoke shave ,,, jigg,, vice ,, sand paper .. You use the 16lb. foam Mike ... might be right up your alley..
the hardest part is figuring out the laminating process......im not telling my secrets.
Tell us your secrets ,, we tell ours .. pvc is heavy no ? those cowboys ended up about 4.25 ounces.. that struck me as heavy when i saw them .although they looked identical ..
there 4.25oz with 5/0 hooks, hardware, split rings, siwash and paint.
the bms weigh the same once theyre rigged up.
they swim identical.
pvc is great, same constisenticy, same bouyancy, same density, no sealing and dry time, no epoxy needed unless you want to save the paint.
im planning on making it to plug fest were ill bring a bunch of stuff to show, i have plugs that i fished all season, that were abused and still look real nice or better than wood.
Here's another way to go ...Husky from TU site sent me a foam plug you could hit with a hammer .. Forget about moisture meters and Hydro Shmydro .. Always wanted to try this .. handcarve a proto ,,,make a mold (silicone /plaster).. lay your thru wire/weighting in and mix and pour in your foam . Make a bunch playing with the weighting .. After you get what you like .. make a bunch exactly the same .. no wood issuses ... handcarve proto is inexpensive to get into .. Spoke shave ,,, jigg,, vice ,, sand paper .. You use the 16lb. foam Mike ... might be right up your alley..
I have tried the foam,it works well.
PVC rod works well but the dust and dioxin created when working with it is enough for me to stay away from using it.
The top secret laminating process has been around a while,1925 to be exact...good idea for curtain rods but as with all laminates it's only as good as the substrate used and in time will fail.Same principal as shrink wrap except chemicals are used to soften the material as opposed to heat.
Alumilite makes a product called super plastic and although i haven't tried it yet no question i will break down and buy some.
Here is a link to a video
In the end i have tried everything from delrin to phenolic material and always go back to wood
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just shape and paint. 
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