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01-22-2010, 01:56 PM
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CPES
It's death in liquid form but can be stored in a plastic bag w/o eating it? 
You heard it hear first.
Thought of it on my way to work today. Use a tintable epoxy. Tint it white, yellow or black. Epoxy seal plug. After cure, lightly sand and wipe clean with DA. Brush on more of the tinted epoxy if needed to even out color. Spin/flip until cured. Apply/paint eye. Clear coat with same epoxy minus the tint.
Won't work for multicolored scaled striped sissy plugs however.  |
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01-22-2010, 04:16 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
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Won't matter how you seal it, Paul, as long as it weighs 2.3 oz when you are done.
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01-22-2010, 08:03 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by numbskull
Won't matter how you seal it, Paul, as long as it weighs 2.3 oz when you are done.
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the pressure is on.  Come on 2.3 |
"A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real"
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01-23-2010, 10:50 AM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
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Originally Posted by ProfessorM
the pressure is on. Come on 2.3 |
Darters are very weight sensitive, Paul. If you are trying to make a true copy you need to get the weight close. 2.3 will run 2.6 wired and finished, and 3.0 with 3/0 hooks. I can't speak for what happens if you go too light, but I've got about 20 finished bodies that ended up 2.6-2.7 and they don't make functional plugs, even rigged with 2/0s (with 3/0's they sink tail first).
Remember, the originals were hard maple (I believe). If you use soft maple you will be light unless the sealer adds weight. |
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01-22-2010, 06:50 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Hard aground
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Quote:
Originally Posted by WoodyCT
It's death in liquid form but can be stored in a plastic bag w/o eating it? |
Ive been using cpes in limited applications for awhile. I wanted something that would toughen up swamp cedar without adding weight and it does just that. Havent tried with a hardwood yet.
I use a hvy duty zip lock bag. I have had lesser bags leak. Outside or at works heated garage, it does have a certain odor which I believe to be the high VOC's which is why as an epoxy it has the consistancy of kerosene and not molasses like envirotex etc.
Another nice thing about it is to seal the bag when done - keep cool and second dip the next day if there is any leftover. |
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01-22-2010, 11:07 PM
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Great White Scup Hunter
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: In the Corner...
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Quote:
Originally Posted by WoodyCT
You heard it hear first.
Thought of it on my way to work today. Use a tintable epoxy. Tint it white, yellow or black. Epoxy seal plug. After cure, lightly sand and wipe clean with DA. Brush on more of the tinted epoxy if needed to even out color. Spin/flip until cured. Apply/paint eye. Clear coat with same epoxy minus the tint.
Won't work for multicolored scaled striped sissy plugs however. |
Jon,,,, that was two years ago for me,,,, |
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