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06-20-2012, 12:24 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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Kids.....they are fishing lures after all???? Beat them up, bang them up, hook rash is the highest form of flattery!!!!! No matter what you try to do the only way to make them stay "MINT" forever......is to never fish them!!! All the gouges, rash and dents add character!!!!
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Almost time to get our fish on!!! 
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06-20-2012, 01:23 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Middleboro MA
Posts: 17,125
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the only way to slow or stop hookrash is to coat the plug with something as hard as the hooks 
not likely to happen though
there is no magic, ya do the best you can, and Don from afterhours does have an awesome finish coat on his stuff. |
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06-20-2012, 02:24 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: RI
Posts: 5,705
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Once met a guy who coated is plugs in West System.Didn't look good but they were pretty durable!  |
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06-20-2012, 02:41 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BigFish
Kids.....they are fishing lures after all???? Beat them up, bang them up, hook rash is the highest form of flattery!!!!! No matter what you try to do the only way to make them stay "MINT" forever......is to never fish them!!! All the gouges, rash and dents add character!!!!
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Bingo......exactly, way to much over thinking the process here. Have fun making them then bang'em up |
"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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06-20-2012, 03:20 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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Amen Kev....it ain't brain surgery!
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Almost time to get our fish on!!!
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06-20-2012, 04:18 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
Posts: 6,682
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Don't use Mirror coat. It is not elastic enough and will crack and peel.
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06-20-2012, 04:19 PM
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Big E
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Seabrook, NH
Posts: 681
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BigFish
Amen...it ain't brain surgery!
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Not sure anyone sees it that way (though I hear there is a brain surgeon on this site).
It seems to me that asking for input on a better topcoat makes sense to post in a forum like this -- not sure why this gets under your skin. |
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06-20-2012, 05:28 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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Not that it gets under my skin but I have yet to see a fishing lure of any kind that does not exhibit the signs of being used as it should be is all.  |
Almost time to get our fish on!!!
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06-21-2012, 12:19 PM
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Big E
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Seabrook, NH
Posts: 681
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BigFish
Not that it gets under my skin but I have yet to see a fishing lure of any kind that does not exhibit the signs of being used as it should be is all. |
I gotcha'.
Some finishes do seem to wear better than others, though. Those Afterhours plugs -- man -- they withstand a beating better than anything I've used. |
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06-21-2012, 09:30 AM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Eric Roach
Not sure anyone sees it that way (though I hear there is a brain surgeon on this site).
It seems to me that asking for input on a better topcoat makes sense to post in a forum like this -- not sure why this gets under your skin.
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Sorry Eric, didn't mean to come across that way....this is the place to ask those questions.
Myself I use the Devcon 2-ton. Super easy to work with. the only draw back is that you can only do 1 plug at a time.
I'm not making quantity.....so that works fine for me |
"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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06-21-2012, 12:26 PM
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Big E
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Seabrook, NH
Posts: 681
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman
Sorry Eric, didn't mean to come across that way....this is the place to ask those questions.
Myself I use the Devcon 2-ton. Super easy to work with. the only draw back is that you can only do 1 plug at a time.
I'm not making quantity.....so that works fine for me
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It's all good.
Do you find that the 2-Ton yellows easily? |
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