There is a brand of nail varnish on sale in the UK called Hard as Nails. I use this as a final coat on the head of a fly on top of maybe one or two coats of cellire varnish. Anyone know what the thinners for cellire varnish is ? I would like to source an alternative supply to the expensive small bottles on sale in fltyting catalogues. All the best Graeme. -----Original Message----- From: Fantasy Flies [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 2:13 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [VFB] mylar and tinsel streamer flies
Deb, I'm a fan of vinyl cement. Used it for 30 years. I believe Byard carries it now. Get a bottle of vinyl cement thinner with it, if you go that way. I use 50/50 in one of those little squeeze application bottles, with the hollow blunt needle point and the inset wire to keep it unclogged. I coat anything I want to toughen up, feathers, tinsel bodies, heads, stonefly wings, etc. Greating for mixing glitters for poppers and saltwater streamer heads, as it dries flexible and somewhat soft to the bite. It's much lighter than epoxy for casting. It also dries very fast. Tie a red floss body with a silver tinsel rib, then coat with vinyl cemeny and see the effect. Candy Apple. My 2 cents DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: Deborah Duran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 5:14 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] mylar and tinsel streamer flies > Maybe I could get some suggestions from some of you. What if anything do > you coat your mylar and metal tinsel streamer bodies with. It seems to me > the fish would destroy these with one bite if you don't coat them in some > way. > Deb > >
