I thought epoxy might be the stuff. I just hate using the messy stuff.
How do you thin epoxy? I use it for heads on baitfish patterns, but it is usually anything but thin.
- Gary
At 08:58 AM 07/30/2003, you wrote:
I use a thin coat of 30 min epoxy (less yellowing) or Loon's clear hard head.
At 09:45 AM 7/30/2003 -0400, you wrote:Gary Have you tried using a thin coating of epoxy? Deb ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 9:15 AM Subject: [VFB] Pre-formed Foam Poppers, Sliders, Frogs, etc.
> I have been tying some Bass flies using the pre-formed bodies > made/distributed by Rainy. Of course I have looked at the finished > versions in the displays at the local shops and noticed that some are > coated with a hard finish and some are simply left without the hard coating. > > Can anyone tell me what the hard coating that is on some of these flies > is? I have used Sally's, but even several coats doesn't produce the hard > shell-like finish that I see in the commercially produced flies. Not to > mention that applying 5-7 coats of Sally's is somewhat time consuming. > > As always, thanks for your input. > > > - Gary > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ><)))}"< <"{(((>< > > "Catch & Release...It's the future of fishing!" > > To subscribe to, Texas Warmwater Fly Fishers e-mail discussion list... > > Send an e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To subscribe to, Warmwater Angler e-mail discussion list... > > Send an e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------------------------------------------------------------- > >
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