Balsa is great and easier to work with.  It floats great too as long as you seal it.  
I make my poppers out of shaped foam.

john

"Paul Rouse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>I would like to ask the experts on the BB for help in a problem I am 
>currently facing.
>
>I have several hard bass and panfish poppers with cork bodies covered in 
>epoxy. �They work well, but cork is getting expensive and is fairly hard to 
>shape. �Balsa wood is cheaper and easy to cut and I am wondering whether I 
>could switch to that. �The bodies would continue to be epoxied and painted, 
>the only difference would be the core body material.
>
>Does anyone have any preference, or does balsa have any drawbacks that I 
>have not thought of?
>
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