Ashley The book I was reading is Prey by Carl Richards. Designing and tying new imitations of fresh and saltwater forage foods. I figured with a light coat of epoxy it would work well especially for smaller crabs. I can bring the paint to the striper clave. Splinta loves to finger paint!!! :0) I bet he would enjoy this one. It certainly gives us more options. If he doesn't come through with t-shirts we can make our own.... VBG ... OK I'm in trouble now. :0) Deb
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 2:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [VFB] t-shirt eye/back on the list Deb, I think I know that book,borrowed it from a library years ago,never seen a copy since.The end result with fabric paint looks the same as latex.So,you going to show us Gingers' eyes at striperheads? Ashley > Ashley > I saw an old book where a guy was using latex to make his bodies and then > coating with epoxy. He had to add paint to color his latex and that seemed > like too much work for fishing flies. I figured this might work. I don't > think you could make it strong enough for claws even if you dipped them in > softbody. I'll have to work on that. Maybe just stick to feathers to keep > it simple. > Deb > >
