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Plug Building - Got Wood? Got Plug?

 
 
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Old 02-28-2014, 08:55 AM   #3
Eric Roach
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Hi MS, thanks for replying. I was actually going to PM you about this.

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Originally Posted by Muskyslayer96 View Post
...I use my wife's old hairdryer and just heat it long enough to see the paint dry.
I felt like I had done this with the heat gun, I passed it over the paint until the wet sheen was off -- even while continuing to paint.

...are you hitting the etext coat with heat gun after its added to remove bubbles?
No, I use my breath through a straw (a rod-building trick). I've burned far too much epoxy using a mini propane torch; never tried a heat gun/hair dryer.

...I quickly wave the heat gun on low setting over the bait before it goes on the drying wheel...to remove bubbles.
I just blow with the straw. At times, I can see the moisture from my breath sheen on the epoxy then quickly evaporate, but I see this on plugs that don't fisheye either so I don't believe it's the cause.

...What type of brushes are you using?
Acid brushes from Woodcraft. I dip them and wipe them with denatured alcohol before useing them. I also wipe the mixing cup, the mixing roller (I use an electric mixer) and the aluminum dish I pour the epoxy in before use.

...syringes...
I use silicone-free rod building syringes. I E-texed 4 plugs last night with the same set of syringes and only the one plug pitted.
I've had this problem a few times in the past so I started spraying a light coat of satin lacquer on plugs and letting them thoroughly dry before E-texing. This took care of a lot of issues. Of course, I skipped that step on this plug.

I know this issue is directly related to the Createx because that's the only part of the plug that pitted.

I'm wondering if I should have bake-cured the plug at a low setting(?)
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