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Originally Posted by pbadad
??? When using the spinners w/ springs and eyes, do you coat the plug then put it into the spinner? By the pictures it seems a pain to brush the epoxy on in the drying positions. I'm still using my rod dryer with welding rod kabob method. That too is a pain at times the rod slips and pligs stand still . I try to epoxy when I'm around to babysit the spinning. I do like to eye and spring method.
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I've been that route, Now with the threaded rod I no longer have to deal with springs that stretch,sag and unwind or are not the proper length to keep the epoxy uniformly on the plug.... I have 6" of adjustment, can spin even odd shaped plugs like hand carved bunker /rattle traps and darters with narry a problem, the etex is pre heated in the box, it then pours like milk... mix thouroughly until it is gassing freely, the whole time I'm mixing ,the plugs have been in the spinner warming up, I can apply a paper thin coat of e-tex( most problems from e-tex use stem from to thick of a coating on the plug) with a 3/8"acid brush as the plugs spin, with lights at the top and bottom there are no shadows thus virtualy eliminating dry spots, once I've epoxied all six plugs, I go back and wipe any excess epoxy off of the tail and lips/heads with an acid brush and check for dry spots, I never even exhale or torch the plugs, I close the doors and set the timer for 3 hours and go work on something else, or got to bed...Handeling of the plugs is at a minimum so chances for contamination are nil....
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