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01-11-2009, 06:01 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Saratoga Springs NY
Posts: 639
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Val-oil
been a while, is this stuff still readily available. I think I remember some saying it is not. Need to seal up some plugs
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01-11-2009, 07:18 PM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
Posts: 8,760
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Propiante is better. withstands them teeth marks
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01-11-2009, 08:27 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 84
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I still get it up here in Mass. just had to search around a bit.
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01-11-2009, 08:55 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
Posts: 14,773
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Quote:
Originally Posted by striperman36
Propiante is better. withstands them teeth marks
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I never found that to be so. You would have to do 50 dips to get that. |
"A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real"
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01-11-2009, 08:56 PM
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The Black Dog - Emma
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Central Jersey (Hightstown)
Posts: 439
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Waterlox - good sealer - one of the many things thing I wouldn't skimp on - split plugs suck
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Ride the spiral to the end...............
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01-12-2009, 12:09 PM
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Covered in Sawdust
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 358
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ProfessorM
I never found that to be so. You would have to do 50 dips to get that.
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I agree with you ProfM about the Proprionate. I have pencils poppers that are chewed to hell by big blues. The proprionate didn't hold at all. That is why I switched to another sealer. I think I did 5 dips.
I also tried sanding sealer, had mixed results.
Now I use spar eurethane and mineral spirits 60/40 (thanks to suggestions from people on here). |
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01-12-2009, 02:39 PM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
Posts: 8,760
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ProfessorM
I never found that to be so. You would have to do 50 dips to get that.
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Really, that would not be good.
I'll have to view the accursed plug. I am doing all of mine with a initial propiante soak, following by several dips, then painting, followed by about 30 dips.
Not enough to be yellow eyed proof? |
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01-12-2009, 02:44 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
Posts: 14,773
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With that many dips you probably might be ok but who has time for 30 to 50 dips. I have not got the patience to do that. I have never seen a plug that withstands bluefish teeth. Might be out there but I have never seen one. Hell my ranger plugs got teeth marks in them. IMO I came to the conclusion it is too much work using the propionate. Notice IMO, which is not worth a lot. Others may feel different and that is A OK too.
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"A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real"
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01-12-2009, 03:46 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Attleboro, MA
Posts: 453
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I have been using sanding sealer........seams okay. I am just trying to avoid having to mix anything with mineral spirits.
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01-12-2009, 04:10 PM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
Posts: 8,760
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ProfessorM
With that many dips you probably might be ok but who has time for 30 to 50 dips. I have not got the patience to do that. I have never seen a plug that withstands bluefish teeth. Might be out there but I have never seen one. Hell my ranger plugs got teeth marks in them. IMO I came to the conclusion it is too much work using the propionate. Notice IMO, which is not worth a lot. Others may feel different and that is A OK too.
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I avoid fishing for bluefish, except with metal as you know. |
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01-11-2009, 10:30 PM
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Plug Builder in Training
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: wareham MA
Posts: 4,046
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Quote:
Originally Posted by striperman36
Propiante is better. withstands them teeth marks
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Tried it 4 dips with the propiante and could still smell the AYC , IMO if you can still smell the wood after the dip it is not sealed good enough.
Back to Spar Urathane for me. |
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01-12-2009, 12:43 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
Posts: 14,773
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I lean that way too, Spar Urethane, pretty simple method to use.
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"A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real"
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01-12-2009, 01:34 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Saratoga Springs NY
Posts: 639
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thanks for the info guys. Here is a follow up. Does it matter if the spar urethane is satin or gloss of does it matter for paint adhesion purposes. How long do you dip and dry with this mix?
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01-12-2009, 02:37 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
Posts: 14,773
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satin is the way to go, no glossy. I am still pretty new to this method but I have left them in for 12 hours and as little as 2 so I guess it really doesn't matter too much, just take longer to dry. I wait a week between most processes, seal, prime, paint, epoxy. But I have always got something going in different phases most of the time so I just do something else. Some paint within a day or two after sealing I have heard. I just prefer to wait. I am in no rush, except about now.
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