Gorilla 5 minute epoxy
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Old school versus UV but it will work.
Used to use epoxy a lot back in the day.
I still have my old spinning wheel as well.
Not sure about now based on the formulas used today or that brand, but some of the old Devcon 5 minute stuff I used back then yellowed pretty badly over time.
30 minute, not so much.
SF
Used to use epoxy a lot back in the day.
I still have my old spinning wheel as well.
Not sure about now based on the formulas used today or that brand, but some of the old Devcon 5 minute stuff I used back then yellowed pretty badly over time.
30 minute, not so much.
SF
flybill
Life of the Party
I just bought this today.. Funny, I had some Gorilla Glue, very old and unopened, and it was completely haredened. It was stored, in a cool dark place, but I learned that it only has a shelf life of 12 to 24 months.. Lesson learned! I figured the epoxy might work better for my application with the knife handle and will try it on some flies too. Plus I have a couple of rods that I need to glue the handles onto, after I build a jig.
Pink Nighty
Life of the Party
For me personally, there is nothing I dislike more than waiting for glue/epoxy to dry while I'm tying. If I'm still gonna tie, I want the one thats done out of the vice so I can keep it rolling. But I'm highly ADHD so YMMV
I have two vises set up. Helps with the Sally Hansen and when using UV I can batch them two at a time.
Lake flyer
Smolt
I had some Flexcoat epoxy that was crystallizing and had to warm it up in hot tap watet to get back to liquid. I wonder if it would work the same on gorilla glue unless it is completely solid.
flybill
Life of the Party
It was completely solid. I just threw it away. I thought about trying to warm it up, but wanted to fix the knife once.. so hope the epoxy and some clamps work better and will fix it correctly the first time...
I use 30 minutes epoxy on all my popper heads and it works wonders. Super tuff coat. Non yellowing etc. Will catch hundreds of bass on same popper. Can mix with colors and sparkle.
5 minute has a super fast window to work with and I think has more chance of yellowing.
5 minute has a super fast window to work with and I think has more chance of yellowing.
As others have said, yellowing.
I typically used rod building epoxy on my poppers. Longer dry time allowed me more time to mix up a batch and coat 5-8 poppers. Point is if I was mixing up epoxy, I liked to do it in a large enough batch so wanted longer cure times. I also used a fly dryer which was a disco ball turning motor outfitted with a plastic jar lid with foam inside. Wasn’t fancy but worked enough.
I typically used rod building epoxy on my poppers. Longer dry time allowed me more time to mix up a batch and coat 5-8 poppers. Point is if I was mixing up epoxy, I liked to do it in a large enough batch so wanted longer cure times. I also used a fly dryer which was a disco ball turning motor outfitted with a plastic jar lid with foam inside. Wasn’t fancy but worked enough.
