Salvage Lure Belly - ET top coat

Today was critical day, because after my first post based on the suggestion & advised I did top coat again and followed the steps :

 light sanding the affected parts – cleaned the whole lure with rubbing alcohol – mixed 2 part for 4 minutes – left it for 15 minutes – re-coated the whole lure with new brush – kept it on my drying wheel for 12 hours.

End result no improvement with epoxy got pulled  not only from the  edges of  belly but also from few places in the centre . This again left small small fish eyes all over the belly and frustration again as this was my 4^th ET coat , 1^st  I did after  foiling and  3 top coats.

 I was aware and now worried that weight of the lures will increase from 24 gm and which may affect the action of the lure.

 I took a final call and  redo the above steps 5^th time, but this time I applied thick coat of  ET on the belly while on the remaining parts only one one brush strokes and kept it on drying wheel overnight for 12 hrs again.

Initial 30 minutes were very critical after starting the wheel rolling and gradually got a feeling after looking at the belly that this time it will  Ok.

Morning when I saw it was great surprise that belly look great except some black spots. Still I was having doubt on the action of the lures, few minutes back I tested in my bathroom tub and has the action as well. The weight of lure with hooks now increased to 27 gm from 24 gms .

Thanks  Dave, BOB & Nichos for the great tips which helped me to salvage the aesthetic view of the lure while maintain the action…………………….. Cheers 

Thanks & Regards, Raghubir

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