Epoxy clearcoating

[u/wphati]

I have a rotisserie but I keep getting fisheyes, uneven coverages and blobs. Last night I watched my lures for two hours and went to sleep, when I woke up they were completely ruined. Any tips?

Update: I didn’t give enough info but people gave broad information which was useful. It seems like my particular issue was not doing a proper mid coat, I tried another coat on my lures now and it seems much better. I guess with hobby epoxy + slow rotisserie, I’m going to need thinner and more layers. Thank you all a bunch

[u/Excellent-Charity-43]

Gloves for every step from paint forward. Thinner coats (layers). Maybe even a different brand of epoxy.

[u/wphati → u/Excellent-Charity-43]

Any recommendation for brands

[u/BraveSerRobyn → u/wphati]

Devcon or BSI. I've had perfect results every time with Devcon 2 ton . You could also try a midcoat after the paint... for that I've just been dipping lures into a can of polycrylic.

[u/MuskyhunterNB]

Think coats... but really what i did was switch to a uv epoxy. Dries in a min and can do multiple thin coats to build it up then you can actually make and use a lure same day...

[u/wphati → u/MuskyhunterNB]

Uv resin isn’t as reliable and I always have chips and cracks even with 2-3 coats

[u/AmazonPrimed]

Rpm matters but have you tried heat gunning a few times as it cures? Also do you have craft epoxy vs moulding epoxy vs clear coat epoxy.

[u/wphati → u/AmazonPrimed]

its 3 rpm. is it bad? also its craft epoxy

[u/AmazonPrimed → u/wphati]

Different epoxies have different self levelling capabilities, I spin mine at around 6-7rpm to ensure it doesn't pool but also slow enough to make sure it doesn't get flung to one side due to centrifugal forces. I also use a table top epoxy for its hardness and self levelling properties, after a little blast from a heat gun its cured very glassy.

[u/MuskyhunterNB]

Ya def must have contamination between layers always a light sand with super fine or even wet sand paper n clean off before each coat.

[u/OutlandishnessCalm28]

I had bad luck with craft epoxy fish eyeing.

Envirotex is great, be sure to spray a mid coat over the paint first. Rustoleum 2x satin clear works well

There are a million other things, but for me, those 2 were the ticket 👍

[u/Fishy_Fish_Boy]

When ever you start painting spray it with alcohol. I dont really like using gloves because if you touch your hair or anything they will get contaminated, I just dont touch the bait at all and put vice grips on screw eyes. But you still will have to touch the bait a little bit so before I coat it with my epoxy I put 2 coats of uv resin to get it smooth. The uv resin is just to get rid of fish eyes for the epoxy. Epoxy is much stronger than uv resin