I'm using the same epoxy, resin and paint as you. Do you do any prep before painting, and after paint? I have had many fisheyes in the epoxy, even if I whiped the lure down with cleaner. I made some experiments with a waterbased varnish mid-coat, but I still got mixed results.
I have struggled with fish eyes for such a long time. Wasted money blaming the epoxy and buying several brands. The sollution: priming the lure! The problem: The resin have micro pores that you can't fill completely with airbrush paint. So my solution was dipping the lure into CAB Coating mixed with Titanium Oxide. I guess any primer will do as long as you soak the lure in it closing all the pores. To see those pores, airbrush the lure with a dark color and immediately wipe the paint with a dry tissue. I don't know if it's because the resin I'm using or if others have this problem, but if you have it....it might worth a try.
Hi Johann. I do not prep my resin lures before painting. Just wash with dishwasher soap en brush them over with very fine sandpaper. There are many reasons why we get those fisheyes, and I am not even sure I know them all. Grease from fingers ande tools is one. Another is dirt and dust in tools and work environment. Other things may influence like brand of epoxy and humidity.
I’m not sure what water based varnish you’re referring to but I started using minwax polycrylic and I haven’t had any issues of fish eyes with 30 minute epoxy. I always check the lure a few times for the first 10 minutes and if I see fish eyes forming I use a brush and gently pull resin over that part. I’ve found if you do it after that 10 minute mark the resin doesn’t level back out and it leaves a rough spot. Good luck on your lure making.
What is in the small bottle? I couldn’t understand what you called it and you didn’t give it a clear camera shot. Please don’t assume that people watching your videos know what you’re talking about.
Thank you for sharing. I was dreading all of work I was in for fixing my fish eyes, but now all I'll need is to get out my UV resin.
Thank you for sharing so much info with us, Mr! Greeting from 🇧🇷
Thank you😊 never thought about using UV resin to fix. Makes perfect sense!
Can you use uv resin over 2 part resin to fix?
Yes I have done that several times with good result
nice idea , what´s the uv resin you use
Something I found on AliExpress - Search for "Hard UV resin" and you will recognize the bottle
ahh ok , ill have a look , thank you :)
If you heat the UV resin before application it will flow better....this is the same method I use.
Thanks for the input
I'm using the same epoxy, resin and paint as you. Do you do any prep before painting, and after paint? I have had many fisheyes in the epoxy, even if I whiped the lure down with cleaner. I made some experiments with a waterbased varnish mid-coat, but I still got mixed results.
I have struggled with fish eyes for such a long time. Wasted money blaming the epoxy and buying several brands. The sollution: priming the lure! The problem: The resin have micro pores that you can't fill completely with airbrush paint. So my solution was dipping the lure into CAB Coating mixed with Titanium Oxide. I guess any primer will do as long as you soak the lure in it closing all the pores. To see those pores, airbrush the lure with a dark color and immediately wipe the paint with a dry tissue. I don't know if it's because the resin I'm using or if others have this problem, but if you have it....it might worth a try.
Hi Johann. I do not prep my resin lures before painting. Just wash with dishwasher soap en brush them over with very fine sandpaper. There are many reasons why we get those fisheyes, and I am not even sure I know them all. Grease from fingers ande tools is one. Another is dirt and dust in tools and work environment. Other things may influence like brand of epoxy and humidity.
I’m not sure what water based varnish you’re referring to but I started using minwax polycrylic and I haven’t had any issues of fish eyes with 30 minute epoxy. I always check the lure a few times for the first 10 minutes and if I see fish eyes forming I use a brush and gently pull resin over that part. I’ve found if you do it after that 10 minute mark the resin doesn’t level back out and it leaves a rough spot. Good luck on your lure making.
If you mix in glitter your epoxy and brush it on could that cause fish eyes also?
I is possible, but I think that most of the time it will work fine without fisheyes
What is in the small bottle? I couldn’t understand what you called it and you didn’t give it a clear camera shot. Please don’t assume that people watching your videos know what you’re talking about.
If you are thinking of the black bottle its UV Resin