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Airbrushed baby bass, and a mistake

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Here's my attempt at baby bass.  I wasn't quite sure what color I wanted to paint this bait, so I decided to play it safe and go with a bass pattern.  I think it turned out pretty well.

The other bait. . . well, the other bait is the mistake.  I just got a drying motor the other day and I was using these as a test run to make sure it worked.  It did, as long as it was spinning, but I turned it off too soon.  The result is what you see below. 

At least this only happened to one of my baits, not to some that I was making for someone else.

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The big blob of epoxy on the back of the lower bait is the mistake.  Believe me, I didn't do that on purpose! :-X  Apparently the epoxy hadn't set long enough before I turned off the drying motor.  Next time I'll just leave it on overnight.

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With the purple color and angle of your shot, I thought it was a fin. Still looks good.

Ben, take a sharp knife and carve the epoxy down then sand it smooth.    Another coat of epoxy with fix it the bait.   I did the same thing when I first started using flex coat but it was 6 lures.

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Ben, take a sharp knife and carve the epoxy down then sand it smooth. Another coat of epoxy with fix it the bait. I did the same thing when I first started using flex coat but it was 6 lures.

Six lures!?! I'll bet you were real happy about that. . . NOT! :-X

Thanks for the tip!  I cut the blob off and sanded it down smooth, so hopefully the next coat of epoxy will cover up the flaw. I was going to put two coats of epoxy on anyway, but that blob created extra work that I could do without.

I agree, you should be able to cut it off and recoat it.  When building rods I do that if I have any imperfections that may come through the epoxy..

Mike

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