I've typically used epoxy to secure eyes on jigs and spinnerbaits.

I have a bunch of spinnerbaits to paint.. Am not into lure making enough to use powder paint so use spray on enamels with the final coat being clear enamel which also covers the eyes. Has any one any experience with the durability of the enamel securing the eyes?

Also, when I've used Devcon epoxy on white spinner-bait heads and found it yellows in time. I've a bunch of rod building epoxy and am considering using that if the clear enamel is not an effective eye bonding hoping that it does not nave a yellowing effect. Any comments?

No enamel pait that I have ever tried has held up on a jig head (sometimes just a few casts and it's mostly gone). You may have better luck on a spinner bait, however.

As long as the eyes fit into an eye socket on the head, it doesn't matter much what you coat them with. If you want to put stick-on eyes on a curved head that has no eye socket, that is a real goat rope. Eyes with flat bases tend to pop off a curved surface before any topcoat can dry/cure, and any topcoat containing solvent will tend to dissolve the glue under the eyes.

I've typically used epoxy to secure eyes on jigs and spinnerbaits.

I have a bunch of spinnerbaits to paint.. Am not into lure making enough to use powder paint so use spray on enamels with the final coat being clear enamel which also covers the eyes. Has any one any experience with the durability of the enamel securing the eyes?

Also, when I've used Devcon epoxy on white spinner-bait heads and found it yellows in time. I've a bunch of rod building epoxy and am considering using that if the clear enamel is not an effective eye bonding hoping that it does not nave a yellowing effect. Any comments?

If you used Devcon 2 Ton epoxy and it yellowed over time, how much time? I use it all the time and I have white and pearl spinnerbaits coated with it for 2 years and they haven't yellowed. The reason I use Devcon is it dries clear and stays clear as almost everything I've tried yellows. Now, I will admit that the Devcon 2 Ton 5 min. epoxy does yellow but I haven't had the problem using the Devcon 2 Ton 30 minute. I've been making tackle for over 15 years and Devcon has been the best I ever used but as I said, 30 minute is good, the 5 minute will yellow. Also, if you are putting eyes on something that has recessed sockets for the eyes to go it, you can use a small drop of loctite super glue gel, just put the drop on the eye socket and put theye on it and let it dry, that will hold the eye without having to put anything over it.

Devcon 30 min does yellow and it can be as fast as a few of days. Depends on heat and sunlight. Devcon contains nothing that protects from uv rays and is one of the easiest epoxies on the market to break down with heat. Rod finish will also yellow if it does not contain the uv protection. Flex Coat ultra v

is the best clear coat I've used on my crank baits. I like the high build formula. Devcon was my go to clear coat for many yrs but I got tired of white baits changing color. The fish did not mind the change but I did for some reason.

I still use Devcon 2 Ton but it will yellow over a few years to some degree so I prefer using something else on white baits. Hey, let's face it - most clear finishes yellow as they age. The 5 minute Devcon doesn't just yellow - it turns brown pretty quickly. I won't use it anywhere on bait where it will show externally. If you are putting adhesive 3D eyes into sockets on a lead head that will be clearcoated with anything, I don't think you'd have a problem with the eyes coming out.