Topcoats?

[hambandit]

Looking for topcoat opinions, my only exposure thus far is with D2T. Experience - dont have a turner so made a fixture and put it in a drill. Worked OK, seemed like an awful lot of fiddling with it mixing/application/turning/etc. The? idea of dipping is appealing to me - dip and hang done deal. Dont really care about smell, I have a vented area. Dont really want to mix anything, best option is a single stage product. Ive been eyeballing the KBS DiamondFinish clear? pretty hard - its sitting in my amazon cart, but have a couple questions.

1) if I buy it in a quart (cheaper by quantity than pint), and then reduce that by volume 30% with a thinner, approximately how many baits in the 2" range will that cover for say two coats?

2) Ive heard of people using mason jars as an application station, can I pour half in the mason jar, leave the rest? in the factory container, without having to worry about it hardening in the can?

3) I could purge the can/jar with argon from my welder, is that advisable or pointless? Seems like an extra? step and a pain if it doesnt help anything I dont wanna fool with it.

4) should I use their thinner? Xylene?

5) Is there a better option?



Thanks in advance


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[Lloakley930]

Not sure but I’ve read that just getting into the factory container is the first trick. Will destroy the integrity of it just opening it.

People that use it for crankbait coatings that dip note that it will leave a drip point. They attach a little bit of a paper clip to the back eye to make the drip point off the bait.

They put it in a mason jar and have seen where some evacuated the air out so that’s probably a decent idea to do that.

They also don’t recommend thinning for crankbaits.

Quite a few of them are transitioning to alumi-uv for quick dry of coating. That may be too much money up front since it means making a uv light booth.