Fishwhittler Posted June 8, 2009 Posted June 8, 2009 Will flex coat react with oil and lacquer based paint? I tried spar urethane and clear lacquer as topcoats but the urethane was brown tinted and kinda soft and the lacquer reacted with the paint even after I pre-coated it with water based clear. I'm using rust-oleum metallic paint and I don't want to waste any epoxy experimenting to find out if the two will react with each other. Ben Quote
bnwcrankin Posted June 8, 2009 Posted June 8, 2009 you probably need a non-reactive coat of something before coating with flex coat. I'd try createx clear. I usually coat one time with it before spraying with Dick nites just incase it want's to try and give me a headache. Quote
BIG M Posted June 9, 2009 Posted June 9, 2009 If you do use flex coat make sure it's the new Ultra V. That's the clear I use on all of my baits. Quote
Fishwhittler Posted June 9, 2009 Author Posted June 9, 2009 What will happen if it's not the Ultra V? I don't know if it is because I ordered from barlows and they don't have any pics of the 8oz. size. Quote
BIG M Posted June 10, 2009 Posted June 10, 2009 If Barlow's did not state it was Ultra V then it's just the basic high build. It's going to yellow in a short period of time. All clear coats yellow over time but it's the amount time it takes that is different for each clear coat. I left Devcon after 5yrs because it was yellowing very fast. I order my stuff from Mud Hole. Quote
ernel Posted June 10, 2009 Posted June 10, 2009 This is what the Ultra V packaging will look like: http://www.mudhole.com/core/media/media.nl/id.10768/c.210436/.f?h=a544ff2b40521f785523 Eric Quote
Jameson Posted June 15, 2009 Posted June 15, 2009 i Strongly suggest that you try some DURAGLOSS LS Supreme. I have been very happy with it on my freshwater rods and Surfcasting rods as well. Very durable, very easy to use, levels nice, thin... I tried everything else and ended up with this. Second choice would be Threadmaster, Third choice aftcote. Flexcoat has let me down with cracking and yellowing, I just broke down two 7 year old builds I did and was disgusted at the degree of yellowing. A few Long Island rod-builders are using this stuff and turned me onto it. There are lots of good finishes I think that whichever one YOU become best at using, becomes your "best". Though flexcoat has gotten the rap of a yellowing finish from everyone, it is also the one most used on factory and custom rods as well so take that for what its worth, I personally have moved on to newer polymer technologies (Duragloss LS Supreme) and am over it! JC Quote
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