Crankbait Finish Protection?

[Bass Rutten]

Hey folks, Pictured below is probably my best producing squarebill color last fall, the little reflective “scales” started coming off after some use and I was wondering if there was any sort of overcoat I could spray on that might keep them on while not interfering with the reflectiveness of them. Thanks in advance.

 

 

[cadman]

You can try Devcon 2 Ton 30 minute. It will definitely seal everything in, however it may add some weight to your crankbait.

[Bass Rutten]

27 minutes ago, cadman said:

You can try Devcon 2 Ton 30 minute. It will definitely seal everything in, however it may add some weight to your crankbait.

Thank you! I think I found a nice quick dirty solution, I looked up some crankbait finishing videos on YouTube and one of the comments mentioned nail polish, I happened to have some clear nail polish which I brushed a thin coat of over the affected areas, seems like it may do the trick, time will tell...

[cadman]

Nail polish will work mas well.

[Spankey]

I know you want to protect it and all but I would do anything to it. Keep fishing it. 
 

Look to getting a spare or second one and even start fishing that one also. 
 

Maybe I’m crazy and maybe I’m stupid but I find that my Old crankbaits Work better than when they were new. 
 

I fish a lot of Rapalas for Smallies and rocks can put dings in them (not cracks) down to the balsa. I fill that ding with nail polish. Couple of coats. 

[fishballer06]

A lot of my best producing crankbaits have little to no paint/finish left on them. Adding anything onto that bait is going to change its action (slightly). My advice is buy a few backups in the same color and fish that one until the wheels fall off. 

[DanielG]

An extremely light dusting of some spray stuff, enamel, or whatever will stop the flake from falling off and probably won't hardly be noticed afterwards.

[BassNJake]

I've used the nail polish trick- didn't last very long

Then I tried the hard as nails polish - didn't last very long either

Tried the 5 minute epoxy - this worked better but also eventually chipped up

 

So I bought about a dozen more of the same lure.

Something about that one specific model brings the fish even with 1/2 the paint chipped off.

[looking45]

Try a can of  this. It dries fast and provides a tough coat of protection

 

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