Questions about Sealing Balsa Cranks

[LIVE3DREAM]

Hello to everyone on the forum....I have enjoyed reading posts about all the talented bait and lure makers here!

 

Rookie question....

 

I have shaped several balsa shallow cranks, and I am ready to seal them and begin painting them.

 

I ordered some KBS Diamond for final dipping and clear coating....Can I use a dip of KBS to begin the process as my sealer....then sand that coat and paint over that first sealer coat of KBS?

 

I have seen so many different sealer options on the forum....It seems like sealing with CA glue, proportionate, epoxy, and others all seem like a personal preference rather than a rule of thumb practice....I am hoping that KBS Diamond as a sealer might add initial strength to the bait as well as seal it?

 

Any help or guidance on this would be awesome. 

 

Thank you all so much,

Tres 

Waco, Texas 

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[islandbass]

I have used Dev Con 2 Ton epoxy (24 hour cure time not 5 min) with great success. 

It seems harder to find these days locally but I learned this from the masters at Tackle Underground about 14 years ago. There are probably other comparable finishes available now, but this is what I still use.