Glue for the soft baits?

Started by thudpucker, March 20, 2013, 12:40:01 AM

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thudpucker

I'm still trying to make a Turtle.
What Glue would I used to stick some Soft Bait parts together?
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Facepunch

Never tried sticking worms and whatnot together but I use Mend it on my swimbaits.

lunchbox

Mend It is probably the best glue you could find for that. I use it for repairing all of my soft plastics. make sure you get the stuff in the glass bottle. The plastic ones have a bad tendency to "cure" in the bottle.

Bassinkorea

Quote from: lunchbox on March 20, 2013, 10:53:18 AM
Mend It is probably the best glue you could find for that. I use it for repairing all of my soft plastics. make sure you get the stuff in the glass bottle. The plastic ones have a bad tendency to "cure" in the bottle.

I agree100% with Lunchbox on the Mend It.
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thudpucker

ol pesky likes to fix stuff. Spend 28 years in Alaska. Down here I have to learn a whole new way of life.

bass1cpr

   Venom makes a worm glue and the repair stays soft after drying. About $5.00 a bottle at Cabela's. I use it and really like it better than the other brands I have tried. I agree watch out for mend it in plastic bottle it sets up just like super glue does and when you need it most it's not coming out. Never saw it in glass bottle. I checked six packages of mend it unopened and every one of them were set up. That turned me off on mend it.   
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Bassinkorea

I've had several glass bottles of Mend It for several years and they are all still in great liquid form.
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bass1cpr

   Steve I've never seen it in glass bottle all the one's I have seen were in plastic bottle. Do the repairs stay soft about like the original plastic before the rip?
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lunchbox

The repairs are never hard. It stays soft like your plastics were before the product was applied. It is not good for use on 3x, elax-tech, or Dahlberg frogs.

Canesfan

I have Mend it in a glass bottle. 

-Shawn-

Quote from: bass1cpr on March 21, 2013, 11:35:11 PM
   Steve I've never seen it in glass bottle all the one's I have seen were in plastic bottle. Do the repairs stay soft about like the original plastic before the rip?

Yep, the Mend it just Vulcanizes the Platstic so it doesn't get stiff like a Glue..........  I have some  8'swimbaits that are more mend it than they are plastic. lol

Bassinkorea

Quote from: bass1cpr on March 21, 2013, 11:35:11 PM
   Steve I've never seen it in glass bottle all the one's I have seen were in plastic bottle. Do the repairs stay soft about like the original plastic before the rip?

As Shawn mentioned, yes the repair is just as soft as the original plastic. Once you repair the bait you can barely see or feel the repair at all.
Mend-It is not a glue, it is a kind of solvent that melts the plastic into a liquid and when the two parts make contact their fuse together as the solvent evaporates.
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bass1cpr

   That's the same as the worm glue that Venom makes.
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