I plan on using lacquer and thinner when I run out of the current supply of head cement I have. I've heard with it thinned that it won't leave a hard spot on chenille like some head cements do. Thanks Jay
Jay great video. I have mixed this recepie and use it but I have found you have to be careful applying it to painted heads because the the thinner will eat the paint. I still use it but primarily use loon water based cement. It dries really fast and doesn't mess with the head paints. Thanks for the video. Really useful for us viewers.
Alex, that's a really good point. I paint with epoxy which does not react with the lacquer based cements (or rubber tails). Powder paint would also be ok
Thank you. I believe I asked for this exact video. I’m a visual learner so this really helps me. I’ve never used Spar varnish, why would you use this over other stuff? What advantages if any does it have. I used Wapsi in the past but I don’t live near any fly shops. (So Cali doesn’t have many, I know of two and they are not close) I’ve bought some online but got old stuff that turned me off to buying glue on line. It’s the reason why I wanted to learn your glue recipe. I prefer to use the applicator that you use and in the long run it saves me a bit of green. Does it have any bad effects on silicone skirts? Cause I rather just use one product for all my jigs. Thank you again.
Im glad you like the video Darkman. I use spar varnish due to its use by the founding fathers of fly tying. When reading the old accounts of tyers like Cross, Dette(s), Darbee(s), Gordon, and others, spar varnish was used to coat the thread. To me it's purely a traditional material. My guess is the spar varnish was an understandable choice since it was (very common & cheap)used on boats as a finish that could withstand water/weather, had good UV protection, and remained flexible. Even with jig tying I consider myself more of a traditionalist and prefer the early techniques. My favorite tier is Ruben Cross and he mentions using spar varnish in a few of his books. I would note that even though I lean toward traditional aspects of tying I am not opposed to new techniques and materials (something to consider for future projects). The lacquer based head cement does not effect the silicone skirts; I tie a hybrid bass jig with bucktail and silicone and use the lacquer with no issues.
Great video. Very practical, and informative. Been tying myself for over 60 years. Most of my tying is warmwater with lots of jigs, soft hackle flies and streamers. Over the years was wondering how you maintain the seals in your glue bottles. When you have a paper disk or foil disks in the cap that get destroyed, any methods to maintain the seal? Same applies to my vinyl paint.
I think what has been helpful is putting the material, in this case laquer, in a smaller container so i am not opening the can very often. Paints get shaken 1x each month even if not opened. For most smaller bottles I just place the old, torn, crusty paper disc back in the cap and use until I can't stand it and get a new small container.
I plan on using lacquer and thinner when I run out of the current supply of head cement I have. I've heard with it thinned that it won't leave a hard spot on chenille like some head cements do. Thanks Jay
Jay great video. I have mixed this recepie and use it but I have found you have to be careful applying it to painted heads because the the thinner will eat the paint. I still use it but primarily use loon water based cement. It dries really fast and doesn't mess with the head paints. Thanks for the video. Really useful for us viewers.
Alex, that's a really good point. I paint with epoxy which does not react with the lacquer based cements (or rubber tails). Powder paint would also be ok
Thank you. I believe I asked for this exact video. I’m a visual learner so this really helps me.
I’ve never used Spar varnish, why would you use this over other stuff?
What advantages if any does it have.
I used Wapsi in the past but I don’t live near any fly shops. (So Cali doesn’t have many, I know of two and they are not close) I’ve bought some online but got old stuff that turned me off to buying glue on line.
It’s the reason why I wanted to learn your glue recipe. I prefer to use the applicator that you use and in the long run it saves me a bit of green.
Does it have any bad effects on silicone skirts? Cause I rather just use one product for all my jigs.
Thank you again.
Im glad you like the video Darkman. I use spar varnish due to its use by the founding fathers of fly tying. When reading the old accounts of tyers like Cross, Dette(s), Darbee(s), Gordon, and others, spar varnish was used to coat the thread. To me it's purely a traditional material. My guess is the spar varnish was an understandable choice since it was (very common & cheap)used on boats as a finish that could withstand water/weather, had good UV protection, and remained flexible. Even with jig tying I consider myself more of a traditionalist and prefer the early techniques. My favorite tier is Ruben Cross and he mentions using spar varnish in a few of his books.
I would note that even though I lean toward traditional aspects of tying I am not opposed to new techniques and materials (something to consider for future projects).
The lacquer based head cement does not effect the silicone skirts; I tie a hybrid bass jig with bucktail and silicone and use the lacquer with no issues.
Great video. Very practical, and informative. Been tying myself for over 60 years. Most of my tying is warmwater with lots of jigs, soft hackle flies and streamers. Over the years was wondering how you maintain the seals in your glue bottles. When you have a paper disk or foil disks in the cap that get destroyed, any methods to maintain the seal? Same applies to my vinyl paint.
I think what has been helpful is putting the material, in this case laquer, in a smaller container so i am not opening the can very often. Paints get shaken 1x each month even if not opened. For most smaller bottles I just place the old, torn, crusty paper disc back in the cap and use until I can't stand it and get a new small container.