Hard Bodies?

[Nightprowler]

What do you thing of putting hard as nails over the chinelle body along with sealing the thread? It would seal the whole thing, nice and tight...

[Pup]

Personally, I don't think you'll be happy with it. I use Hard As Nails for sealing thread bodies. It works fine for that application and looks good on it too.

Chenille is a yarn designed with fibers that stand out from its center. Hard As Nails will mat the fibers it contacts, harden, and discolor them too.

["G"]

Personally, I don't think you'll be happy with it. I use Hard As Nails for sealing thread bodies. It works fine for that application and looks good on it too.

Chenille is a yarn designed with fibers that stand out from its center. Hard As Nails will mat the fibers it contacts, harden, and discolor them too.

I agree.

[OKSTATEjiggy]

The only time I've sealed chenille is when the chenille I was using was junk that I bought from Hobby Lobby in a skein and it flaked apart after catching a few fish.

[AtticaFish]

Are you trying to get the chenille to be more durable?? If that's what your looking for, here's what I do on some larger jigs that have a long shank......

Tie in your chenille like normal, but leave your thread at the back where you tied the chenille in. Put a layer of glue on the thread body before you wrap over it, don't see why nail polish wouldn't work the same. Don't let it dry or soak in.... start wrapping your chennile right away and wrap your thread right along with it up the shank. Depending on the chenille, you may be able to twist the thread around your chenille some and make it lock down even better. Once it's wrapped, the glue will dry and hold the inside layer of the chennile to keep it from slipping and leave the outside still soft.

I do this more on bass jigs with rabbit strips and bucktail. With feather jigs, the tail is usually chewed off before the chenille gives up on me. Hope this helps.

[OKSTATEjiggy]

That's a dern dandy idea, Attica

[AtticaFish]

That's a dern dandy idea, Attica

Thanks. Actually learned it from cutting down some store bought jigs awhile ago. But for some reason they didn't tie in their tails right and they would completley slip out.

May have to try this with that darn peacock herl. Never thought to try it with that. :rolleyes: