Head cement

[revtoby]

I'm finishing up a few jigs and I ran out of proper head cement... What else can I use and still come out with a great jig... I'm thinking super glue might soak into my chinile...any suggestions

[Fatman]

I just use a 3 or 5 wrap whip finish. Even when I tie flies I hardly use it anymore.

Fatman

[revtoby]

I just use a 3 or 5 wrap whip finish. Even when I tie flies I hardly use it anymore.

Fatman

Thanks fatman ..... I havnt been using it on my own jigs and havnt had one unwrap ... But these are for a friend ..I use a five wrap whip.. Maybe I'm just paranoid.

[bxn]

clear nail polish works fine for finishing jigs.i use it for mine and they don't come apart or anything

[ACSooner80]

I use head cement or Sally's hard as Nails, because I'm not that good yet w/ the whip finish. I'm not always tyin so I'm still learnin and makin improvements...

[ScottV]

X2 on the clear polish. The head cement dries soft like silicone and is better but the polish will work, just don't add too much or you will have a hard spot.

[bxn]

whats wrong with having a hard spot from dryed nailed polish?the harder it is,the better it will protect the threads from wear n tear i would imagine

[skiptomylu]

For putting glue on your finish use some gloss clear lacquer thinned a lot. I use MEK for my thinner because I can use it for some other things too, like vinyl thinner.

Buy a Pt. or Qt. of each and never need any ever again.

Skip

[PBUG2009]

x2 what skip said...i use the same, as him

[Redman]

Revtoby I use both hard as nails and gloss lacquer. Must say that lately I have used a lot more hard as nails as I had some painted head that I wanted and high gloss finish and hard as nails looked better. I never thin down the nail stuff but always do the lacquer. I have a a tying friend that uses polyunathane straight and never thins it a bit. Claims that thats the way to go. So it boils down to each his own. Heck seems I lose more jigs to the brush top than I do to poor tying and unraveled thread. But always use some sort of cement to finish a jig with. Those crappies sure can be toothy critters at times.

Redman