Head cement

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

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

Fatman

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Originally Posted by Fatman

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

Fatman

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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.

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

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...

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.

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

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

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

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

Couple of half hitches and 3 or 4 whip finshes don't need glue.

I never use glues,tie a good not and it isn't needed.

I tie a 3 to 5 turn whip finish and use sally too. Overkill, I know. You should have seen what I built when I was a wood butcher(carpenter).

they say skeet, calk ( or however you spell it)is what makes a carpenter lol hahahaha

Pbug Maybe liquid nails instead of hard as nails.LoLs.

Redman