12-10-2007, 11:03 PM
Try using Sally Hansens "Hard As Nails" Nail polish. It is fairly thick but is thinner than a 2 part epoxy. I have seen it posted where people use it for poppers. I can't remember what a crease fly is.
Clear Softex might be something to consider. It does not glue to a hard finish but do you really need a hard finish? For some reason my weak memory is telling me that I have read where people have used the Softex on crease flies.
When using two part epoxies it is critical to have the 50/50 mix. I generally find that I have to keep adding one part or the other to get what looks like two equally size blobs of each component when just eyeballing it. By the time I have accomplished that I end up with at least 3 times more than what I need mixed. It is better to waste some glue than not have the right mix ratio. Then I spend a fair amount of time mixing the two parts together using a bodkin. Just got to remember wiping the bodkin clean before you start on the flies.
I have not done any poppers or crease flies but I am now living in an area where I think I will need to start learning to tie such things.
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