by Mike - Alumilite » Mon Mar 16, 2015 8:47 am
Just want to make sure I have the steps correct ... finished white lure, then add dust, then heat up ... which just remelts the surface which locks the dust in. Correct?
Typically, when I heat/torch the dust on the surface, my scale pattern will typically almost always run or blur. Then I know the surface is hot enough and liquid enough to lock in my dust. The scale pattern in your picture looks almost perfect. I'd recommend warming the surface up, as Larry stated until you can see it starting to smoke a little and/or the edges of the scales to start to round. Basically the surface of the soft plastic lure has to liquefy to lock in the dust. If its not hot enough to almost run or as Larry said ... smoke a little, its possible it did not quite become hot enough to grab the Alumidust.
Dust over dust and reheating it doesn't work that great so if you'd like to reapply, I'd take a little rubbing alcohol and remove all the first with a paper towel. Then start over with more dust.
Mike