advTHXance
Well-Known Member
Just to follow up on this a couple years later...
We used a 2 part epoxy from the guy MikeyL recommended. Heated it crab boil style and added some glow powder. Dipped with a gaff and set them on nails on a 2x4 to dripdry, and then trimmed the excess once everything cooled. Definitely want to do this outdoors and/or with proper respiratory protection.
The coating works great. It will last longer than your cannonballs!
Ive been using them for the last 2 seasons at the lodge. Ive only lost 1 cannonball in about 200 days of fishing, and the coating on the balls is still nearly like new aside from a few reef scars. It fades under the constant UV and salt but structurally everything is good. I left one submerged in my transom for an entire season and it started to crack a bit around the fin, but still totally useable.
The coating is a bit soft to the touch after cooling. You could put a dent in it with your thumbnail, and it has a sticky/tacky/rubbery feel. Some of the other guys at the lodge think the coated balls slide off reefs a little easier than bare lead. I try not to hit too many reefs lol
We used a 2 part epoxy from the guy MikeyL recommended. Heated it crab boil style and added some glow powder. Dipped with a gaff and set them on nails on a 2x4 to dripdry, and then trimmed the excess once everything cooled. Definitely want to do this outdoors and/or with proper respiratory protection.
The coating works great. It will last longer than your cannonballs!
Ive been using them for the last 2 seasons at the lodge. Ive only lost 1 cannonball in about 200 days of fishing, and the coating on the balls is still nearly like new aside from a few reef scars. It fades under the constant UV and salt but structurally everything is good. I left one submerged in my transom for an entire season and it started to crack a bit around the fin, but still totally useable.
The coating is a bit soft to the touch after cooling. You could put a dent in it with your thumbnail, and it has a sticky/tacky/rubbery feel. Some of the other guys at the lodge think the coated balls slide off reefs a little easier than bare lead. I try not to hit too many reefs lol
