RE: [VFB] Loon Knot Sense for tying

[mark romero]

Wes, i have the Loon Hard Head product in hot red, hot orange, hot pink, 
Chartrues/Yellow, black and clear. Is this the same stuff???????? I've been 
using the clear in place of epoxy, and it works pretty good except after it 
gets to think.....(which mone now is) and i'm not sure as to how to thin it. 
I guess just a bit of water might do it, since it's water based, but i'm not 
sure. Got any clues? mark

From: Wes Wada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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To: <vfb@troutnet.com>
Subject: [VFB] Loon Knot Sense for tying
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 06:04:06 -0800
Hi VFB,
The product is called Loon Knot Sense, and flytiers have been using it in 
place of epoxy in fly patterns.  To harden, you simply expose it for a few 
seconds to an ultraviolet light, which I already have.  Sunlight will also 
cure the product in about a minute.

Product description:
A water-based, polyurethane formula for building colorful, glossy heads and 
bodies on your favorite fly patterns. One component, low odor, replaces 
messy epoxies in many applications. Available in black, clear, red, glo 
pink, glo orange, and glo yellow (with applicator brush).

A question to VFB's resident chemists and physicists: what is the principle 
behind this product?  Why does UV light cause the product to cure and 
harden?

Here is a link to a fly tied by Rich Lewis using the Loon Knot Sense 
product.
<http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flytying/fotw2/092704fotw.html>

thanks,
Wes Wada
Bend, Oregon
"It runs up against the laws of physics. It's like putting nine women 
together and trying to make a baby in one month."