Which type of CCG?

[Will K 0]

silver creek, I'm curious about your stuff...

 

I really enjoy my CCG products and have had a great time tying with them the last few years.

 

That said, Ive found that if any of my ccg products cure tacky, a quick "brush" with an alcohol soaked cotton ball solves the issue... Now, if I can skip that step great... but I'm curious how that works (how the alcohol stops the tackiness... Is it just cleaning off the uncured resin?

 

Will

[SilverCreek 0]

Will,

 

Go back to page 3.

 

I explained earlier that oxygen blocks the binding sites on the CCG polymer. The tackiness is uncured resin. Alcohol is a solvent for the resin. In fact if you accidentally spill resin, you can clean it up with 70% isopropyl alcohol.

 

You will notice that the surface of the resin is dull after you wipe the uncured resin off. Most fly tiers want a shiny surface so they then coat the CCG with Sally Hansens.

[TSPAngler 0]

I use a UV nail polish light, no batteries to replace and @ $15-$25 it won't break the bank. I hit the fly with a quick shot from a CCG cure light to fix the product and then place in the little cooker for a minute or so and it comes out cured. The biggest problem with UV resins that people have is not so much the product itself, rather the batteries in the cure light. I know some materials just don't cure tack free, however this has worked very well for me.

 

CCG hydro, and all three types of solarez come out tack free using this method.

 

I don't have a dog in the hunt, I pay full price for the materials I use, and I use what I like.

 

http://www.ebay.com/bhp/gel-nail-polish-uv-lamp

 

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After reading this post, I bought this light off amazon for $11.99.

 

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IR4D1AC/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

Got it yesterday, and it works perfectly. Should save me a lot of AAA's.