Home Tournaments Calendar Weather Merchandise Sponsors

Go Back   Spearboard.com - The World's Largest Spearfishing Diving Boating Social Media Forum > Spearfishing Gear > All About Guns

All About Guns What's your weapon of choice, and why? Discuss the beloved speargun here!

Reply
 
Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes
Old 12-25-2017, 05:47 PM   #1
hwy1strat
Registered User
 
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Spokane, WA
Posts: 69
Coating a speargun handle

I have been watching spearq8's videos on making custom handles. So I gave it a shot and I really liked it. Now I have 2 handles that are all epoxy puttied up but I haven't coated them with anything. I really want to put some type of rubber coating on them instead of epoxying sand onto them. I'm sure the sand works extremely well but I would prefer the feel of rubber. I have been thinking about rubberized truck bed coating or Overcoat Skid-no-more. Has anyone else tried anything like this? If so, what did you use and how did you like it? Or, does anyone have any other ideas?

Thanks,
Travis
hwy1strat is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-25-2017, 06:29 PM   #2
sealark
Registered User
 
sealark's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Pensacola Fl
Posts: 512
Re: Coating a speargun handle

Use the sand coat it will last longer and give a positive non slip grip.
sealark is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-25-2017, 06:45 PM   #3
hwy1strat
Registered User
 
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Spokane, WA
Posts: 69
Re: Coating a speargun handle

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B016C7B4I6...&pd_rd_w=AMSt5

Has anyone tried this^. Looks pretty interesting as well.
hwy1strat is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-25-2017, 07:59 PM   #4
Marco
Registered User
 
Marco's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: North Miami, Florida
Age: 58
Posts: 2,868
Re: Coating a speargun handle

Better than sand is sugar. You epoxy-coat the handle, pour some sugar and wash it out once epoxy is dry. It gives you a very nice grip without changing the color of your handle.
__________________
Marco

A bad day fishing is ALWAYS better than a good day at work
Marco is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-26-2017, 01:28 PM   #5
Polespearo
Waterman
 
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: La Paz, Baja, Mexico
Age: 43
Posts: 318
Re: Coating a speargun handle

3m 4200 or 5200 (5200 takes a couple o days just to tack dry) but they give the "rubbery" feeling
Polespearo is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-30-2017, 10:04 PM   #6
Renejr83
Freediving is Life!!
 
Renejr83's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Palm Beach County, FL
Posts: 237
Re: Coating a speargun handle

Quote:
Originally Posted by hwy1strat View Post
I have been watching spearq8's videos on making custom handles. So I gave it a shot and I really liked it. Now I have 2 handles that are all epoxy puttied up but I haven't coated them with anything. I really want to put some type of rubber coating on them instead of epoxying sand onto them. I'm sure the sand works extremely well but I would prefer the feel of rubber. I have been thinking about rubberized truck bed coating or Overcoat Skid-no-more. Has anyone else tried anything like this? If so, what did you use and how did you like it? Or, does anyone have any other ideas?

Thanks,
Travis
This works amazing well. Apply it with medical gloves and tap it after spreading. This creates texture. Once dried its very grippy.

Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk
Renejr83 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-30-2017, 11:01 PM   #7
hwy1strat
Registered User
 
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Spokane, WA
Posts: 69
Re: Coating a speargun handle

I'll have to try that! I just ordered a bottle of 3m 5200 and I'm going to try that. I heard from a few people that the 5200 is what I'm looking for. However, no place around me sells it so I had to order it online. That Loctite would be much easier for me to get my hands on. I'll report back with the results from the 5200 when it gets here
hwy1strat is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-31-2017, 05:57 AM   #8
doyenofcastle
Registered User
 
Join Date: Mar 2015
Posts: 482
Re: Coating a speargun handle

Quote:
Originally Posted by Renejr83 View Post
This works amazing well. Apply it with medical gloves and tap it after spreading. This creates texture. Once dried its very grippy.

Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk
how you use it ?I have used similar polyurethane ,apply over the rough epoxy coated handle and it last for a month then start to peel ,even I tried to apply over a very rough epoxy coated handle .
doyenofcastle is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-31-2017, 08:59 AM   #9
Renejr83
Freediving is Life!!
 
Renejr83's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Palm Beach County, FL
Posts: 237
Re: Coating a speargun handle

Quote:
Originally Posted by doyenofcastle View Post
how you use it ?I have used similar polyurethane ,apply over the rough epoxy coated handle and it last for a month then start to peel ,even I tried to apply over a very rough epoxy coated handle .
I use it just as you describe. Not sure why it only lasts a month for you. I mean it will eventually start to peel but takes a while.

Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk
Renejr83 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-31-2017, 09:04 AM   #10
Renejr83
Freediving is Life!!
 
Renejr83's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Palm Beach County, FL
Posts: 237
Re: Coating a speargun handle

I use like they did in this video. https://youtu.be/adkDSWKE6Dg

Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk
Renejr83 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-31-2017, 02:38 PM   #11
doyenofcastle
Registered User
 
Join Date: Mar 2015
Posts: 482
Re: Coating a speargun handle

Its like below
Attached Thumbnails
Click image for larger version

Name:	_IMG_000000_000000.jpg
Views:	211
Size:	153.3 KB
ID:	236387  
doyenofcastle is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-31-2017, 03:06 PM   #12
Behslayer
Registered User
 
Behslayer's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Big Island
Posts: 5,098
Re: Coating a speargun handle

In the old days we would use a piece of bicycle innertube. These days, there's some great slip on Rubber overgrips from the Shooting market. Not sure if those will fit the grip depending on how stylized it is.

If you are looking for Grippy.. I'd go the Grit route. There is no way that a grip is moving around in my gloved hand with a good grit coating.

One thing I've learned lately is that when I'm target shooting, I'll use one hand to shoot. Same if I'm using a smaller gun and holding onto the Reef. But with Bluewater hunting using a Rear Handle, I always use two hands. There's a few ways to hold a gun using two hands, but if you want to hold it like you would a pistol, then you are going to want to use a pistol grip with the angles that are standard. Those are designed for two handed shooting, ie the recoil line is more centered. I'm beginning to think that the best grip for a Rear Handle for Blue Water is actually a smaller Centerline Recoil grit coated grip designed for two handed shooting. just my two cents.
Behslayer is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-05-2018, 08:51 AM   #13
hwy1strat
Registered User
 
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Spokane, WA
Posts: 69
Re: Coating a speargun handle

I tried the 5300 and I couldn't get the really textured appearance that I was after. I'm not sure if I applied it to thin or if it is because it takes so long to cure. The problem I had was that whenever I would dip my finger in it and "pull" the coating out it would slowly reabsorb back into itself. I noticed they have a fast cure out there too. I will try that next time.
hwy1strat is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-05-2018, 09:34 AM   #14
Coos-spearo
Registered User
 
Coos-spearo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: North Bend, Oregon USA
Posts: 103
Re: Coating a speargun handle

3M 5200 comes in a Fast Cure and in a Slow Cure. I always use the Fast cure on marine projects to avoid slip.
Coos-spearo is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks

Thread Tools
Display Modes Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 06:46 AM.


The World's Largest Spearfishing Diving Social Media Forum Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.1
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2002 - 2014 Spearboard.com