Now that's HOT!

[The Snake Guru]

Affectionately called the "Red Devil" LOL

This is a Gen2 style hook with a damn niffty coating! As you can see in the top pic in a low light situation it's a very dark red almost black...but put it in a high level light situation and the flames of hell seem to dance along the shaft!

Absolutely STUNNNING! The coating seems fairly resilant too, I would put it at about a Medium in holding up against getting dinged....which is pretty decent for the effect that casts.

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r157/thesnakeguru/Snake%20Hooks/rededv.jpg

~B~

[Basil]

Heeey, that's pretty cool!

[ffollett]

Hell yeah man that is pretty bad ass.

[Aurora]

Thats awesome, can you put that on the bigger hooks?

[The Snake Guru]

Thanks Guys!

Thats awesome, can you put that on the bigger hooks?

Ya know....I just may be able too! I know it adheres very well to aluminum (a feat in and of itself) I can certainly try it on the shafts of the other stuff...I've got some scrap in the shop so tell ya what, I'll coat a piece up and let you know in a few days....it takes like 3 days for this stuff to fully cure and about 19 coats to pull off the effect..LOL But I'll try it man and see if it sticks!

~B~

[danthony428]

are you gonna sell these dude? and how much would they cost for one, i mean, 19 coats sounds pretty crazy, how long does it take u to do 19 coats, by the way, that hook looks awesome

[The Snake Guru]

LOL....everything is for sale! LOL

I'm not gonna lie, the coating is a pretty long and drawn out process....but I was thinking depending on the length of the shaft basically this would be an Add-on option for any of the aluminum shaft styles (Gen2) So it would be the base price of the hook plus $20 +/- depending on the length of shaft. Also there will be a minimum 2 week lagtime on these as I want to make sure they are fully cured before sending them out.

~B~

[Aurora]

Ya know....I just may be able too! I know it adheres very well to aluminum (a feat in and of itself) I can certainly try it on the shafts of the other stuff...I've got some scrap in the shop so tell ya what, I'll coat a piece up and let you know in a few days....it takes like 3 days for this stuff to fully cure and about 19 coats to pull off the effect..LOL But I'll try it man and see if it sticks!

~B~

Sold! LOL

Really thats bad ass and if you can make it work on your big hooks we'll be talking business! Well I guess really we'll be talking business regardless! LOL
Let me know how it turns out!

[The Snake Guru]

Sold! LOLReally thats bad ass and if you can make it work on your big hooks we'll be talking business!♣ Well I guess really we'll be talking business regardless! LOL♣ Let me know how it turns out!

LOL...will do! Honestly I don't see any issues....but it's always better to test these things first.~B~

[Lorelei]

Im in love!

[lorenmps]

that would look killer if the whole hook was like that. Very impressed Brad!

[lorenmps]

oh shit... look at dumb me... it is!

[pythonguy21]

ill take 2 lol

[The Snake Guru]

Im in love!

LOL, thanks Lori.

that would look killer if the whole hook was like that. Very impressed Brad!

oh shit... look at dumb me... it is!

LOL..thanks man, yeah I did the hookend as well on this one....but if I was going to do it again I think I'll use the Black Anodized for the hookend....not sure this type of coating will tolerate being dragged through substrate and banged around on cage furniture ect.

ill take 2 lol

Soon as the check clears! LOL


Thanks everyone.

~B~

[danthony428]

are there any other colors??? i mean i would probably choose red anyways, but im just curious

[The Snake Guru]

are there any other colors??? i mean i would probably choose red anyways, but im just curious

I tried this off Orange, Copper color and wasn't very impressed I could take some shots of the sample piece if you were interested?

There is also a Midnight Purple available....which I think would look neat has hell, but I haven't tried that one yet (Have to wait and see if the any of the ladies are interested in that one) LOL

~B~

[The Snake Guru]

Update on "Will this work with the Monster Hooks"

Yes and No...LOL It works (effect wise) but it doesn't hold up very well to any kind of dinging around (even with an ungoddly amount coats) Something about Galvanized stuff it just doesn't like to play nice, even after surfacing it.

At anyrate a post thought after I was done testing it would be possible to do this coating then use a clear PVC heat treat (much like the colored stuff - Only Clear) to protect the coating. Downside it would up the cost by about double of what I asking for the aluminum shafts.

On a side note I tried this on stainless steel scrap for fun...it worked great on that! LOL

So there you have it.

~B~

[Aurora]

It was worth a shot I suppose.

[The Snake Guru]

It was worth a shot I suppose.

Yeah man, sorry about that....like I said I could still make it work....but it's not all that cost effective....guess it depends on how much you really like it..LOL

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[Aurora]

Yeah it's cool but not that cool... LOL

Maybe I'll get one of them custom handles!

[The Snake Guru]

Yeah it's cool but not that cool... LOL

Maybe I'll get one of them custom handles!

LOL...yeah I would say the same....besides the custom handles are one of a kind! LOL

~B~