Are There Any DVDs That Show How to Build Up a Fin With Epoxy?

When you back you fin your actully buiding them up with fin cream sobo glu i use luster flex from tasco. but if youe talking about a repair with epoxy repairing the fin spli thats a differnt yoou just put a small amount in the split and pread the epoxy toward the back of the tail then sculp the finrays back i used to do it that way but i use split fin fr vandykes it looks much more convinceing than what i can do with the epoxy.

 

Technically to be accurate(not so necessary for customer work where close is "goodenuff") you must rebuild a fin to look natural and for many fins simply coating them with a fin cream several times is not accurate.
When I judge fish I show what I mean with a a real fin coated a few times and a cast--I use a bass tail as well as a steely pect and caudal fin to demonstrate the shrinkage.

I can't answer how to rebuild em cause I mold/cast the ones I use.

 

I use to cut out a piece of yellow manila card stock to the shape I wanted the fin to look like. I put in few pins hold the fin card in place and rebuild the damage fin with epoxy sculpt: then use tools IE. paint brush sculpting tools. Now i just cut them off and order replacement fins though lake country replicas, when the fins are bad. glue them in with magic fin. Mark up the cost of fins and shipping & charge for damage repair work $50.00

gl-Todd