You all got any methods to keep your caps from rusting on your lure bottles?

Speed dip........ :D.....Use it.. ...NOPE... I hate rust...some of our water around here puts a coat on everything in No time....peet ground.....then its on your hand and so on and on....

I read on this forum to clean the inside of the cap, and the threads on the bottle good and then apply a coat of vaseline. Just what I read.

Im surprised the lure makers don't use plastic caps on those.

I won't say it'll 100% prevent the caps from rusting but it helps. A couple years ago I started washing the caps and bottle necks at the end of the season. Along with that I cut small squares of plastic wrap, placing them over the top before screwing on the cap. Seems to work fairly well. Before doing all of this the lids would sometimes be fuzzy with rust by the folowing season. Works the same for new bottles. I also run a wrap or two of electrical tape around the lids before storing.

Most gland or predator lures are corrosive so it's gonna happen.

I store them in my basement in a styrofoam cooler or old file card drawers. Done it many ways but this works for me now.

It takes awhile for that to happen,usually during storage between seasons - usually more than one.

There is a preventative measure that can be taken at the end of a season. Rinse the entire cap in hot water and thoroughly dry it. Before replacing it, clean the bottle threads and put a smear of Vaseline on them. Put the cap back on the bottle tightly.

I keep a tuna fish can half filled with paraffin (old candle wax.) Warm it to melting, and dunk the cap in the wax to seal it. Store the bottle upside down.

Over the years, I have theorized that the rust has most of its origins from inside the bottle, (not the from the outside if stored in a dry environment) - oxidation entering through an unsealed cap, combined with vapors from the contents creating a corrosive condensate on the underside of the cap during upright storage. If the wax-sealed bottle is stored upside down, there is no opportunity for that chemistry to manifest itself to cause rusting.

Then, of course, without sounding smart or condescending, if at all possible, the simplest solution is to replace the metal cap with a plastic one. If that is not an option, use the method described above for the metal caps.

Regards,

Jonathan

I use a plastic cap....

Where do you get the plastic caps?

AMEN.

Clark

thats gotta stink

Lots of Caven's lures come with platic caps. I always save the lids.

I patch my rusty metal ones. Hit the outside with a wire wheel brush and then coat the outsides with 5 minute epoxy. Let it just about set up and then put it on with a popsicle stick. It'll usually get me by a season until the lure is used up.