[Ben Jones]

Has anybody had experience of the scent used on Xlayers being corrosive?

I was out this morning and used some new ones that I had pre-rigged only to find the jighead hooks rusting both in the Xlayer and outside it - these were new and hadn't previously been in the water but had been kept in original packets (rigged). Not sure if it's the scent or the type of superglue I've used to secure.

Thanks

Ben

 

[Simon L]

Hmmmm i havent had that problem with mine. How long had they been pre-rigged for ?

 

[Steve Lewis]

Hmmmm i havent had that problem with mine. How long had they been pre-rigged for ?

Same here ! no probs with mine yet !

 

[Ben Jones]

About 3 weeks

 

[Iestyn Jones]

1st time to hear of something like this. be interested to see what people advise.........

 

[Simon L]

My only other thought is to ask what Jig Heads you've used ?

 

[Tim Murphy]

Is cyanoacrylate (superglue) acidic? Possibility.....

 

[Alex Jordan]

same here - altho' to be fair they have been rigged for over 6 months and the jigheads I was using were crap cheapy things ... but yes it happens to me too!

 

[Dr.Thomas k]

Is cyanoacrylate (superglue) acidic? Possibility.....

have a look here: here it is

Cheers
Thomas

 

[Chris_NL]

I have some pre-rigged xlayers to and they are like that for over 9 months now. No sign of corrosion or what so ever, and these did have a swim in saltwater. Perhaps the xlayers don't respond well to glue? Mine aren't glued. The jigheads where i've put them on last year are the illex lightningheads. I do keep them in the original bag nicely sealed so the scent will not go away.

hope this helps.

 

[Tim Griffin]

I can only put it down to the glue as I have had no issues under similar circumstances (I don't glue mine). It's not an issue of whether the glue is acidic but whether it is an oxidising agent which I couldn't establish from the Wikipedia entry.

 

[Keith White]

Pre rigging is pointless if you want to progress in soft lure fishing. even 1g can make or break a session.
rusting/corrosion ? yes, when i did pre rig, it happened alot but, not with decoy or quality hooks.

 

[Paul Smyth]

I've had this corrosion with prerigged birdy heads and bachi heads.

No probs with the illex heads mentioned or owner (action?) heads.

 

[Ben Jones]

The Decoy heads I've pre-rigged have been fine - the rust has occured on the bigger Xorus heads (Big X & Triple action), have now un-rigged them & cleaned the heads up.

 

[Barry Howlin]

Would agree that the birdie,bachi and the big x have that rusty look to em as the illex dont seem to have that problem will be interested to see how few storm jiggers that we got hold out,

 

[Mick Ward]

This is baffleing me, mine are fine. I read all of the link Harold put up about super glue and it doesnt say it reacts with any particular metal or plastic. Is there salt in certain colours of the Xlayer? I have noticed a rusty jighead before but presumed I had used it and put it back in the bag, and the hook was a bronze one anyway??

 

[Ben Jones]

The rust was most noticeable on Shrimp & Minnow and Ayu, Wagasagi ones were ok

 

[Mick Ward]

The rust was most noticeable on Shrimp & Minnow and Ayu, Wagasagi ones were ok

Now that makes it even wierder (if thats a word)

 

[anselmo]

It's the salt in the x-layer's top layer

Nick

 

[alan mce]

same here and mine aren't glued