Anything wrong with nail varnish?

[philx123]

For my flies, obviously - not me.

I've been using it since I ran out of normal varnish, and wondered if there's any inherent weakness with it.

[BRUCE1]

if you mean clear ,then no, sally hansen hard as nails is used by many fly tyers especially the one with nylon in it .....

[Scratch]

Nope, nowt wrong with it, it's fine. I prefer it to stuff like veniards etc... way too thin.

[MJB]

Cheap stuff can turn brown and sludgy in saltwater.

[philx123]

How about colours? My daughter's got a black that I've been using for heads. Is clear better?

[Firestorm]

Some people prefer to use thread of the colour that they want the head to be with clear varnish over, and others will use a coloured varnish to get the desired head colour. Ultimately it's up to you, but I generally use the clear varnish method as you only need one sort of varnish.

[philx123]

Thanks for that. Much appreciated.

[dabhoy]

I have used all sorts of different colours but mainly clear and my favourite is Rimmel 60 second as good as if not better than hard as nails.

[krazzed_maggot]

Best nail varnish to use for the flies is rimmel 60 seconds I nicked the girlfriends put it on as a first coat and then your clear varnish/superglue the heads turn out bright and great on shrimp flies IMO

Kendo

[darwin]

Originally Posted by krazzed_maggot

Best nail varnish to use for the flies is rimmel 60 seconds

This is my favorite as well, now to find something better than super glue.