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Location: Girdwood, Alaska | Hi:
I am wondering what the best way is to paint a spinnerbait head using powder paint. The ones I have tried keep coming out lumpy. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you! |
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Location: Milwaukee Wi | how do you heat the bait up????????? and what method of dipping do you use i heat it up ,dip it , them heat than cool did you try that |
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Location: Girdwood, Alaska | Thanks for the response.With jig heads, i've been heating them over a candle then dipping them in the paint. The problem that I am running into is that I cannot dip the spinnerbait head in the powder paint because it does not fit with the wire on it. I tried pouring the paint over the heated up head but that is how I ended up with the lumpy results.
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| I apply powder paint by sprinkling it onto the lure with a fluffy camel hair brush, & use a heatgun to heat & reheat the lure. First practice sprinkling on a piece of paper, so that you can save & reuse the paint. The brush is held a few inches above the bait, and the paint comes down like ‘snow’.
There are some tips here:
Herbies http://tinyurl.com/2uwo79
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http://www.luremaking.com/howto/powderpainting-5.htm
Note that the first ‘tap’ on the brush dumps a lot of paint, so tap it back into the jar!
With a bit of practice you’ll be able to do multiple colors like some of these baits that I’ve painted.
You can do blades too
There are more helpful hints at the tackleunderground.com forum.
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| Thank you very much. I'll try sprinkling it on like that. Good idea.
Thanks for the pictures also, very nice work!
AR |
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Location: The Sportsman, home, or out on the water | Great idea on the sprinkling. Alex, I put mine into a big cottage cheese container and shook it up a little, to cover mine. |
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Location: Milwaukee Wi | I never thought of the brush idea nice work |
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| a salt shaker works too |
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