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Posts: 4266 | When it's a B-eagle! When I got this Weagle from Cady a year ago, he was still learning that certain paints and clearcoats don't mix  . So Dr Beav fixed it up. This could have been a contestant on "The Swan" Can't wait to throw this one. Beav Attachments ----------------  Beagle.JPG (9KB - 132 downloads) | ||
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Posts: 2091 Location: Stevens Point, WI | |||
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Posts: 4266 | Cady, send me blanks if the pressure gets to you. I could paint a few for you in my spare time. Of course it might cost you a couple for payment  Beav | ||
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Posts: 32902 Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | |||
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| Beav, Made my first attempt at repainting my weagle. #*^@ thing turned into a wobble after an hour of casting and soaking up water. Still worked like a champ and caught fish. The pic doesnt do it justice... I gotta get a digital camera. Any suggestions on painting? Sorry about the pic size. Couldnt get it any smaller without distorting the image. Edited by thedude 7/12/2004 5:40 PM Attachments ---------------- CamoWeagle2.jpg (175KB - 112 downloads) | |||
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Posts: 4266 | Sworrall, just send me that beat up thing when you come back from the Goon, and let me know how you want it painted. It would be my pleasure as usual.......you know us guys in the inner circle have to stick together Dude, painting started out as an experimental process for me, and it still is. I found some really nice new acrylics at a hobby shop near here, and they really are working out well. I can thin them out 100%, so they are easy to airbrush and dry fast. They also blend real well together. The Envirotex really brings them to life. I bought an old grill rottiserie motor and rigged it up with heavy duty hemostats so I can turn 4- 6" lures at a time. 8"ers get a little heavy, so I only do them 2 at a time, but you have to turn that lure with the Envirotex on it for hours to get good consistant coverage. I've been putting 2 coats on most lures. Have some fun and experiment with the painting. Got an airbrush? If you do, play around with different paints and thin them out so they spray well and dry fast. Multiple coats are a must too. I've had my airbrush about 10 years, and I still experiment with it just to try different things. Some experiments work well, some experiments are failures, but I learn from all of them. We can talk about it more if you need help. I buy lots of lures and take them down to bare wood and redo them. I buy Suicks just to strip them, weight them, and repaint them. Get Reefhawg kits from Rollie and Hellens. I just got a half dozen. I drill out and plug the hook hanger holes, weight them, eliminate the middle bottom hook and bring the front hook back a little and go with one 5/0 T'd hook instead of two. Then I Enxirotex them so they don't crack.......that'll pi$$ some people off.......but once I weight them the way that I want, they work just fine without cracking. Play around, and you'll be spending more time painting every year. And every year your painting will get better and better. Nothing like catching a fish on a lure that you've painted. Beav | ||
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| Beaver |
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Posts: 4266 | I get almost all of my stuff from Moores Lures. He's got a website, but I don't know if you can order from it. I usually call him.....he's a good guy to talk to and he also gives you help when you need it. Definitely have to turn the Envirotex, especially on round lures. I'll turn them for 12 hours sometimes. For the other guys who haven't seen it, I'll include a pic of the Klyturd. Iowa's colors........wouldn't have it any other way. I'm making 5 of them for the auction/outing in October (hint-hint ) Keep playing around with it. It can't be that tough if I can do it! Beav Attachments ---------------- Kly Turd.JPG (21KB - 104 downloads) | ||
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Posts: 1937 Location: Black Creek, WI | |||
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Posts: 4266 | I'll go check them every half hour for the first two hours to watch for build up, bubbles or other problems. I was just using tie-wraps to keep my visegrips or large hemostats on the rod, but I talked to a mechanic at work, and he said that he could tack weld them on the rod. When I start getting build up and have trouble with Envirotex getting on my tools, I fire up my soldering torch and burn it off. Envirotex doesn't like flame! Use the C-clamp to clamp a needle nose vise grip to the rod. That should keep it very solid. I like the needlenose because you can get a good grip on a hook eye without sealing the eye to the visegrip when you get some over-run and the Envirotex dries. As far as cleanup, I've been using epoxy thinner, and it works very well but dries the hell out of your skin. This sounds like a Polish engineering manual. I'd like to see how the pros do it. I've heard some guys use bike wheels and can do a dozen lures at a time. I've included a pic of my last paint job with Fire Opal glitter in the Envirotex. Beav Edited by Beaver 7/27/2004 11:23 AM Attachments ---------------- The Purple Phantom.JPG (24KB - 116 downloads) | ||
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Posts: 1937 Location: Black Creek, WI | |||
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