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| Need some advise about painting spinner bait and bucktail blades. Has anyone used the lure and jig paint? How does it work? I have thought about using automobile touch up paint. Has anyone done that? Suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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Location: The Sportsman, home, or out on the water | The thinner the paint, the more vibes you will get out of the blades, thus vinyl jig paint or powder paint is not your best option. If you have an air brush, try either Createx (which is found at alot of craft stores), or Createx Auto Air (which is found at some quality auto paint stores). The Auto air is the stuff alot of people use to paint custom gas tanks and helmets for motorcycles, as well as flames and stuff on custom cars. I, as well as H2O tackle, for sure use the Auto air product, and we use a clear coat sealer on our baits, which is a must for Auto Air, but otherwise, try shooting Testors or something similar if you don't want to use a clear coat on it. I hope this helps you.
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Location: Chicago, Beverly | Be sure to scuff the blade surface before painting them.. |
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| Thanks for the advice. I don't have an air sprayer. Any suggestions for "brushing" it on?
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Location: The Sportsman, home, or out on the water | as opposed to brushing it on, Why not just use spray cans of paint? When I first started my hard baits, I was just spray canning them. With some practice, you can get some interesting patterns. |
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Location: Corning, Iowa | I think Wal Mart, or hobby shops has small spray cans of paint. Just have fun. Doug |
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| Thanks to everyone who responded with their advice and comments.
What I like about muskie fishermen is the willingness to offer suggestions, advice and assistance. I am not a regular member of this board. I don't post a lot. I don't believe I know anyone who posts here except Scott Donovan. Yet, you respond, give advice, and tolerate my novice questions.
Don't know if any of you are going to the Muskies Inc., Chapter Challunge in Minaki, but if you are I am Barry Wesley of the Shawnee Muskie Hunter Chapter and I would like to meet you and thank you for your assistance in person. Hope you will look me up.
Great fishing and thanks a lot for your help.
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Location: NeverNever Lake | Why not try finger paints? So what if it wears off every couple of casts! You could have a bunch of different colors on hand until you find out what colors are hot that day...............beep! beep! |
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| I think you have hit on something.
Will give it a try and I'll call you, don't call me.
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Location: oswego, il | If you are just looking to make a basic change, all i do is use rustoleum or krylon paint. Works fine and the I spray a rustoleum clearcaot over that if it's a flat paint. If the bales are painted flat, i clear them anyway for durability. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Wal Mart and most hardware stores carry florescent spray pain in several colors. I coat the blades white first, then a light coating fo Fl orange, green, yellow, or whatever else suits. The stuff dries very quickly, so painting 50 blades takes about a half hour.
Raze;
Finger paint, huh? Gotta try that, makes it sort of a quick change...  |
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Location: Hershey Pa | hey there, just a note on painting with airbrush, if you use the proper mixture of paint hardner and paint. you can acieve a hard coat on the blades or lurres for that matter that will last a long time. Just dont forget to sand down the old paint far enought that the new stuff will stick to it. dont just do the oh oh better get macco sand. i prefer to get down most of the old paint. then do a primer coat and on top of that the paint of choice for mr muskys dinner plate. several coats will acheive a hard paint that will last several season. most of the guys above are right. see hobby shop for those paints, they come in all colors and are good. i prefer a paascheairbrush.com airbrushes, they work really well. just my 2cents
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| Once again, thanks for all the input and advice. First, sand the blades really well. Paint the blades white. Follow that with a couple of coats of the desired color. Then, a coat or two of clear coat. Will try to locate the Createx brand of paint. Otherwise, I will go with Rustoleum or Krylon. Someone mentioned Testor's and I will look for that as well.
Thanks so much for all the advice.
Don't think I will venture into the air systems, but I know that is the way to go if you are doing volume and want a professional looking job.
Barry Wesley
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| I've used powder painted blades for many years and caught lots of fish on baits with powder paint coated blades. Spray paint is definitely easier, but powder painted blades will not chip and lose the effort put forward to change the original color. Do what you want but don't believe powder painted blades somehow magically lose vibration. If it spins, it creates vibration.
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| Pardon my ignorance, but what is powder paint? I was really confused by your post. Not questioning your ability, just I don't understand the term.
Thanks
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Location: NeverNever Lake | Powder paints were invented in Germany in the 50's. It's enviormentaly friendly and contains no solvents to evaporate into the air. It contains nylon, plasticized pvc and some other plastics. Most tackle dealers sell it in plastic jars. To apply it, heat the blade with a heat gun or flamethrower and dip it in the powder. It will adhere to the hot metal. Then you can throw it in the oven, toaster, charcoal grill, or campfire if need be to get the smooth final finish..
The downside is it's a little to brittle for alot of applications and it goes on rather thick. I tried it on some jig heads and it chipped off quickly. I might have gotten it a little too hot though. I used to be a pyromaniac but I'm all better now!
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| Thanks for the explanation. Sounds very interesting. May try that a little later.
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| I've tried spray paint and had it run, chip, smear, gob and fade. I've also had spray paint adhere to the material I was painting and do a nice job. The key thing is proper setup and knowledge of how to use the paint. The same is true for powder paint. Powder paint is not for everyone. If you don't follow the instructions and do necessary prep you'll end up with a crappy job. Temperature control and the use of material diffuser are very important. I use powder paint and I challenge anyone to chip the paint from the blades I've painted. Powder paint is used in many industrial processes that demand the best paint job possible. Many trailers and wheel rims are painted with powder paint process.
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| Thanks for all the tips and advice. I decided to go with Createx, and use a brush. Really like the product, it is a lot nicer than the jig and lure acrylic paint that I used to use. I scuff up the blades with some 150 grit sandpaper, then I put on 2 coats of white, followed by two coats of the desired color. Then, and I haven't gotten this far, shoot it with some clearcoat (Krylon). So far, I have found the Createx colors to be simply outstanding, very vivid, and vibrant. The cost is about $2.29 for a bottle about twice-three times the size of nail polish containers. I don't think that is a bad price at all.
Can't say that my efforts are professional, but I am having a lot of fun. This is a blast. If you haven't tried this you should. I have some plugs that I am not "thrilled" about the color of and I need some advice before I start on that. (Perhaps a next month question for the forum.)
Again, thanks for all of the suggestions and advice. Really appreciate it.
Barry Wesley
Shawnee Muskie Hunters, Chapter 28 of MI
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