Starting real luremaking!

[crankybait]

and thanks, and welcome kyle

[kyle]

you sound like you have my kind of luck crankybait

[Fishing4Soup]

cranky, just a tip. When you do start painting, you may want to put a basecoat of white or black on. From my experience painting models and stuff its always good to have a basecoat. For metallic make sure to use black. White for lighter colors.

[crankybait]

1. lol kyle, we're both cursed
2. just went to michales and replaced it. i tested it with water, and it worked! ohew, my day is saved
2. ok thanks a lot fishing4soup. i dont have any metalic colors as of now, i have to fill out the free paint sheet. ill be buying silver pretty soon. i can make some nice color mixes right now too. my first bait is likely to be a popper in baby bass. any body have a specific brand of a sealant id top the lure off with to make it waterproof and strong?

[bass kicker]

sorry i cant help you there i just use clear nail polish

[Christopherkeene9]

I used Valspar spray-on gloss polyurathane on my last one and getting ready to use minwax brush on semi-gloss polyurathane. The trick for the paint and clear coat is to use a small amount at a time and do multiple layers. I was excited too but the worst thing to do is to rush the job.

Just go to your home depot or lowes and ask them where their varnish or polyurethane is and also tell what your doing and maybe they might have more suggestions.


Good luck! Post pics.

Chris

[Christopherkeene9]

Oh and by the way what air brush did you buy??

and how much?

Chris

[bass kicker]

i will have to try that clear coat

my friend used somthing in a can and it worked awsome it was jugt a spray no brush needed

[crankybait]

chris thanks youve been really helpful. i bought a badger starter set. original 30 bucks or so, but i had a 50% off coupon. and i think ill go to lowes and ask about the varnish stuff. or is clear nail polish good enough? my mo might have some...

[lovinfishin9]

Originally Posted by crankybait

1. lol kyle, we're both cursed
2. just went to michales and replaced it. i tested it with water, and it worked! ohew, my day is saved
2. ok thanks a lot fishing4soup. i dont have any metalic colors as of now, i have to fill out the free paint sheet. ill be buying silver pretty soon. i can make some nice color mixes right now too. my first bait is likely to be a popper in baby bass. any body have a specific brand of a sealant id top the lure off with to make it waterproof and strong?

first off, you used the number 2 twice, lol, second, i wouldnt expect too much from that free paint thing.

[crankybait]

um i meant 3 lol. and the free paint thing offers 3 paints of any color. i have 7 colors already, just not metallic. its a little extra something

[Christopherkeene9]

You can try the clear nail polish, don't know how long it will last or how durable. The spray-on lure I lost in October (caught on some rip rap(brush) underwater) and I found it floating in some weeds on Christmas Eve. The only thing wrong with it was the hook point that had got it caught rusted out.

Chris

Might look into that badger air brush. Starting to want to go more into detail with mine but it isn't that good of quality.

[crankybait]

i guess ill try boh then. nailpolish first since i have it on hand, if i ever get to a hardware store, ill buy some better stuff. and about the badger brush, if youre willin, go for the one thats like 50 bucks it looks really nice. 2 little cans, 3 sprays i think... its pretty good

[crankybait]

gave it a white coat today. 2 layers. then i had a basketball game to go to. tomorrow i think ill add 2 more layers, then 4 layers of red. white body red head i guess. we'll see how this goes. and are there any ways to speed the drying process? i do this in my garage so blowdryer isnt an option

[Christopherkeene9]

Gonna post pics and videos of my first one and my current one soon. Don't know how well the video will work thought. Within probably 10 minutes so stay tuned.

Chris

[crankybait]

ooh videos.. prety cool. cant wait!

[Christopherkeene9]

My workshop


New bait (bad pic)(first coat of poly)


New bait(first coat of poly)


Old bait (first)


Couldn't get the videos to work yet but will try again in a few days.



Chris

[bassintxlady]

very nice work going on there.....will be anxious to see the finished product....

[Christopherkeene9]

Dont know how the blade is gonna work and how its gonna dive(didn't weight it). In afraid its gonna float on its side or if it does dive its gonna twist underwater due to the torque of the blade. But I will "sea". If anything I'll just put on a bill.

Thanks


Chris

[crankybait]

dw man, they look ncie.thanks for sharing, good luck

[Christopherkeene9]

Just finished putting on the second screw eye and put on a third coat of poly. Then the poly started cracking! Tried wiping some of it off. Got most off. Gonna sand the rest off. Looking good though. Hopefully should be finished by tomorrow if I don't have too much homework.

Chris

[crankybait]

well youll pull thru it. im putting on my second coat of white tomorrow. i messed up the sanding of the lure, so the paint is a bit uneven. it comes up in bumps. ill have to heavily coat it

[Christopherkeene9]

Floats fine!!

But I put the blade on backwards!!! It only spins when pushed backwards through the water!

DOH!!

Gonna see if I can fix it.


Chris

[Christopherkeene9]

Blade works now just not swimmin' right. Falling over on its side. Gonna try and see if I can put some weight on the bottom so it sits right in the water.


Chris

[JB]

chris,
before you do that, try an adjustment on your line tie upfront, adjust it right on left, up or down, add a splitring, plus you can add a bigger treble hook up front than the back , as often seen on the plugs we buy...you'll get it!