GraphiteZen

I have devised a method of painting baits that I wanted to share with everyone. It consists of just 2 part 15 min epoxy you can find at any hobby shop and cheap Tetsors model paint. It's very versatile, as you can create contours with it, never loses it's shine and dries just as hard as nails.

All you do it squeeze out a little of both parts, mix them together and then add your model paint to color. The paint doesn't effect the reaction between the two parts so you can add more than one color to achieve the desired result. The only thing is you can't add too much because the runnier it gets the harder it is to work with.

Once you get your color, you can use it right away or wait a few minutes until it thickens for whatever effect. It dries pretty quick even with the paint but you always have the option of buying epoxy with different reaction times.

It really isn't very hard at all and is a blast to experiment with. CombatChuck had posted in another thread about painting spinners so I figured I would post this because I plan to try to paint a few spinners myself here very shortly. My hands were still sticky when I put the eyes on. My bad .







I should have done a little more on the tail section of this one but I decided to include it to show a little more of the contours you can get.



These are a few of my first attempts. To get the striping I used a thin guitar string (a needle would work fine) and just kinda flicked one color up through the other. The same tool for the warts. Just wait until it thickens up a bit and place a little tiny drop. Color order isn't very important because once you get another color ready to go the previous is almost dry and won't mix unless you want it to. This is all you need (beer included ):



Have fun!

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Raincatcher

Way cool! I've been wondering what to do with my old spinners that have been chipped and scraped bare. Great idea! Thanks for sharing.
Barb

GraphiteZen

Holy cow! I just looked at this page on a different computer and those pictures are HUGE! Sorry folks, I always forget I have a large resolution. I'm going out to test some lures for a few hours I'll tone it down a bit when I get back

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osmosis

Nice! the one that looks like a frog I think would work awesome.

Have you tested them out much? What kinda bouyancy does that epoxy have? can you smell it after it dries?

GraphiteZen

The majority of the body is a pre-made foam popper body you get at the fly shop. Then just a little epoxy over the top. Nope can't smell a thing, the epoxy dries rock hard with no oder. Haven't used them yet but I have used some other flies that have the same epoxy on them and they are just as clear as glass after being fished with.

The only downside is the hardener smells like a damn porta-potty. And I mean EXACTLY like a porta-potty. I was shocked when I first used it.

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