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carolina kinger · Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2013 5:58 pm Post subject: Lure painting ?

I have never painted any lures before but am up to the challenge.
I bought some cripple heron lures plain jane and I'm gonna paint them myself. Looking for some insight on what kind of paint to use and would a hardener be needed.

HighTide · Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2013 6:09 pm Post subject:

Several years back I used to do a lot of airbrushing. The way I did it back then was to use any paint that could be thinned down enough to spray. Then you have to spray with a clear coat of something else. Experiment by spraying the paints you intend to use. After they are very dry, spray with some clear coat. You can buy that from a hardware store. If you paint the pigmented paint before it is fully dried, it will wrinkle up when you apply the clear coat.
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ltorna1 · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 17 Apr 2009 Posts: 3240

Hey carolina kinger, where did you find the unpainted lures?
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tbugosh · Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 9:45 am Post subject:

I've done this before (even for adding an 'eye' to metal lures such as spoons, etc.) and used Finger Nail Polish... Cheap, Durable, Dries Fast, and you can keep several bottles in your tackle box.

workinbird · Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 9:58 am Post subject:

I second on the use of fingernail polish. Most of my bottles are free from girlfriends that didnt like the color. you can also paint clear polish and then sprinkle glitter on the wet surface before it dries!

carolina kinger · Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 5:22 pm Post subject:

AcousTennis · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 13 Sep 2010 Posts: 1319

The crippled herring in silver or metallic grey is deady on smacks...x2 on the nail polish
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cuzn dave · Flour Bluffian in training Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 465

If you want to use nail polish try the Sally Hansen "Hard as Nails"
Pretty inexpensive and you can find it at heb.
That's what I use for teaser flies topcoat.
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carolina kinger · Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 6:58 pm Post subject:

Bay Grinder · Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 7:06 pm Post subject:

I use the wife's clear finger nail polish man on some of my top water lures to keep them from getting mangled up too much. But then again some of the best lures are the ones with all the paint knocked off. Or maybe a ripped up corky gets a new feel and works even better.

carolina kinger · Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 7:11 pm Post subject:

Thanks for all the input guys, gonna give the nail polish a shot. Maybe it'll take a while for her to catch on.

blackhawk78418 · Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2013 2:12 pm Post subject: