Thread: Snake River post gave me an idea using glitter

Originally Posted by Spoonminnow

Here he used a power paint on the outside of the plastic to create a pattern that sticks out visually.



Since I have bags of unsold glitter laying around, I figured: why not do the same thing and apply glitter to the outside of a soft plastic lure or metal blade. The visual is striking especially when using holographic gold or silver glitter.
As the blade turns or the soft plastic moves, the exposed glitter has a twinkle-effect, showing off various colors when moving - even in low light!

For the blade, I only want a small circle of glitter in the centers of both sides or maybe even one side. I took clear or black nail polish, brushed it on thickly and sprinkled the glitter, blowing off the excess around the glue/polish. Let it dry.

No clear coat needed to keep the glitter on the surface, besides which I don't want to mute the multi-color/twinkle effect.

For adding external glitter on the outside of a soft plastic lure, I put a wire through the front of the body so as not to burn my fingers, heat the side with a lighter that I want to add glitter to and roll it in holographic glitter. It stays put.
The visual effect is far different than putting glitter into the plastic before pouring.

Same as the metal blade, glitter on the outside of the body and/or tail, twinkles different colors - something fish easily detect with their exceptional underwater vision. But of course, any color glitter will have the same effect regardless of flake size but I'd go with larger flakes. The larger the size flake, the more color flash/ the smaller the flake, the more subtle the flash. Of course, another idea would be to apply more than one dot of glitter to either or a stripe(s) of glitter.

Can't fish (not young enough at 77 to brave the cold on ice), so I may as well come up with some new ideas while smoking my pipe in my basement workshop to keep the creative mind active. (TV's on of course.)
So far so good.

Please note it is not powder paint that we use to do the scaling on the side of the bait it is a pigment that they use in soap making to color the soap. Also it’s used to coloring the plastic when we are cooking it. I don’t know if powder paint would do the same effect or not, but it may.. this is what I use to make the scales. they have a lot of different colors to choose from. You guys wanna post to know that about the powder there?.