Help with vinyl paint

Are there special brushes that make it easier to paint on vinyl paint? Really having a problem getting a smooth even layer of paint. It is really sticky, can I thin it out? Thank you in advance for any help and advice.

Don;t know about brushes, I use an air brush with no problems, I use a thinner made from Johnsons Acrylic floor wax and water 15% wax, 85% water. Note: this is for water based vinyl paints, not the solvent based ones. Check your paint label to be sure

I think they make a thinner for your paint. I would go to the craft store and get some good artist brushes.

Thanks for the input guys I will get some thinner and artist brushes and report back.

Could You just mix some paint and thinner and dip the heads? That would give them a smoother finish. I use powder paint and have no experience with vinyl so I'm no expert. I see where they make dipping trays and Janns netcraft sells them for dipping numbers of jigs in vinyl paint all at once.CF

I used to dip them but even with a mask the smell gave me major migraines and I switched to the powder paint. I know redear does alot with the vinyl but he's been really busy with work and hasn't posted in a while. you could try sending him a PM.

Will it help to heat it a bit to make it smoother? What does the instructions on the paint say if any. Most vinyl paint I seen go on is drippy and can be neatly cleaned of the "gravity ball" on the bottom of lure with a piece of paper or cardboard to desired vinyl removal. If it is chunky and will not gravity fall then it needs to be thinned either by heat or thinner like said.

Thinner site...
http://www.mudhole.com/Lure-Building...t-Thinner-1oz-

Vinyl paint video...
http://www.mudhole.com/Lure-Building...Lure-Jig-Paint

I thin my paints with the thinner sold by CS systems. Also, dip my heads instead of using a paint brush.

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ok here it is, there are little tricks to using the vinyl paint from cs systems, and I'm sure there are ways that I haven't tried but here is how I do it. first of all I buy the paint in the little 1 oz. bottles, I think they are 1 oz. anyway. I buy most of the paint at barlows tackle in texas, they have a site. you will need to thin the paint almost every time you use it, and especially when new, sometimes the new bottle is so thick that you will have to pour some into another bottle in order to give yourself enough room for the thinner. I buy the thinner by the pint can and use an eye dropper to get it out of the can and squirt it into the bottle, this gives you great control over how much you are using. first of all don't use a brush, but hold the jighead by the hook with needle nose pliers and dip the head into the paint, and when you withdraw the head from the paint do it slowly, this helps the maximum amount of the paint to run off the head back into the bottle.