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i just invested in a color wheel and im wanting to start mixing my own paint im just not sure where to start so does any one have any tips for me an all i should need is red green blue and yellow and white and mabey some black right and where is the best place to buy powder paint?
Powder paint doesn't really "mix" as it's a powder not liquid...most of the better mixes I've seen are lightening colors with white or mixing 2 or more similar colors to get the shade you want.
personally I threw a color wheel way and do a lot of messing around what ever looks good by experimenting . Of course you'll be throwing a lot of your experiments in the garbage. But you definitely will have fun messing around we have made up some concoctions that would deftly scare the fish to death . Many years ago when we were messing around with making rubber tubes I mixed up a color of a yellow and brown it come out like pretty terrible looking but it definitely caught fish. So some of the concoctions that you mix up you may want to try before you throw them in the trash. Because some of the color tones in the water will look different to the fish .
I have found that anything mixed with white looks good. Blue/white makes a speckled robin egg color. Pink/white will tone down to a nice light pink. Silver/fire orange is very ugly, do not try it! Trial and error are the best bet for mixing powder.
I am also just experimenting with blending powder's and like the blend of blue/silver
Probably can't see it in the picture but the head shows just a tint of blue kind of like gun metal!!!
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im looking to make some silver PP heard silver workd wounders
Im not sure how you would make silver but it does work great.
If you want to paint with the silver powder paint I would just buy a $5 2 oz. jar of the ProTec silver PP.
There's quite a bit of trial and error that goes with learning the powder paint, and I'm sure that mixing your own colors will multiply it.
If I was you , I'd pick out 4 or 5 colors I liked and purchase the 2 oz. jars of them to get started. A 2 oz. jar will paint a whole bunch of crappie jigs!
Let us know how you progress and if you have any problems post them here and I'm sure your questions will be answered in short order.
Just buy a 2 oz jar of silver paint. You can't mix it. Or better yet coat your head in clear nail polish or clear powder paint and it'll stay silver and not oxidize. A little vinegar and water will take off the oxidation if they're already dark.
i have a black PP could i add white till i get a greyish silver or would it take too much white?
You should grind up a dozen quarters made before 1964 to go into that mix!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by crappie josh
if you do add the black to the white it will take less
but does mixing powder work well?
Jj
I have made two shades of gray, one dark, one light by adding black to white.
The dark is a minnow color. I used pro tec black and pro tec white powder paint. The dark is 3 teaspoons black, 1 teaspoon white. The light is 1 teaspoon of black, 1 teaspoon white.
If you want a really neat salmon color use 2 teaspoons hot pink, 1 teaspoon
of bright green.
Don't think you will ever get a better silver than Pro-Tec makes (paint)! You can get some other silver shades from Cadman on this site, but not just like Pro-Tec's. Believe me when I say you will be happy with your silver if it's Pro-Tec as it is very shiny and looks great. I did add some Galv. Silver from Cadman, but it's a good bit different. I like both, but if I want a really nice silver head I will use Pro-Tec or buy Silver Nichol platted heads from Crazy Angler.
I mix colors and have come up with a few thats great. But most just turn out trash. But its fun to find that color your shooting for.
I mixed up last fall. It was killer on White Bass all winter and spring. It turned into a Crawfish brown/Sparkle green. Bad part was lost the paper I had the mix on. So when the 8 oz or so I have left is gone. Guess its back to the mixing board.
Pete
I would like to know how you can get that pink yellow and green color.
Is that from mixing those colors all together? I just want to be sure.
I love those wild colors
Powder Paint's do mix and some do really great. Look here on page 3 of the Powder Paint Custom Mix thread and you'll see some of my mixes, most of which I got from other guys experimenting. One of my latest mixes is my Candy Blue/Lime Green, which by itself is kinda plain but http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/t...psdd1a0931.jpgreally POP's over Bronze Veinhttp://i598.photobucket.com/albums/t...pscbcda8f1.jpg
Probably going to be speckled white and black, but you never know until you try. I use tiny little cups to mix a new color so if I don't like it I am not throwing away any real amount as all I need to do is have enough to dip it in paint.
I would look up rosey's they have a great selection and will help you in anyway! They are some very helpful.
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Originally Posted by SW CrappieHunter
Or better yet, send them to me and I'll buy you a 2oz jar of powder paint. Heck, I could buy you a whole pound.Quote:
Originally Posted by GCD
If I was just getting into powder painting the deal at Rosy's is excellent. I have some of theirs and Columbia Coatings, it all cures the same and I've mixed different brands for different colors.