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This afternoon I stopped by at my local craft store and picked up a tube of oil-based paint like you use an oil painting well it definitely works you do not need a whole lot when you are mixing a little bit will go on long ways . I've enclosed a picture the Whitetail on the skirt is the oil paint and white so here's proof that it actually works.
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try some other colors and see how they do, thanks for the test and info
I will when I get a chance. We went fishing this evening and we took that little jig that I posted here it was all some we caught about 25 crappie and one channel catfish in one smallmouth bass all on that little jig. It was a two-part thing with that jig body. Jacob sent me a for cavity mold to make tails to put into the Shad body. So I took that and took my smaller inserts and placed them into my regular skirt mold which made a solid head. It was a different action completely than the regular tube skirt. But it was enough difference that the fish went crazy over it. The other colors that I have in that oil base dark green a lighter green and purple and white. Dustup works extremely well because it is more like a paste when you squeeze it out of the tube a little bit goes a long long ways. I bet you that you will get twice as much out of one of those tubes that only way 1 ounce then you would get out of a 4 ounce bottle of coloring . The oil paints are unbelievable for anybody that hasn't tried it you will be in for a big surprise make sure that you sparer thoroughly . We will be buying more of it because of the variety of colors that you can get yes you can order it online through many of the art supply online. In they usually have a lot of sales on it some oil paints are very expensive we do not recommend buying the expensive stuff .Quote:
Originally Posted by crappieseeker
a tiny bit of red oil paint out of the tube turned out awesome!
That's a good tip Snake and that jig is a great color.
Looks good!!!!!!!!!!
Fatman
the tip come from bxn about the oil paint.Quote:
Originally Posted by STUMP HUNTER
thank you fat man.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fatman
at stuff sure works good I was doing some green today and it worked out fine.Quote:
Originally Posted by bxn
Snake,
If I may, let me clarify what you are referring to, just to save someone from having to trash some plastic or from serious injury. Artist paint tubes will work fine because they are mostly powder pigments. The oil based paint that comes in gallons that you might paint a door with WILL NOT work in plasticols. Being a commercial/industrial paint contractor I stopped in at sherwin williams with the MSDS sheet looking for a more economical tint for the plastic. My thinking was, if their tint will work all I have to do is supply the heat stabilizer and let them shoot the tint for all of the colors that I was wanting, why not they have the color matching computer, got it made. Well talking with the chemist on the 800 number I found out they use a different kind of tint and even there epoxy tints would not work. Thought it would be too easy.
Artist tubes will work in a pinch, however it is more costly in the long run using this instead of the liquid or powder tints made for it.
Thank you for this information you are 100% right . I think we should make it perfectly clear to everyone here before you mess with anything that you put into plastics make sure that it is safe .