we would like to know if any of you guys have tried airbrushing plastic baits.
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we would like to know if any of you guys have tried airbrushing plastic baits.
Some of the guys on the MS board are airbrushing hard plastic baits ( crank baits)......I don't believe it would work very well on the soft plastics mainly because you cannot sand or rough the surface up to make the paint stick and adhere. Another thing is the soft plastic is flexible and paint is not.
I they do make plastic paint you definitely would not put regular paint on plastic baits . Yes I believe that most of the people that airbrush crank baits are either using vinyl or enamel and they can use those paints on hard plastic vinyl paint works very well on hard plastic in wood . We will try to post in the future. The type of paint that there is available to put on soft plastic is you know dip it can be used to airbrush the only problem with that stuff is. It has a tendency to bleed on through , but we will be researching with the use in the major plastic manufacturers of soft plastic baits we also are thinking about photo standing images onto soft plastic.Quote:
Originally Posted by G3 Fisherman
Snake some of the guys over at Tackle Underground have been doing it based on the threads there. I don't know anything about pouring plastics but I sure enjoy reading about it.
yea I think tackle underground is the best bet those bass guys do it all
Renosky has been doing this for decades on their Super Shad baits.Quote:
Originally Posted by snake River
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I don't good owner very much but I'll have to go over there and take a look. And thank you fat manQuote:
Originally Posted by Fatman
we definitely will have to stop been there, and as some questions.Quote:
Originally Posted by MO QWACK
thank you very much.Quote:
Originally Posted by WiCrappie
Glad I could help
I do it alot on my swims. The paint is from Lure Craft. It is called soft plastic paint. Not very many colors but if you have some powder pearls and colors you can buy the clear and make your own colors. I will tell you one thing if done the same day you pour it will not come off. You will have to cut it off if you dont like it. Definatly buy there retarder and not the thinner, this will extend the drying time. It being only a few minutes with the retarder and way less with the thinner. Clean you brush with acetone right after you use and it will be fine. I have a how to video on youtube about dipping swim baits that has some painting on it . Look up franksrooty2 and look at DIPPING SWIM BAITS this will give you an idea of some painting. Here are some pics of some I have done also. Frank
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thank you Frank . We will have to get some of that stuff your frog looks terrific with the spots we are wanting to airbrush scales on my plastic baits and we have tons of powder to mix in with the color I have all of Luer craft colors that they have for their plastic . There are quite a few of them that are powder
Just mix them with there clear and you have alot of colors. You can even add some of there colors to the clear and powders to make trully unique colors. Scales are easy just get some netting and one light coat of a comtrasting color , then you got it. The contrasting color can be strong because it will be light and usually transperant. good luck with your quest. Frank
thank you Frank. We will definitely give it a shot.Quote:
Originally Posted by Franks baits
I wish I knew how to do that stuff. I jsut do not have time to learn right now. I do need to take a look at your videos though.
what size frog and shad are these? I think that shad would be killer on the bass at a causeway I fish. certain times of the year the threadfin run through there and the bass just go crazy over them. What exact color plastic is that is it like a silver and pearl mixture, it sure gleams the right color.Quote:
Originally Posted by Franks baits
I think the frog and shad are 4". The shad color is just pearl and .08 holigrafic flake. The backs are just painted light black. The shad you can get from Basstackle in 2,3,4,5and 6". So size is not an issue. Frank
yes I was thinking about getting that 2 or 3 inch shad. thanks frank