tamiya paint

I really need to get with the program and learn how to download photos, but I just have to tell some of ya'll jigmakers about a new paint Ive been trying. It's tamiya acrylic hobbie paint in little 3/4 oz. jars. they have lots of colors but the ones that are really cool are the clear green, and clear blue. don't paint the jighead white first, just stir the paint and dip the jighead in it's silver glory straight into the paint. the green and blue colors are much darker than the jar lid indicates. the colors are rich and glossy and you will see the shine of the leadhead thru the paint! I mean the green is deep emerald color, beautiful, and when you lower the jighead into the water it has some flash to it, from the lead shining thru. I bought clear orange and clear red too, and they where much more transparent, with the color not rich at all. this paint is pretty darn tough from what little Iv'e used it . saw it in barlows catalogue but bought it at a little local hobbie shop that deals with model trains. went back and bought some opaque orange more subdued than a blaze orange. sorry to ramble on, but I just wanted ya'll to know there are other options in paint.

one other thing. it doesn't bulk the jighead up like other paints iv'e used. and you can thin it even more and do several dips if ya want.

i havent tryed the paint in the jars fo jig heads but the<i think the >same paint in the pens i use for doing eyes on my jigs and your right stuff is tuff i get the pens in the model part of a hobby store

I'll have to check that one out. I use powder for some and others I use paint by brush.

Fatman

Tamiya has been around a long time, they have the best color pallet available now, even better than Testers or Floquill poly S. Sadly with Tamiya you can't get all their colors in the USA which means going directly to Japan for some of their colors. Also their price is min 2.75 a jr.

just trying to figure out what would be the best clear coat protection for it, barlows recomends sealcoat, but tamiya makes a clear also. anything with alot of solvent in it can make the color coat dissolve too much, especially if you thin the color coat before painting the jig. sally hansens and the vinyl clear gloss can do this. anyone tried the sealcoat put out by CS systems?

Have you tried marine grade spar varnish? If the acrylic has dried, The oils in the spar should not affect it. spar is hard as nails when cured and holds up to the elements very well.

I just use the two part epoxy from Jann's Netcraft and it's the same one Barlow's sells. I looked at the other one that you guys are talking about and I just wasn't sure whether to buy it or not.

Actually $2.75 ain't that bad!!! Some of the testor's I got several weeks ago was running $1.69 for the little bottle, if you can believe that. But at 3/4 oz jars that's more than you get with the Testors.

Fatman

thanks for the suggestions guys, think I'm gonna order the same stuff in clear. tamiya that is. and maybe a couple of colors the hobbie shop didn't have. found it online at hobbylink. man I love that clear green, it's looks like you could mount the jighead in a ring setting. the clear blue too.

Man you have got to get us some pictures :D

I know fowlmood, I'm just so slow when it comes to this computer stuff. just got done ordering some more tamiya, in clear acrylic for the top coat and gloss black and light green. the paint seems plenty hard so I'm gonna use their clear and see how it does. just recieved 16 calftails yesterday in pink. fl. blue, blue, black, green , chart. and fl. green, and fl. pink which looks like bubblegum. It is a bit expensive when you consider you are only getting 3/4oz. in a jar, but there is room to add thinner when ya open it.

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ya'll got no idea how long it took me to get this durn photo on the site, guess I'm just simple. well the photo is blurry but this is the tamiya paint in the clear green, clear blue, clear orange, and clear red. maybe I'll try for a better photo.

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ya'll got no idea how long it took me to get this durn photo on the site, guess I'm just simple. well the photo is blurry but this is the tamiya paint in the clear green, clear blue, clear orange, and clear red. maybe I'll try for a better photo.

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Do you spray, dip or brush it?

I dipped them, and just touched the dribble on the end against a peice of cardboard, that gets it off of there. I ordered some more, but alot of it is a matt finish, I look for the gloss, they have that too. I recon it wouldn't matter with a clear coat over it. oh yeah, those in the photo don't have a clear coat.

redear

They look good!! I like the green one!! I have enough testor's paint to get me through alot of jigs right now and got an order of powder coming in.

Fatman

fatman,
yeah I like powder paint too, this is just a different look. Have been trying to post a better picture of it, but can't figure out how I did it last night, and the wifes tired of helping me, she's busy with real estate.

At least you got a digital, my daughter sent us one for christmas last year and we haven't opened it yet with all my wifes foot surgeries. Maybe I'll break it out and give it a try.

Fatman

So dipping the jig right in does'nt put way to much on ? I never dipped before always used powder but I like the idea of putting a clear coat of this over my powder will that work to help keep the gloss and eyes protected. I have been using vinyl clear but if you put to much on it kinda makes my eyes look like they melted.

Joe

jiggin joe,
I just tried a coat of the tamiya acrylic clear over top an orange powder coated head yesterday, but it had no eyes, which are usually testors enamel for me. almost forgot, I have been tying some 1/32 hair jigs with unpainted heads , but with enamel eyes, and have been overcoating them with the acrylic clear tamiya, it has done great, but havent fished them yet. I have used vinyl clear gloss too, over powder paint, with no eyes, works good, but the sally hansens clear fingernail polish will discolor powder paint. the tamiya jars are pretty small but the opening is as large as the jar making the dipping job fairly easy as long as the level is near the top of the jar, so I bought four jars of the clear. from hobbilinc

to answer the question about getting too much clear on the jighead, no it doesn't, just hold by the bend of the hook and lower down in the clear as far as you want and raise up real slow, hold nose down, and if there is a drip forming on the nose, just touch it on a peice of cardboard etc. enough to get the drip off. hang the head nose down, I stick mine in the edge of a cardboard box. In fact, dipping gives the slickest prettiest paint jobs I have produced, more so than powder.

buy the thinner too, so you can use an eyedropper to get the clear the way you want it.

cool thanks for the help.

Joe

I mentioned earlier that their light green looked like chartruese, well it did till I put it on a jighead. great color, but not chartruese, as there is no flourescence, but hey all shades of green are worth trying.