| #1  03-13-2006, 06:48 PM | ||||
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| Home Made Lures I am planning on making all of my lures this year due to the cost of them and the high loss rate here on Portland. I am just wondering what is the best paint to use on them? I have found loads of Humbrol paints on Ebay for Airfix models etc. Are these any good? I am going to make plugs to start with. Jon __________________ Portland Jon Anyone can catch 'em when they are there. It's catching 'em when they are not there that's the hard part. Portland's Biggest & Best Sea Fishing Site www.portlandbill.co.uk     |
| #2 03-13-2006, 07:57 PM | ||||
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| Re: Home Made Lures humbrol acrylics are pretty good paints, once dry they are a lot stronger than the old enamels, but i dont know about in salt water and rocks, but i suppose you could dip them in yacht varnish to seal them good ? |
| #3 03-13-2006, 08:20 PM | ||||
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| Re: Home Made Lures John. I have only lost 3 rapala's on Portland in the last 2 years. 2 off them have come off whilst casting due to wear on the braid and the other was when a fish took me into the rocks. Use braid and you can feel every knock and bump. If you combine it with a floating plug you will loose very few plugs. |
| #4 03-13-2006, 10:27 PM | ||||
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| Re: Home Made Lures just painted up a load (got blanks of evilbayreally cheap)with enamels and then car laquer hoping will do the job will be trying soon and let you know __________________ 24 beers in a case and 24 hours in a day , Game on www.exmouthsaa.co.uk I have the body of a God, Pity its Buddha :-0 |
| #5 03-15-2006, 11:28 PM | ||||
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| Re: Home Made Lures If you try any lead head jigs or lures, POWDER paint is the only way to go!!  Heat them up w/an alcohol burner and dip them in the powder makes a good even color then bake them in an oven and you can hammer on rocks w/o chipping the finish. GREAT!!!  One hint tho, clean out the eyes and any paint you don't want BEFORE they're baked, because after, you'll have a he11 of a time cleaning it off. Its all I use. __________________ A bad day fishing is better than a good day working! Fishing: if it were easy, it'd be called "Catching" http://www.flickr.com/photos/omahayank/sets/ |
