repaints and some originals

Mark,

It looks to me like you really pulled the ghost finish off!!! Well done. I have been trying to do this and am not satisfied yet with my results. It looks a lot easier than it is. I am impressed once again on the TU talent.

Shane

MT,

It actually is easy. The hardest part is getting all the old paint off a clear plastic lure.

After I get the paint off, I brush it down with a qtip dipped in acetone, and then spray on several coats of Wildlife Colors I-790 Iridescent Violet paint. It's transparent, and subtle, so it's hard to see the violet color as you're spraying, but it really shines in the water. Then a coat of the NYC 101 nail polish, to add a blueish glitter. I've found that the blue glitter gets bit out here in SoCal where a green won't. The polish actually has other colors, too, but the blue is the dominant flake.

I topcoat with Nu Lustre 55 UV Inhibited epoxy, one coat.

Hard to see in the photos, but it's almost transparent in the water, and really looks ghost-like in low light.

Happy accident I found when I was trying to repaint a Norman DD22 with glow in the dark eyes.

OK Mark you have convinced me that its easy. I have everything but the NYC 101 and the NU Lustre 55. I will order that this week and it will be my first post in the gallery.

Be sure to get the Nu Luster 55 with the UV inhibiters. Nothing pisses me off more than having a topcoat yellow and distort my paint scheme.