benton B
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You do some very fine work. Your baits always look so smoooooooth. -
A few finess flatsided cranks and a jointed waker -
A few finess flatsided cranks and a jointed waker -
Custom Color #026 FFB (Flip Flop Blue)
benton B commented on bladesandbaits's gallery image in Hard Baits
Your colors always look so life like, beautiful work. -
very, very, very sweet looking paint job on that bait. -
b75, I mix the same amount of epoxy to clear 2 baits, then add 5 drops of denatured alcohol. It is enough to cover 3 baits without getting tacky. I hope that makes sense.
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Look for stuff from the fish carver groups, those guys don't paint lures but do some very fine fish reproductions.
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Thanks fellas, I was leaning towards 19ga untempered for this project. Now to go order some.
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I want to make some wire harnesses for some rap style jerk baits. Which SS wire would ya'll suggest for this.
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I install all my lips prior to painting and just remove the masking tape before the clearcoat step. 1 thing you can do is put a small piece of tape on the end of the lip so no epoxy marks get on the lip from you fingers. It really sucks to find you finger prints on lexan lip.
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Wire Forming tool/tips/suggestions for Through Wire
benton B replied to BizFromQC's topic in Hard Baits
When I do thru wire (not often) I draw the bait pattern on scrap hardwood. Then hammer in finish nails where I want the loops and bends (clip off the heads) and you are all set. Just bend the wire around the nails and crimp the loops and it's ready for glue. -
I would let it dry for a week and recoat the entire bait with devcon 2ton, 2-3 coats thinned with denatured alcohol.
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here are my poor attempts at painting (just saw Kellure's smallmouth) -
here are my poor attempts at painting (just saw Kellure's smallmouth) -
Those frogs are the cats meow for sure -
That's just not fair, not fair at all. I've caught smallies that did not look that good. -
I like the windex/water mix at 50/50 for all cleaning. I take my brush apart about every two months to clean with a brush. But I do go thru a lot of windex to make sure I'm not getting any build up. Make sure you back wash the tip by holding your finger over the nozzle and shooting a little air. That will blow out any left over paint. This works for me.
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Gravity feed Iwata eclipse and I love that brush. Mark, if the trigger is sticking, 50/50 windex/water, put a little in the stem and work the trigger. Then re-attach air and shoot, fixes mine every time.
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Sounds like you were shooting too much paint with too much air pressure. With transp and flor. paints you have to shoot very thin layers and build up to the level of color you want. I've done that same thing 100 times, it's part of the learning curve.
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6 feet, I carved those from 1/2" thick balsa and cut my own lips. Thanks for the kind words. -
Transparent Umber from wildlife colors might be the brown that you are looking for. -
the new hologram shads didn't make in the last group of pics, so here they are. -
the new hologram shads didn't make in the last group of pics, so here they are. -
here are a couple of hologram shad patterns and some plain ole painted baits.
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here are a couple of hologram shad patterns and some plain ole painted baits.