mark poulson
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How in the world do they manage to make that bait hollow?
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I love it when you talk dirty! Hahaha
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Try scraping first, and then dipping in acetone to get the last of the paint off. Be quick, or you'll dissolve the whole bait.
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As long as you have good ventilation, or do it outside, dipping in AC1315 is light, clear, fast, and bulletproof. Unless they are already top coated with epoxy, if I were you, I'd experiment with fast dipping your baits in clean acetone before painting. It will almost certainly take off a fine layer of whatever is on them, and leave you a clean, open surface to paint. Try one and see what happens. If the paint sticks, the AC1315 will keep it safe.
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Cadman, Yesterday, when I powder coated some jigs, I noticed that that the powder didn't fluff in my fluid bed like it has in the past. It has been sitting for six months in my garage, in the original plastic bottles it came in, except for the leftover colors that were in the cups, capped with tight fitting plastic lids. No gaskets. Could the powder have absorbed moisture, and would that be why it didn't fluff? If so, is there some way to dry it out again?
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In the past, I've taken some jigs with single wire (twisted cable) weed guards, shortened the wire, and used it to hold soft plastics. Has anyone tried that?
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Just to clarify, I cured 48 jigs, and the only four that had a problem were the four green pumpkin jigs closest to one of the heating element. The four brown jigs in the same position had no problem. The other 44 jigs, including the ones with green and purple flake, were fine. I load them, close the door, and then set the heat and timer for 30 minutes. I'm guessing the green pumpkin powder is less heat tolerant, and that the four that were closer to the heating element just got overheated. I'll just be sure to keep them farther away from the heating element for the next batch.
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I repainted a Spro trout, and the paint held. I wiped it down with denatured alcohol, painted it with Createx color, and top coated it with Solarez, brushed on. So far, it has been bulletproof.
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For me, I try to get my suspenders to slow float with the smallest hook/split ring setup I want to use, and then I can get them to suspend, or slow sink, by upsizing the split rings, or the hooks, or both.
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Looks like you nailed it!
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My days of black and blue elbows from leaning on a bar are long gone. I think I miss them, but, then again, the older I get, the better I was, so maybe this is one of those "golden memories", too.
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I just coated 48 football heads. 24 brown, and 24 green pumpkin with green and purple flake. I used Protec powder paint, and .15 flake from my soft plastic flakes. I cured them in my toaster over for 30 minutes at 350 degrees. Four of the green pumpkin heads, the ones closest to one of the heating elements, burnt to a brownish green and were very dull. The four brown heads in the same position were fine. So, my question is, do different colors of powder paint need to be cured at different temps.?
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Borax is an antifungal. It is the active ingredient in Timbor, a people/pet friendly termite and fungus treatment we sprayed on any mold we found on our const. jobs.
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I shoot orange over a white base on the whole bait, and then use a dark brown, thinned 2/1 with Auto Aire 4011 reducer, and low pressure, to add my body segments. The overspray darkens the orange, and I can mist the back if I need to. If I had burnt orange I'd probably use that instead, like MasterChief, but I use what I have to get a similar effect.
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Nice! Do you have trouble with the split ring being too fat for the hook eye? I wound up using a #3 split ring, so, even though it wouldn't pass through the hook eye, the wire was thin enough to give the hook a lot of room to move when I kept the hook eye in the split. I also eliminated the split ring on the weight, and just used the same split ring for both hook and weight. It works fine. -
I really like this bait! -
That is a great looking master. You are a skilled carver.
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Do you have a picture of that bait we can look at?
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Hahaha That sure sounds tempting, but....I have enough trouble painting sober. I can't imagine what my baits would look like if I drank while I painted. Plus, if you've seen my garage, you'd know there is no room in it for a crew. I have to move something just to have room to bump into something else!
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Brandon, They were shiny after one dip. I dipped twice because I painted the bills, too, and because they were for someone else. For my own use, once is fine. Mike, Thanks. At this rate I'll be a real painter by the time I grow up! John, It is as shiny as D2T. Thanks Ben, That pattern has worked really well for me in our clear lakes, and also in off colored water. -
I found that, if I thin my lavender and black shading colors with Auto Aire 4011 reducer, about 2/1, I can get a more subtle blending. Buying an aftermarket MAC valve from Iwata has made shooting thinned paints with low pressure so much easier. Thanks to Michael Orensteen for that I'm no artist, but I did sleep in a Motel 6 last night!
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Man, that looks like the real thing. Almost fragile. You really got the shell idea!!! -
Have you ever considered painting claws on the bill? -
I couldn't find that video, but you are still amazing!!! -
You are amazing.
