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No clue about how to do it, but that guy's baits are amazing!
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Colormatching - Copper berry - Is this ox blood?
mark poulson replied to Jazzatomo's topic in Soft Plastics
I really don't know enough about colors to help with that, but I do know that the large red flake will give a clearer/lighter colored bait a reddish cast. That's why I always add my flake right after the plastic kicks over, and then add my color, drop by drop, to see how the two work together. I have found that, for me, heating the flake while the plastic is being heated to 350 initially can cause it to bleed, and change color. If I were trying to match that bait, I'd cook a cup of plastic, add the red flake, and then pour some into two different heating cups, so I could play with the two different colors suggested here to see which one is closer. -
More pumpkinseed cranks, this time with the turquoise applied with an airbrush over mesh. The fat one on the left has already caught a bunch of fish. -
Another set of pumpkinseed, with the turquoise spots applied by hand with a brush. -
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A bluegill swimbait I painted a couple of years ago, and then proceeded to put it in a Plano box and forget about it. It's back in the boat, getting ready for a swim next time out. I have several more of the blanks that I'm going to do in the darker pumpkinseed color scheme. Those will be my next paint project. -
Thanks. It's next on the paint schedule. -
Thank you for the kind words. I haven't taken them swimming yet, so I don't know if the fish agree with you. -
Heat stabilizer will help you to be able to reheat without scorching, and a digital thermometer will help you insure that you don't overheat your plastic. Take it's temp after you've stirred it, because the middle will always be hotter when you heat in a microwave.
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If you're asking for an alternative clear coat for plastic crankbaits, I use Rustoleum 2X Gloss Clear Acrylic most of the time. It's cheap, dries/cures overnight when I help it along with a hair dryer, and doesn't distort colors. I just have to make sure to not let the cranks lie in contact with soft plastics for more than a few minutes, or the finish will melt.
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Sir, yes sir!
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Thanks. The Rapala is more muted, and that seems to be what the fish want in our now clear CA Delta water. I mixed up a really pale orange/transparent base and shot it over the finished lures, and it seems to have toned them down some. I'll find out Monday. There is a really good crank bite going on right now on the top of shallow grass flats.
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Looking for a specific swimbait mold
mark poulson replied to Doppelganger Lures's topic in Soft Plastics
I asked because the lead on my weighted swimbait hooks oxidizes and turns a chalky white when I pour it into a swimbait. -
I just posted two versions of my second attempt at matching the Rapala Pumpkinseed in the Hard Baits Gallery. All Createx paints. Details are with the photos.
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My attempt at matching a Rapala pumpkinseed, which is in the middle. Two different versions. The 1.5 has a turquoise side, with a dark blue black back and accents, and the 2.5 has the dark blue black sides and back, with turquoise accents. Both have a gold/transparent orange belly. Top coat is Rustoleum X2 Gloss Acrylic, with a final coat of pastel fixative to dull down the gloss. Gill details are sharpies and paint dotted with a tooth pick.
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My attempt at matching a Rapala pumpkinseed, which is in the middle. Two different versions. The 1.5 has a turquoise side, with a dark blue black back and accents, and the 2.5 has the dark blue black sides and back, with turquoise accents. Both have a gold/transparent orange belly. Top coat is Rustoleum X2 Gloss Acrylic, with a final coat of pastel fixative to dull down the gloss. Gill details are sharpies and paint dotted with a tooth pick.
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Looking for a specific swimbait mold
mark poulson replied to Doppelganger Lures's topic in Soft Plastics
Nice job! Do you prime/paint your lead before you put it into your mold? -
I've never tried it, so I can't say. I use lead wire, glued into drilled holes, for ballast.
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Thanks.
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Won't the fish notice that you bent the wire by hand? :O)
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Can you use the Twistech to make R bend spinnerbait wire forms?
