mark poulson

I use the rattle cans that Ace Hdwe sells. I'm sure it available wherever Rustoleum is sold. Google it. Just be sure you have good ventilation. Whatever it is that etches the metal has some nasty fumes, but they go away pretty quickly. I prefer to spray outside. If I have to spray inside, I spray with the garage door open, and turn on a fan blowing past and out as soon as I'm done spraying. A paint mask with a solvent filter is a good idea.

Great job! I'm jealous (again).

Good for you! Looks like you didn't forget much!

Ted, I caught 15 bass today on one bluegill spinnerbait that I had used the etching primer/createx paint/clear nail polish paint scheme on. Biggest was 4 lbs. I was throwing into the isolated tules, and fishing it back through them, all day, and it still looks great. Thanks again.

Cadman turned me on to Rustoleum Self Etching Primer for my spinnerbait heads. Now I just prime them, and paint with Createx, and then, like BBK, I put a coat of clear nail polish over them, and they hold up to dragging through tules and hydrilla. Thanks again Ted.

Be sure you keep your finger over the cap when you backflush, or it will shoot across the shop. Don't ask me how I know.

Correction. I use 24 gauge wire for my jig/spinnerbait skirt wraps, and 28 gauge for my spinnerbait R bend reinforcement.

I googled "how to backflush an airbrush" and found this: I keep a tupperware container of water next to my painting station, and backflush with that water between colors, and after each session. I made a wire bracket that hangs and holds my airbrush with the tip in the water, so I don't get tip dry if I have to pause in my painting.

Thanks.

I've always been a little confused about how you put your trailer onto these jigs. Do you rotate it as you thread it on, so it actually screws itself onto the spring, or do you just force it over the spring, and let the extra friction of the coils do the holding?

I uses some plastic doll eyes with movable pupils on a swimbait, to see if they would rattle. They didn't, as far as I could tell, but I caught fish on it, anyway.

Did you Google teddy bear eyes, and/or doll's eyes?

Here's a link to the powder/paint: https://glonation.com/glow-in-the-dark-products/triple-glow-powders I mix the older glo green/white powder into my soft plastics, and they last all day. I also mix that power into clear nail polish, and it glows for an entire fishing trip. Every time I pull a lure out of the water, it is recharged by the sun. The latest yellow triple glo is supposed to glow for 8 hours, so it should last through a night tourney, too.

Those look great!

Wouldn't glo powder in a clear coating do the same thing?

Try a place like Michael's that sells hobby and craft supplies.

I use needle nose vise grips the same way, but your post reminds me that I bought a pair of safety twist pliers, years ago, and now I'm going to have to do a full on garage search to find them!

Here's another supplier: http://www.skirtsplus.com/html/products.html I haven't bought from them, so I don't know what they have.

I have not tried your method. It sounds like it would work. What gauge wire are you using? The wire I use would be hard to tie into a knot. I use thread to tie my skirts, and then 28 ga wire to wrap them more solidly.

You might try carving your master from a waterproof, buoyant material, so you can play around with it's shape and ballasting while testing and not have it get waterlogged.

When I used E tex epoxy, I had to turn my lures on my BBQ motored ferris wheel turner for 8 hours, to keep it from sagging.

I use it three ways. If it's been a couple of weeks since I've painted, I'll put a couple of drops of restorer in the paint bowl, backflush, and clean the needle, before I paint again. If my airbrush is "acting up" while I'm painting, I'll do the backflush then, too. If my airbrush is not painting smoothly, and I've been using it for a month or so, I'll disassemble the airbrush and soak the parts in my glass pickle restorer jar. It has a gasketed top that screws on tight. A clean airbrush is the secret to enjoying painting, so err on the "more often" side of your cleaning regime. And be sure to thin your paint to the consistency of skim milk. Too thick, and you'll wind up fighting it, or having break down you airbrush and clean it all over again. Thin it with whatever that particular paint brand recommends.

Now you tell me! Where were you three wives ago?

I'm 70 years old, and I can understand the rule. Basically, any picture that is related to how to solve a problem in a thread is allowed. Otherwise, they should be posted in the appropriate gallery, and a link to them should be posted here.