spoonbender
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I've done trolling spoons for a few years and kinda gave up on conventional paints, starting using powder paints three years ago and never looked back. I use several powder airbrushes, for each color needed. After the colors have been applied they can be shot with a transparent powder and baked for a rock hard finish.
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I'm also curious at to the effectiveness of UV Blast for spoons. I custom build trolling spoons and crankbaits for Great Lakes trout and salmon and have wondered how much visibility can be gained at depths over 100'. CSI compares it to epoxy, but if hook rash is a problem, can't be as durable.
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UPDATE: I've reduced the amount of thinner, which seems to have helped, and it does appear to be more of an issue with the chartruese than other colors. The weather was probably an issue also, was high 80's and very humid that day, may have had a negative effect. The thinner is very expensive thru CS so I make my own. Chemically it's just a mix of MIBK and Xylene that I put together for about $20 a gal.
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I'm airbrushing up a few prototype stickbaits with CSI vinyl paint in transparent Chartruese and get a very noticeable amount of floating stringers looking similar to cobwebs. I thinned it with the appropriate MIBK/Xylene mix to about a 70/30 ratio, run it at about 25 psi through a Badger 350 with a medium tip. The lure finish is acceptable, but the durned cobwebs are also building up on the lip and hook eyes. They seem to dissolve when I wet them with paint but are a tad irritating floating around my paint area. Thoughts?