Big Bass Man

What is the best airbrush to use for automotive clear coat? I have been using a Harbor Freight .5 siphon feed but not really pleased with the way it sprays the clear. I thought about going to a full size sprayer, but I would waste a ton of clear. Patrick

Awesome work Diemai, Thanks for sharing it with us!!

Double Trouble Lures........Look at the 3rd post...........

Nice looking bait, Thanks for sharing!!

Chicago Airbrush Supply has some nice prices on the airbrush paints. http://www.chicagoairbrushsupply.com/paints.html

For your bone color try mixing White, Sunrise Yellow and a very light touch of black or brown. The black or brown will help tone down the yellow to give it a natural bone look. I will try to paint a bone colored popper and post it here, in the next day or two, to see if that might be the color bone you are looking for. Patrick

Great tutorial Hillbilly1, Thanks for sharing it!!

My first few baits was probably 4's, but you will get a lot better, the more you paint. It takes a while to learn eveything about painting lures. Try not to get too frustrated, when you have a mess up on a bait. I use to let the mishaps get to me so bad, I almost gave up on painting. Putting an hour into a bait, then mess up and have to start over, would drive me nuts. I talked to a good friend, that has been painting baits for many years, and he said that he still slips up every now and then. After that I never let a mishap bother me again. The mishaps will get better over time, the more you get used to the airbrush. Beware, its very addictive

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The knob on the end of your brush will control how much paint comes out of your gun. The more that you have it turned in, the less your trigger will come back, that means less paint coming out. That was a very useful thing on my Iwata HP-C+, when I first started painting. I hardly ever use it any more, now that I have control over my gun's trigger. I shoot most of my paints at 20psi, except for the pearls and thicker paints, I shoot them at 25-30psi. Good luck with your painting and be sure to have fun doing it!!

I saw the same book, looked at it but didnt buy it. You can get a lot of info here on TU on the how to boards about making crankbaits.

Awesome work Dave, That is a nice testing tank. Very good shot of your lure swimming in the testing tank with the camera!!

Very nice set-up Dave!! Well thought out!!

Very cool looking machine Salty!! Job well done with it!!

If it was down to ony one color crankbait, I would take the shad colors over the rest!! They catch fish in all types of waters, as stated above.

Great tutorial, Thanks for sharing!!