RonnyD
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Does anyone have a good recipe for bagleys balsa color Chartruese Shad?
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What I do is dip a toothbrush in some paint and run my finger across the bristles, it really puts a nice splatter across the back, then i lightly spray with air brush to shade it in. Can even use a tooth pick to put a slashes on it as well.
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The fan blows the overspray outside, better than any exhaust fan.
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I use airbrush cleaner, just a few drops, back flush and dump. Another thing I found that works great to help remove the paint is a Q-tip. For the opaque colors that are thicker, a few drop of cleaner and wipe with q-tip.
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I have been using acme auto clear from napa. 4:1 with hardner. I first started top coating with devcon 2t, thinned with da, but switched to auto clear. I spray mine with a hvlp mini gun, and love it. I can clear 5 times as many baits in 1/2 the time. auto clear is a much thinner and clearer top coat. For the time and money, you can't beat auto clear. I just open my garage door and put a fan behind me, and spray.
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I just started spraying auto clear this week on some plastic cranks that have been painted with createx. I put 2 coats on and let set overnite. I did a scratch test with my finger nail and the paint scratched right off. Im spraying acme clear coat and a medium hardner mixed 4:1 i got from NAPA. Im planning on putting 2 more coats on and do another test. What im asking is should the paint scratch off that easy with 2 coats, or should I let it cure longer? Im spraying with a mini hvlp gun. How many coats do you guys reccommend?
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I have been using devcon 2 ton. I thin it with denatured alcohol, and seems to work great. You will need a lure turner, i got mine from walmart, its a chicken turner for the grill, works awesome. I just drilled holes in the bar and added all thread and aligator clips.
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Im looking for a good gun to spray autoclear. I found one on harbor freight that had a 1.5mm tip. Is that the right size of tip to spray auto clear, the gun was a hvlp for 15 bucks. and how many coats does it take with the auto clear on a plastic blank? thanks
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what kind of brush do you guys recomend using to apply d2t. The ones i have been using leave bristles on the crankbait and is really hard to get a good finish.
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thank you all for the help. I will post some pics soon of my progress.
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when thinning d2t, can too much DA hurt the epoxy. What consistency would you guys recomend? Maybe i should look into getting an extra airbrush just for spraying auto clear....
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what have you guys found that is the best way to apply the d2t. I have been brushing on after thinning with da, and putting alittle heat to the crankbait and then putting it on drying wheel to cure. Does anybody dip in auto clear coat?
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How long do you guys wait after spraying createx paint to top coat it. im currently using d2t and thinning with DA.
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thanks alot for the info guys, I did notice from not sanding the blanks that the imperfections, as small as they are, will show through the paint. Im gonna lightly sand and dip in acetone and see how that works.
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Im painting plastic blanks. Do I need to seal before i spray a base coat? Can createx opaque white be thinned with water and used as a base coat? Any helpful suggestions is greatly appreciated.
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Is its recommended to thin all createx paints before airbrushing. i have an iwata cs
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instead of cutting off the lead, I take a pair of needle nose pliers and twist off the excess. it works better and then a small file works to smooth head. there is less to file when you twist off the excess.
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thanks rayburnguy. I found some baits on busstinbassbaits website, some say they are knockoffs, but some of the rc 1.5 and 2.5 says they are oem's. Im wondering if anybody has used these before and if they are actually oem's. if not, where is a good place to get some good blanks?
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thanks again BobP. What kind of paint would you recomend using with an iwata eclipse cs. Also has anybody ever tried some lucky craft 1.5 and 2.5 OEM blanks? What blanks do you recomend, Im wanting squarebills>
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thanks guys. I think i will get an iwata.
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Hello everybody< im looking for any good information on what type of airbrush I need to buy. Im goin to start painting crankbaits and thats it. I have never airbrushed before so im gonna need to know whats the best one to use, and what kind of paint i should buy as well. Any information would be very helpful. thank you very much
