Kustom Krankz

I found a group on facebook called createx,wicked and auto - air users group- there are people on there from the createx company constantly and will gladly help you out with any paint questions you may have. they have helped me cure some ailments I have had in the past! very nice group of folks- mike <::>< kustom krankz

have several of these to re-paint- anybody ever work with these- curious about the metal lip-plan on painting as usual and using e-tex as a clear- anyone forsee a problem with the e-tex on the lip- thanks mike <::><

Nathan- do u use that krylon fusion made for plastic- if you can find it in flat white( its hard to do) it has a ok spray nozzle- and it adheres really well to any bait I have used it on- and wicked stuff sticks to it good also- mike

I use all wicked colors and they work great- the only createx colors I still use are a few transparent ones that I really like that spray fine. people may laugh but most of the time if I have time my base coat comes from a white spray can from wal-mart - only thing is I have found is I like to let them dry overnight- u can base coat 20-30 baits really quick and I have never had a problem with other paints sticking to it- I use the flat white .99 can of spray paint

I ordered a few last night- cant wait to get them !

I feel your pain- know where u r coming from- all I can say is it gets better- I keep 2 or 3 practice baits around now for new color schemes because I realized I have no need for 500 crankbaits with small imperfections in them!!!! about 10 years ago I took a 2 day airbrush class from terry hill in destin fla. who is a true artist-he is the t- shirt king and knows all the ins and outs of create paints- I took some baits with me and he helped me work out the paint to my needs which was invaluable- the biggest thing I can tell you and its nothing anyone else hasn't said is thin your paint to the right consistency, build your paint in thin layers, have a clean airbrush, and take a zanex(just kidding) but be patient-it will come and unless you are trying to make a living doing this -JUST HAVE FUN

bought mine at lowes on the cleaning aisle- a bottle goes a long way

yeah- im with you- once it gets soft like that I pretty much trash them- sounds like you got some acetone or something like that on it- I use those messed up baits to try out different color schemes on- basically a practice bait-I spilled some acetone and it ran over on some 1.5's one day and did the same thing- I let them dry a couple of days ,coated in epoxy and now I have 8-10 practice baits- some of them have 20 layers of paint on them I would imagine- just keep spraying them white and starting over- mike <::><

Jim at predator bass baits is working on a wiggle wart mold - anxious to see how those come out- everything I have gotten from him has been good- don't see why these shouldn't be either

is the plastic staying soft? if that's the case im not sure u can fix that- u may try coating it in epoxy then scuff it up and repaint it- just an idea-