Kustom Krankz

I have found that a drying box is invaluable when working with mcu- mine is a plywood box with a door on the front , rack to hang baits inside,100 watt light bulb and a line voltage thermostat set at 100 degrees- set paint with a hairdryer as usual,when finished painting into the box for 15min., take out dip in mcu back in box for 20 min.. dip again if you feel the need and go back in the box. take out and let hang in the open air for 48 hrs. before handling. since I started doing this I have had 0 issues with any lures as long as the base coat of paint was applied correctly. I know to some it may sound like overkill but it works for me. if I have a bait I need to get done quickly I use epoxy-hope this helps- mike <::><

Thanks Matt. I will look and see

thanks for all the replies- I have a guy who wants quite a few of a certain blank but wants them holographic and this particular blank does not come with a holographic option- again thanks for the help mike <::><

anybody got a good supplier of holographic tape or foil similar to what comes on the 1.5 and 2.5's thanks mike <::><

I ran out of create white one day and looked over to the side and there was a can of .99 walmart white spray paint- what the heck lets give it a try- worked great--just takes a little longer to dry- I have used d2t and mcu as a clear on it and it worked good for me- mike <::><

my name is mike Wilson- I live in Starkville, Mississippi- I enjoy painting baits and fishing with something of my own- I do sell a few baits,however I am not in the bait making business, I am in the bait painting business- not really in this to make a living(too many out there who are pretty handy with an airbrush) more to cover my obsession- I enjoy trying to make something look exactly as it is in nature( although that has not been done yet, and probably never will be by me anyway)- but at the same time there is a lot to be said for painting those baits that catch the fishermans eye too- after all, if he thinks he can catch a fish on it he probably can- with that being said, I will head to my table and paint some more- I have been doing this long enough to make a lot of mistakes and learn from them while also figuring out how to solve problems you run into and don't know exactly what caused them- all of which I will be happy to share with anyone here- however, most of the time I find my problem is impatience- when in doubt let it dry for a day!! mike <::><

I agree- he spent about 20 min. on the phone with me that day and was as nice as you could ask for-answered any question I had about the product with the utmost clarity- explained his whole process to me in detail and that's when I built my warming box- works great-- definitely shortened the learning curve associated with MCU mike <::><

wicked white base then wicked silver transparent yellow then ad transparent green to get desired effect

talked to this guy-http://www.ebay.com/...984.m1423.l2649 will cut you whatever size you want- real fast answering e-mail seems like a good guy

I talked to dick nite about 2-3 weeks ago because I was having an issue that my order had not been received as well- he has had some family health issues with both mother and father and was just getting some orders out and assured me mine was on the way and sure enough couple of days later it arrived- mike <::><

this happened to me also- it only seems to wrinkle the white paint I was using- built a small drying box with a 100 watt light bulb inside and a thermostat to hold it around 100 degrees- dry the paint for a few hours and then clear and back in the dryer for 20 min. before second coat of clear- no more problems mike Kustom Krankz