BAssKickin Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 What is the consensus regarding sanding painted baits or using a white overcoating to cover the manufactures paint job? Sanding seems to be way to time consuming. If overcoating is the way to go; what is the best paint to use? I tried Krylon and really do like it...seemed tacky even after 12 hours of drying. Any suggestions? THANKS!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dampeoples Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 You NEED to sand, at least enough to offer the paint something to adhere to. Knock the shine down until there is no buff left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlcam Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Are you using Fusion.Fatfingers recomended it and I have tried it and it has dried fairly quick for me.I have started repainting some older factory lures and thats what I start with,after lightly sanding...Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Dampeoples is right. You need to sand to provide a mechanical bond of the paint to the lure. If you use a paint with solvent that "melts" into the lure, you have to be careful that all the solvent is gone before you continue painting. For me, that's too much trouble. I use water based paints, with an Envirtex Lite clear coat, and never have any problems with paint bond failing. I sand, then, if I'm using solid colors, I coat with Createx opaque white as an under coat, and then paint. If I have a lure that's transparent with painted areas that I want to repaint, I sand the painted areas, and then repaint over them. I don't worry too much about accidentally scuffing the clear areas. The topcoat will make them clear again. I've actually removed the paint from painted/clear lures with a scale-scored surface, so only the paint in the score lines remains, and then used that as a base and painted over them with transparent colors. Makes for some neat lures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
