kellure Posted December 4, 2003 Report Share Posted December 4, 2003 Have a couple ?'s ...What type of material do most folks use for stencils? Can you buy "lure-type" stencils or do you create your own from scratch? BTW, Skeeter, thanks for all the info and help you've provided...great forum also, very informative. Kellure ... Fishing crankbaits is like making an omelet, you've gotta break some eggs along the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurecarver23 Posted December 4, 2003 Report Share Posted December 4, 2003 I make my own stencils to paint my lures. Craft stores sell a clear sheets of a mylar material used for quilting blocks or something like that. The plastic is pretty flexible. I lay the clear palstic over a pattern that I've drawn and trace it onto tthe plastic with pencil. Then is cut it with an exacto knife on a self healing cutting broad. When you paint the lure the paint can be wipe off the plastic afterwards. You can make very small stencils with the plastic and it can be used forever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellure Posted December 4, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2003 Excellent, sounds like what I'm looking for. Thanks for the knowledge. Kellure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legendary Lures Posted December 5, 2003 Report Share Posted December 5, 2003 Plastic milk jugs make good stencil material, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellure Posted December 5, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2003 Plenty of that material laying around here with 2 rugrats sucking the cows dry every day. Preesh :!: Kellure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted December 9, 2003 Report Share Posted December 9, 2003 I use heavy aluminum foil that I conform to the shape of a lure side. I make two separate sides. I then use an exacto and a dremel to cut out my pattern. USE HEAVY THICK FOIL! you can clean and reuse these over and over. Chip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
