BassMadness Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 Hey guys, Im having a little trouble getting my scale pattern to hold tight to the bait to get a good quality scale pattern. What do you all use to hold your scale stencils in place? I have been using my hand to hold the pattern on but it limits me to one color cause I cant hold the pattern and change colors at the same time. Any advise would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobP Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 I use clothes pins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K.C.K. Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 Harbor Freight Tools - Quality Tools at the Lowest Prices Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
castmaster Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 clothes pins or those spring clamps work great. Anotehr option is to get a cheap embroidery hoop and stretch your netting/lace whatever over that. If your doing a whole bait or full side etc it's easiest to wrap your netting around the bait and secure with clothes pins/clamps. If you just want to add teh scale to small areas for highlighting its best to use the embroidery hoop. At least thats what I've found. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBlaze Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 This might help if you are painting flat or nearly flat sided baits. It works very well and as he said, you can just flip the frame over to do the other side. http://www.tackleunderground.com/forum/55195-post19.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoopa Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 another thing that you can do to insure a good scale in to make sure that you get your scaling stencil to be very flexible so it can bend around the whole bait. this can be done from just throwing your scale stencil into the washing machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassMadness Posted February 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 Ok thanks,, Im gonna try both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KcDano Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 Some use a certain type of spray adhesive applied to the mesh to securely hold it to the bait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
21xdc Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 I use pin curl clips. 80 of them for 2-3 bucks at the beauty supply. I bend/break off the legs short. Makes for a small, lightweight but strong hold. Works awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazmail Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 Knock off the Wifes/GF's, she won't mind the paint, get double value, and they don't wear them out anyway, so should not be a problem!! You have to be thrifty in these hard times. Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA Delta Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 I have used these badge clips before. They seem to hold the netting fairly well. I"m sure you can find them @ any office supply store, but I found these @ W.M. Heres the link. Hope this helps. Walmart.com: Dymo Name Badge Clips, 100: Computers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milia B Posted February 17, 2009 Report Share Posted February 17, 2009 I am so excited ! This is my first post where I may actually be providing information not begging for help. So here go's a sourse for quick easy scale pattern is a fly swatter, not the ones made of screen but the plastic ones. Looks like it might work to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
