bassfhermn Posted June 23, 2009 Report Share Posted June 23, 2009 I was trying to make some spinnerbait heads that are metallic gold almost like gold plated on the wareagle is this possible can somebody help me out please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadman Posted June 23, 2009 Report Share Posted June 23, 2009 I hate to tell you this, but if you want gold plated jigs, you will have to have them gold plated. Lot charge by me is $75.00. You can try gold leaf, didn't work for me, or you can try gold metallic paint. It must be clearcoated for durability. When you clearcoat it, it dulls the gold metallic paint. Or you can do what I did, and buy shiny lead jigs, and powder paint them with candy gold and yellow candy mix. Here is a link to a pic of mine http://www.tackleunderground.com/forum/wire-baits/17171-blades-not-spinning-frustration-3.html post #30 this is about as good as it gets, other then true plating. The candy gold actually looks better in real life than in the pic...............Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloomisman Posted June 23, 2009 Report Share Posted June 23, 2009 CS Coatings - Pro-Tec Powder Paint Lure & Jig Finish They have a gold color powder. I've never used it but it looks gold. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smalljaw Posted June 23, 2009 Report Share Posted June 23, 2009 I use both the regular gold and the metallic gold and thats not going to do the job of making it like a war eagle bait because the war eagle baits are as cadman stated, they are gold plated which is why they have such a shiny look to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloomisman Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 will gold plate to lead? Or do you have to plate it to something else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadman Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 will gold plate to lead? Or do you have to plate it to something else? Plating will plate to anything that's metal. There is a process for it, which I do not fully know, but it isn't cheap. If you have thousands of jigs, then maybe yes but to the average guys like us, it still is costly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
