21xdc Posted November 16, 2009 Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 OK, I have used many materials for painting scales. Tule, wedding veil in several sizes etc. I found some minnow net material in a large piece, Unfortunatly it was inside my boys swim suit. Where can you buy this in bulk or by the yard? Someone sells it. What is the actual name of the material? I know how to google. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaspumper Posted November 16, 2009 Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 OK, I have used many materials for painting scales. Tule, wedding veil in several sizes etc. I found some minnow net material in a large piece, Unfortunatly it was inside my boys swim suit. Where can you buy this in bulk or by the yard? Someone sells it. What is the actual name of the material? I know how to google. Mike Go to a sally ann or a second hand clothing stoe get a few bathing suits cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benton B Posted November 16, 2009 Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 Google "food tents" best netting I've used so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris Posted November 16, 2009 Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 benton b, I looked at some of your work in your gallery. Did you use the food tent do the scales on those? Those scales look great. I've seen food tents mentioned before but didn't know how small the "holes" were or the size. The pics when googled don't show much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benton B Posted November 16, 2009 Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 Kris, if the scales where small then it was the food tent mesh I was using. The other material I use is standard tule from wally world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
21xdc Posted November 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 Google "food tents" best netting I've used so far. OK, I looked it up... I see many different kinds. Not sure what one you use. Can you post a close up pic of the material and a bait you did with it? Pretty please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benton B Posted November 17, 2009 Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 OK, I looked it up... I see many different kinds. Not sure what one you use. Can you post a close up pic of the material and a bait you did with it? Pretty please? I will try to remember to get a pic for you tonight. I'm 95% sure all the food tents are the same size netting. I ordered 2 of the med sized tents and it's a load of usable netting. I also wash the netting after approx 20-30 baits to keep like new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benton B Posted November 17, 2009 Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 (edited) Mike, I found a couple of bait pics here at work. Edited November 17, 2009 by benton B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotorhead Posted November 18, 2009 Report Share Posted November 18, 2009 The wall mart store has at least two sizes of veil material in the cloth dept. It is very cheap and works well. Rotorhead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
21xdc Posted November 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2009 The wall mart store has at least two sizes of veil material in the cloth dept. It is very cheap and works well. Rotorhead Thats what I use... I'm looking for the minnow net material with circle holes that cover up more of the bait and let less paint through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlcam Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 My local wally world stopped selling the netting or tule in the soft style all they carry is the stiffer stuff.I looked eveywhere and couldn't find any at craft stores or fabric stores,so I went to Dicks Sporting Goods and found a mosquito net for a cot.It is huge piece and seems to be the same size as the netting I had before.I haven't used it yet but looks like it will work good...Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lure--Prof Posted November 22, 2009 Report Share Posted November 22, 2009 Mosquito netting is probably my favorite. Dean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
21xdc Posted November 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2009 Here are a couple of baby zaras I did long ago with a shelf material. I could do alot better now with it. It's griprite non slip liner made by kittrich. I bought it at the dollar store. http://www.kittrich.com/houseware.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
21xdc Posted November 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2009 I just bought 1 yard of "mesh" from JoAnnes in the "utility fabric" isle today. Looks like what I wanted, Maybe a touch big on the holes, But time will tell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
