eboll Posted April 13, 2010 Report Share Posted April 13, 2010 (edited) Hey guys, this is my first post. Have been following for a while and doing a lot of searching. SOme great stuff on here. For those of you that paint your own spinner blades and spoons, do you sand or primer the blade first? I was thinking for those bright fluorescent and candy colors I would definitely need primer. I will be painting on nickel, copper, and brass with createx airbrush paints. Also, I couldnt find any picks of blades/spoons. Does anyone have some pics to get me some ideas? I will be making them for crawler harnesses and spoon harnesses and targeting walleye. Thanks Edited April 13, 2010 by eboll Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatsrat76 Posted April 14, 2010 Report Share Posted April 14, 2010 Hey guys, this is my first post. Have been following for a while and doing a lot of searching. SOme great stuff on here. For those of you that paint your own spinner blades and spoons, do you sand or primer the blade first? I was thinking for those bright fluorescent and candy colors I would definitely need primer. I will be painting on nickel, copper, and brass with createx airbrush paints. Also, I couldnt find any picks of blades/spoons. Does anyone have some pics to get me some ideas? I will be making them for crawler harnesses and spoon harnesses and targeting walleye. Thanks I never used createx. I know some guys that airbrush use a white powder coating as a primer. Flatsrat76 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tacklecrafter Posted April 14, 2010 Report Share Posted April 14, 2010 I've tried powder paint on french blades for inline spinners. Heat the blades with a torch than dip and bake them. Hold the top of the blade with needlenose pliers. Experiment with a few and good luck. quote name='flatsrat76' date='13 April 2010 - 10:21 PM' timestamp='1271215290' post='144305'] I never used createx. I know some guys that airbrush use a white powder coating as a primer. Flatsrat76 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diemai Posted April 14, 2010 Report Share Posted April 14, 2010 (edited) @ eboll Welcome to TU ! I sometimes paint homemade spoons and blades of stainless steel , copper and brass sheet ,......... either with rattle cans or by brushing on modelmaking enamels . Prior to priming the blanks white , I'd either sandblast them at my work or at least treat them with a rotating steel bristled brush to clean of the oxide layer from brass and copper and to have the surface a little rough for better adhesion of paint . The painted blades and spoon do require a sufficient clearcoat for more durability and especially to protect them against the softeners containing in plastic lures , that the blades might get in contact with whilst storage . good luck , diemai Edited April 14, 2010 by diemai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
