oldtoolsniper Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Can powder paint be mixed to change the color? For example can I add black to white to achieve a grey color? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Real Deal Custom Tackle Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 I mix brown and green pumpkin to get this color brown. I don't like the bright brown that pro tec makes so I use the gp to darken it. I have not tried lighter colors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tubetragger Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 brown pumpkin and black = dark roadkill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadman Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 You can mix what ever colors you want to achieve secondary colors. The only thing about mixing two colors together is that it will never be a true pigment. What I mean by that is if you mix a blue and yellow to closely match a green you bought, it will never be exactly the same green you bought. The green that you bought prior is made from a colored pigment, the green you are mixing is from two colors. So in reality it's no big deal since we are making jigs, and the fish really don't care. Just make sure you right down your ratios once you find the grey you are looking for, so you can duplicate it again on some other day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravenlures Posted April 28, 2012 Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 The jig looks great. I was wondering if you take your own pictures, they look great, and so does your web site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted April 28, 2012 Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 I add the same flake that I use for my soft plastics to my powder and it works, too. It's not quite as bright as in the jar, but it does work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtoolsniper Posted April 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 Thanks for the answers! I mix all my paints for crank-baits so of course I want to carry that over to this style of painting. I will give it a shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Real Deal Custom Tackle Posted April 30, 2012 Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 The jig looks great. I was wondering if you take your own pictures, they look great, and so does your web site. Thanks. Yes I do take my own pictures. I'm trying to get my site updated to all the newer since I figured out how to take em a little better. I use a Nikon coolpix camera and a homemade light box and gimp free editing software. Photoshop probably can do a lot more, just don't care to spend the money on it. I just read all I could find on the interent and went from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravenlures Posted April 30, 2012 Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 Thanks Keep up the great work. on the pics. I just keep trying just have to make a better light box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarverGLX Posted May 1, 2012 Report Share Posted May 1, 2012 Like everone has said it does work. However sometimes it isnt what you expected. I mixed black and white once to make a grey like you are talking about. In my case i got grey but upon closer inspection actually got a covering of lots of little black and grey dots where the paint didnt completely mix pigments after curing. Looks better in my opinion than stanard solid colors... More lifelike anyway. Anouther neat color: Roakill Coat jig with gold vein powder paint and tap off excess. While still hot (or reheat slightly but not to the point of separation of the colors like the gold vein is ment to do) dip into green pumpkin (custom mix) or dark watermellon (netcraft) so as to tint the black appearing gold vein slightly green. Cure. Finished result is a greenish bait with a gold cast in the right light. A kind of irredecant metallic green pumpkin close to reation innovations roadkill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toadfrog Posted May 1, 2012 Report Share Posted May 1, 2012 You can also mix clear powder with other colors . Gives it a look kinda like a glass marble . Takes very little non clear color . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
