Cloud7 Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 Hey All, I've been doing a decent amount of research around airbrushing lures (musky lures in particular) and I have a few questions but I feel they could contribute to the more directed understanding of others who have gotten past the initial set up and are about to dive in. I have a few particular lures in mind for airbrushing and I want to know how you all would suggest doing it. 1) I just bought a a Lucky Craft - Bull Fish, in a color that I wasn't crazy about, knowing I would be custom painting it. My question: I will be modifying a stock painted and clear coated plastic lure's paint job. How would you recommend I do it? Do I remove the top coat? How? Can I remove the top/clear coat without removing the paint? Can I paint over the top coat (add details to existing paint schemes)? 2) I'm eying up a couple wooden baits (Hawg Wobbler, Suicks, etc), same question as #1 but now applied to a wooden bait.: I could sand everything (paint/top coar) off, but could I just remove any top/clear coat and paint over the existing paint? Can I paint over the top coat (add details to existing paint schemes)? 3) I have a Hang 10 Manta which had about 60% of its paint stripped throughout the course of a weekend. I'll probably sand this one down, prime it, and paint it some kind of awesome. My question is this: Are there any Top Coats/epoxys that are less bouyant? Will some tend to float while others tend to sink? Let me know what you've done, what's worked, and (possibly more important) what's failed. -C7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaPpSodIq Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 (edited) Hey All,I've been doing a decent amount of research around airbrushing lures (musky lures in particular) and I have a few questions but I feel they could contribute to the more directed understanding of others who have gotten past the initial set up and are about to dive in. I have a few particular lures in mind for airbrushing and I want to know how you all would suggest doing it. 1) I just bought a a Lucky Craft - Bull Fish, in a color that I wasn't crazy about, knowing I would be custom painting it. My question: I will be modifying a stock painted and clear coated plastic lure's paint job. How would you recommend I do it? Do I remove the top coat? How? Can I remove the top/clear coat without removing the paint? Can I paint over the top coat (add details to existing paint schemes)? 2) I'm eying up a couple wooden baits (Hawg Wobbler, Suicks, etc), same question as #1 but now applied to a wooden bait.: I could sand everything (paint/top coar) off, but could I just remove any top/clear coat and paint over the existing paint? Can I paint over the top coat (add details to existing paint schemes)? 3) I have a Hang 10 Manta which had about 60% of its paint stripped throughout the course of a weekend. I'll probably sand this one down, prime it, and paint it some kind of awesome. My question is this: Are there any Top Coats/epoxys that are less bouyant? Will some tend to float while others tend to sink? Let me know what you've done, what's worked, and (possibly more important) what's failed. -C7 You can try to sand with a very smoth sand paper only to scratch a little bit the clear coat. In this way your paint will fix better. It should work perfect. There are some lure that I paint them in basic colors ->devcon, and after devcon I paint details and another layer of devcon. It is easy for me because if I put a devcon layer over the basic paint, when I paint details and I`m doing something wrong, I can clean with water or thinner without to destroy the basic paint layer, because I have devcon under it. I saw very nice lures made with succesive paint and resin in 10 or more layers with a nice 3d effect. I hope you understand and sorry for my mistakes, english is not my first foreign language. Cheers Edited January 18, 2013 by RaPpSodIq Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MstormC Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 Removing JUST the clear coat I don't think would be worth the hassle. As RaPpSodlq said you could try a very very smooth sand paper but I would be afraid of going to deep and sanding the underlying paint. The wood baits you can use a heat gun and basicly burn the paint off, light sand the remaining paint and then go about your normal prime, paint and seal. I have had varied success with using brake cleaner on plastic baits to remove the paint. My biggest concern when doing what you are asking is if the paint I am using will have some strange reaction to the current paint/top coat. I've had this happen to me before so now I just strip the baits and start from scratch. Hope this helps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodieb8 Posted January 19, 2013 Report Share Posted January 19, 2013 scuff at most. get paint that bites into whats on the lure. it can be trial by fire. lure co. paints differ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wavewalker1945 Posted January 19, 2013 Report Share Posted January 19, 2013 suicks are light to start with .so you add weight to them get them dwon depper . but these guys are right 2 pennys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROWINGADUBAY Posted January 22, 2013 Report Share Posted January 22, 2013 If your new to bait building a hawg wobbler style is a great and pretty easy bait to start with I made a few when I started, out of a dowel rod and a hand mitre saw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
