Glitter Glue

[MuskyGary]

I was in Hobby Lobby today looking at the glitter glue. Lots of nice colors. Wonder if you can use it on lures? Squirt some on and play  with it with a paintbrush; let it dry and clearcoat over it? Does it dry hard enough for this use? Anyone  out there tried using this stuff ?

[BobP]

I haven't used glitter GLUE but I do use the cheap glitter paint that comes in a clear acrylic from my local hobby retailer.  It's too thick as it comes out of the bottle so I squeeze a little into a shot glass and thin it with water before brushing it on.

[Seeking 56]

I've tried glitter out of a tube, it seems like it's mixed with gel.  It spreads nice with a acid brush and once dried, works well with E-tex.  I made a beautiful mooneye pattern using silver glitter....lure doesn't catch a @#$% thing!

 

Buddy covered a AC Plug with that same kind of stuff in dark green and got a 45'' tiger!   

 

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[diemai]

I use it on almost all of my lures .

 

After the paint the paint job is done(hand brushed acrylic paints)I would stick on eyes and sign my lure with a waterproof felt pen , ...then I'd apply a layer of acrylic clear .

 

I've found that this acrylic clear coat protects the signature from smearing possibly caused by following topcoats , but also really enhances the adhesion of the glitter glue , which I'd apply now in matching colors , just spreading it with my fingertip .

 

Without the acrylic topcoat the glitter particles tend to come off more often bonding into the epoxy brush used for the final topcoats , but it's not that bad still .

 

The glitter glue that I use , is also water based like the acrylic paints .

 

Greetz , diemai

[littleriver]

Dieter's glitter glue baits are fish catching machines!

 

I have one and it looks great and it has landed me many fish. 

 

http://www.tackleunderground.com/community/index.php?/gallery/image/10299-german-handmade-catches-east-tn-bass/

 

[MuskyGary]

Thanks for the information guys. Im going to play around with it. Will buy some acrylic clear also!

[diemai]

Thanks for the information guys. Im going to play around with it. Will buy some acrylic clear also!

Maybe the acrylic clear might not be neccessary , if you're using acrylics for your paint schemes(though I have not tried it on my own acrylic paints  so far) , .......I just got used to it , since during previous years I used to spray my lures with rattlecans holding solvent-based paints , .....but definately it is a fact , that on acrylic clear the glitter particles do hold up better than on the sheer solvent-based spray paint .

 

When brushing on my epoxy topcoat onto sheer solvent-based spray paints after the glitter glue has dried , I have far more glitter flakes in the paint brush and thus in the mixing cup , as if applying  acrylic clear prior to the glitter glue.

 

It's not a big deal , also not that many glitter flakes would come off in general , but I find it kinda disturbing , because with one epoxy mix I do several lures which do most likely have differently colored glitter flakes on them , so single flakes of different colors get onto lures that won't match in color .

 

The acrylic clear bonds the glitter flakes better , as a result such does not occur that much as if going without , ........but me just thinking , that if using acrylic colors right from the start , another acrylic clear coat might possibly not be neccessary anymore , dunno  ???

 

But nevertheless it also does protect my signatures against the final topcoats

 

 

@ littleriver

 

Thanks a lot for posting your gallery picture , Vic  , ......the blue metallic glitter flakes of the glitter glue , that I had smeared on that lure , are clearly visible , .......often many pictures don't do them justice , but yours does , .......and needless to say , that if only even a little bit of light falls into the water , these flakes would provide a nice visible sparkle and flash to a wiggling lure .

 

Greetz , Dieter

 

 

 

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Edited October 20, 2013 by diemai

[gone2long]

I've used acrylic glitter craft paint, it comes out of the bottle white but dries clear used it in my .66 AB with no problems.

[BJBarron]

Don't tell my daughter but I was cleaning her room and I ran across some on her desk. Needless to say I had to borrow them. I use the gold to draw the line down the side on my sexy shad pattern. Awesome stuff.

PS- Her little brother to the fall when I forgot to put them back!!!!! hahahha

[mark poulson]

Don't tell my daughter but I was cleaning her room and I ran across some on her desk. Needless to say I had to borrow them. I use the gold to draw the line down the side on my sexy shad pattern. Awesome stuff.

PS- Her little brother to the fall when I forgot to put them back!!!!! hahahha

 

That's funny.  At least your should name one of the baits after him, to make up letting him take the fall.  Hahaha

[BJBarron]

Cats out of the bag she did eventualy notice. We moved and I didn't have my shop any more so I was doin my painting in a unfinshed bathroom in our new home. I wound up buying every color color they had by the way and had all them lined up on the wall shelf with all my paints. She walked in and saw them and said... Really dad really and just walked out shaking her head. I was like what just happened. Lol He didn't care because he loves giving his sister heck anyway. It was funnier in person.

But the glitter glue is great for the sexy strip on the side. I use the red glitter glue right on the flared out gills on plastic baits. I use the green and blue for the shad dots on side its a cool effects.

[Stash Baits]

I use the Glitter acrylic paints from Michael's. About $1.99 each color for the best they sell. The brush on formula is nice and dries somewhat clear with a heat set. It does goop up if you don't spread evenly or use a good brush. I usually do 2 subtle coats. I've sprinkled micro glitter and strips on wet paint and had some success depending on what look you're going for. The brush on is much more subtle if you wanna just add a hint of flake. Hologram and confetti are good colors covering a wide spectrum.