HRBT2015 Posted January 3, 2015 Report Share Posted January 3, 2015 After decades of messing with my spinner blades I have purchased an Iwata air brush to hopefully clean up my act. Can anyone save me some time in paint choices and prep for silver, nickel and brass spinner and spoon painting. Happy New Year and Thanks Mike from Lure Me In for the form invite. I am wondering after reading past discussions about Lacquer vs. Acrylic and prep so the paint stays on blade I'd rather use Acrylic. Thank You "TU" for your help. Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallmouthaholic Posted January 3, 2015 Report Share Posted January 3, 2015 I painted s.b. blades for years w/ Vinyl lure Jig paint. 1- both sides of the blade scuffed -up w/ an abrasive rotary disc on a hand held die grinder 2- blades brushed w/ a tooth brush in vinegar and now I use acetone 3- One coat of primer 4- one coat of color 5- 1 coat of two part epoxy They looked beautiful BUT- eventually the painted/epoxied paint job would lift from the edges. I took the hand held die grinder and held it on an angle,creating a beveled edge w/ no paint or epoxy remaining on the edges of the finished blade. The epoxied paint never lifted after that. Enter water base paint from CSI- same procedure and the same durable results proving I used the die grinder on a slight angle ,completely around the blade edge.It's a very time consuming job to paint your own blades but it is well worth it compared to painted blades you can buy. I primarily paint #6 and #7 Colorado blades for use on spinner baits @ night- for my own use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nedyarb Posted January 3, 2015 Report Share Posted January 3, 2015 Paint with acrylic. Then dip in gst Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HRBT2015 Posted January 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2015 Sorry but What is GST? Tony 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smalljaw Posted January 3, 2015 Report Share Posted January 3, 2015 You can purchase raw steel blades to paint as most painted blades are steel because they weigh less so adding paint and a clear coat doesn't affect the blade negatively. If you want to use the brass blades that are plated you can do 2 things to prep, you can soak in thinner or mineral spirits to get the lacquer coat off and then use fine sand paper to etch the blade for the paint to hold. You can also use a Dremel with a grinding wheel and rough the surface with it first as it will also take the lacquer coat off as well. Createx airbrush paint works really well but you need to use a primer first, most use white paint to primer but it is up to you but once you paint it you need a thin clear coat as the paint doesn't like to hold on the blade edge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nedyarb Posted January 4, 2015 Report Share Posted January 4, 2015 Gst is concrete sealer that some people dip lures into. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
