Painting/clear Coating Premade Jointed Lure Body Blanks

[aulrich]

This body has caught my attention but I am not sure how I would go about getting it done

 

https://wlure.com/product_info.php?cPath=28_33&products_id=2869

[mark poulson]

Were I painting it, since it's plastic and totally waterproof, I'd do my paint job, and then hang the lure from the nose, with the tail also held down, so the lure remains rigid.  I'd brush some concrete sealer (I use AC1315) onto each section and the hinge interior, starting at the head and working my way down.  My stuff flashes off fast, so the brushing should take care of any drip issues.

But you can use a lot of other clear coats.  The concrete sealer is just something I find easy to use.

As long as your clear coat covers any painted areas, you shouldn't have any problems.

[BobP]

One trick is to cover the joints with rubber bands to mask them from paint spray.  The bands also hold the body rigid while you do the finishing steps so the lure is not flopping around.

[SW Lures]

With fins and the natural look of the bait I would paint it with a realistic scheme. In other words, a mimic of an natural forage fish that are in the waters that you would fish for.

Happy painting

Dale

[21xdc]

Lets see the finished product..

[Richard Prager]

Home Depot sells 100' rolls of twist tie which worked well especially if you are using a turner. I tried the rubber bands which seems most popular but almost ended up in a rubber suit...just couldn't get the hang of it. 

[aulrich]

Thanks for the suggestions I guess I will need wait until the bodies actually show up to figure it out but at least I have starting points. I suspect the twist tie suggestion will be the first I try since that feels like it will best dovetail with how I do things now.

 

As for patterns silver\black  silver/blue and perch will be the first of the mark, but a firetiger variant or two and gold/flo purple/flo orange will have to be made since they were so productive this year.

 

The workshop is still invaded by waterfowl decoys so I'll post picture after freeze up.

 

How is the concrete sealer for durability, D2T is only so/so for standing up to repeated pike, etex needs one more try but I can say for sure 1 coat is not enough.

[Richard Prager]

Dip them in Kevlar

[aulrich]

_{Thought about it ,and really  worst comes to worst I can always re-paint I will make a bucket of too chewed to use lures. But really typically blanks are cheap enough that  if I caught so many fish that the paint job is a total write off, then I got my money out of them.}

[mark poulson]

Since the bodies are hard plastic and waterproof, you should be able to use any top coat that will protect your paint from water.  You can't stop a toothy critter from abusing your bait, but that's the whole point, isn't it? 

[aulrich]

I got the bodies, the lip strikes me as a little fragile but we will see. The shape itself is a really nice perch imitation. locking the segments is going to be a challenge, the twist tie idea may not work I was expecting a loop to loop type connection but it is a loop to pin arrangement so it will take some trying.