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Jigs, Spinnerbaits and Sinkers => Painting and Finishing Lures => Topic started by: walleyetracker85 on 07/31/14 17:23 UTC
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Hey guys just wondering if anybody has experience with this powder paint? I found it on eBay. The seller is sivasama if you wanna look it up! How does it compare to pro tec? Just thought I'd check before ordering. Thanks guys
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Most of the colors he lists as having used Pro-Tec. It's good powder but a bunch of us are using automotive powder paint and it works fine, and cures the same. Here's a few I've bought from (if you plan on doing and glitter coats buy the clear by the pound, you'll use more than you think!!!)
Rosys Powder http://www.roseyspowdercoating.com/all.html (http://www.roseyspowdercoating.com/all.html)
Columbia Coating http://www.columbiacoatings.com/ (http://www.columbiacoatings.com/) The only paint sampler from them I won't buy again is the Dormant as you have to put the base color first and all of them look silver on your jig head!! cure for 10 minutes then dip in high gloss clear. I mixed them and dipped one time and they came out all right but still a pain
Powder by the pound https://www.powderbuythepound.com/ (https://www.powderbuythepound.com/)
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Thanks for the help! So I have kind of a dumb question. So I take it doesn't have to be special powder paint for jigs?
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Sorry guys I am brand new to lure making! I plan to start this winter! So if I use pro tec glitter paints I'm assuming those have to have a clear over them as well?
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No, they are usually clear with the glitter mixed. It itself is usually a topcoat.
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I second about not using dormants, very easy to mess them up since you can't tell coverage well
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I love using automotive powder. It works great and its cheaper. Lots and Lots of colors to choose from.
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Thanks for all the help guys! Any other good places to order automotive paint from?
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I have used CSI paints almost exclusively. For as much coverage ( as many jig heads ) as you get out of a bottle, and as good as it works for me, I just don't play with other paints. The only time I have was for a particular color that CSI did not have anything real close to ( several years ago ).
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I like the CSI powder but they don't have some colors and some of the automotive powders what you pay for a pound you'd only get several ounces of the CSI - strictly cost savings for me. Plus I mix colors and glitters so again it's cost savings.
You could buy a pound of clear and get the Jacquard PearlEx powder and mix an 1/8th of a teaspoon with 2 tablespoons of clear and you'll get some nice colors. If you hit a Michaels or Hobby Lobby 50% off sale they'll be around $13 a pack. Here's more info at the Jacquards Site http://www.jacquardproducts.com/pearl-ex-pigments.html (http://www.jacquardproducts.com/pearl-ex-pigments.html)
(http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc214/Fatmans1/Powder%20and%20Glitter/100_5923.jpg)
(http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc214/Fatmans1/Paint%20color%20and%20mixs/100_4855.jpg)
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Thanks for the reply fatman! Did you try including some pics? It looks like you did, and I can't see them!
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Got it fixed buddy!!
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Thanks fatman, I have no problem viewing it now!
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Does that pearlex cure at the same time and temp as the pro tec? Thanks for the help
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Yep cures just fine!!! Unless you dip one for too long and get the paint heavy!!LOL Here's how I know!!!LOL Had to add a bit more clear to it.
This is the Pearl EX flamingo pink
(http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc214/Fatmans1/Paint%20color%20and%20mixs/100_5432.jpg)
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Thanks for all the help fatman! I will check that pearlex out!
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Glad to help. I'll pull up the photo's of some of the different colors from them and add them later. Taking my grand daughter to the pool.
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Ok here's the colors I've used from the Jacquards PearlEx kits that you mix with clear
Jacquards Pearl EX = the flamingo pink I posted in the earlier reply
blue russett
(http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc214/Fatmans1/Paint%20color%20and%20mixs/100_5431.jpg)
Solar Gold
(http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc214/Fatmans1/Paint%20color%20and%20mixs/100_5340.jpg)
Misty Lavendar
(http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc214/Fatmans1/Paint%20color%20and%20mixs/100_5204.jpg)
Violet Brass
(http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc214/Fatmans1/Paint%20color%20and%20mixs/100_5183.jpg)
Antique Silver
(http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc214/Fatmans1/Paint%20color%20and%20mixs/100_5182.jpg)
Turquoise
(http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc214/Fatmans1/Paint%20color%20and%20mixs/100_4867.jpg)
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Thanks fatman. Those look really good
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Yep cures just fine!!! Unless you dip one for too long and get the paint heavy!!LOL Here's how I know!!!LOL Had to add a bit more clear to it.
This is the Pearl EX flamingo pink
(http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc214/Fatmans1/Paint%20color%20and%20mixs/100_5432.jpg)
To prevent nipple jigs I use the racks TJ's tackle sells.
They hold your jigs upright and any excess paint runs down the hook shank where it is easily cleaned off.
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These were the first ones i dipped with the PearlEx - it takes more clear as it's a mica powder but also works alot better when you don't leave it in the powder too long.
The candy and translucent colors over the antique silver come out nice too.
Getting into mixing powders and using glitter and the fluid beds before you know it, it's an addiction all in itself!!!
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Fatman I like those colors.
Yes all aspects of this hobby are addicting.
I really like how you kept the jig eyes clear while powder painting them. That is one of my biggest pet peaves and I simply will not use a jig with paint in the jig eyes.
If a person can't figure out how to keep the paint out of the jig eyes why bother? Whenever I tried the jig buster etc it chipped the paint. The hot needle trick worked but was an extra step.
Now I use 2 pairs of hemostats one holding the hook bend to heat and a cold pair holding the hook eye to dip. Keeps them clean and works good.
Again nice work on the jigs I do like the glitter finishes for sure.
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X2 on paint in the eyes!!! I see them in the stores that way and how people buy them and have to fight to get the eyes clear before they can even use them. But I tie flys too and it's the same thing with fly tying cement in the eye of the fly!
I have a pair of needle nose pliers that the inside jaws are smooth, a lite squeeze and it cracks the paint on the eye and I have a big needle in a plastic handle. As hard as powder paint gets I feel that even a little bit in the eye can cause the line to wear and break fast.
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Hey guys I just looked at powder by the pound website and did a search for clear and it comes up with all different colors. Can the clear I wanna use come in different colors? I figured it wouldnt be colored but maybe I'm wrong? Thanks for the help guys
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Some of the sites list clear as nothing comes up in search!! If you search High Gloss Clear or Gloss Clear it usually comes up
Powder by the pound
Glass Clear
https://www.powderbuythepound.com/GLASS_CLEAR/ (https://www.powderbuythepound.com/GLASS_CLEAR/)
Crystal Clear
https://www.powderbuythepound.com/CRYSTAL_CLEAR_SUPER_DURABLE_HIGH_GLOSS_CLEAR/ (https://www.powderbuythepound.com/CRYSTAL_CLEAR_SUPER_DURABLE_HIGH_GLOSS_CLEAR/)
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Thanks for the links fatman
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Glad to help!! Good luck looking forward to seeing what you come up with.
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I prefer the CS coatings compared to automotive colors - especially the Disco colors because I feel they "sparkle" more. When it comes to cost, I have found that when I purchase stuff "in bulk" I usually end up wasting it, spilling it or simply not using it - costing me more in the long run.
Great tip on the hemostats on the jig eye!
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I like the different colors crazyanglertackle.com has. Be sure to try baitfish (silver minnow color) gold shiner, black cherry and several others.
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Ditto on the hemostat tip. I think I got that from Fatman as well.
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Fatman,
I ordered 10 colors of the pearl ec today. Will rosey's clear work fr this stuff? Thanks for the help