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Offline Lines

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Re: First try w/ powder paint gun.
« Reply #15 on: 10/26/16 18:45 UTC »
Man, that first try is a home run. Those are really great.

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Re: First try w/ powder paint gun.
« Reply #16 on: 10/27/16 00:51 UTC »
One made with the gun

Offline smalljaw

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Re: First try w/ powder paint gun.
« Reply #17 on: 10/30/16 15:06 UTC »
Very nice work spraying the powder!!!!  The best advice I could give somebody is to practice with it and have fun, try using different distances to change the shade of color. I'll give you a good tip on making a 2 color scheme with just 1 candy color that would be hard to do without the spray gun. Take candy blue or green or even red, heat up your lure and hold the bait about a 12" to 14" away from the gun and just give quick pulses on the trigger or button, this will put a light candy coat on the side or your lure which makes the color appear light. Then on the top of your lure you can get the gun about 4" to 6" away and give it a full spray, what you will get is a dark candy color that will appear to fade down and into a lighter color. This works well for spinnerbait and swim jig patterns, the poison tail is perfect for that!! Anyway, it looks like you are doing well with it, good luck and should you ever need any help I'd be more than happy to oblige, again, nice work on those jigs!!!

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Re: First try w/ powder paint gun.
« Reply #18 on: 10/30/16 21:57 UTC »
Thanks Smalljaw!

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Re: First try w/ powder paint gun.
« Reply #19 on: 10/31/16 06:07 UTC »
   Great tip SJ !

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Re: First try w/ powder paint gun.
« Reply #20 on: 10/31/16 09:08 UTC »
Take candy blue or green or even red, heat up your lure and hold the bait about a 12" to 14" away from the gun and just give quick pulses on the trigger or button, this will put a light candy coat on the side or your lure which makes the color appear light. Then on the top of your lure you can get the gun about 4" to 6" away and give it a full spray, what you will get is a dark candy color that will appear to fade down and into a lighter color.

I managed to achieve a similar effect by not putting a base coat on the back of the jig so the back turns out much darker. So you go from a dark metallic to a lighter and stronger color with a white base coat under it. I did this with a red one that I haven't taken a pic of yet because I haven't made the skirt! Combining those two steps would probably make a pretty super fade.