Two tone painting Jigs

[cope102]

I’m trying to learn how to do a solid two tone paint on Jigs can anyone share any tips or advice?

[ctom]

Welcome aboard Cope...

What paint are you using? Powder paint covers well so by doing the light color first you can go right into the second color and you're done. If you are dipping a liquid paint you have to allow the first color, preferably the lightest color, to dry well before the second color gets dipped on. Airbrushing opens up a whole new world of painting options and by far the most detailed work comes with the air brush, but there is a big learning curve that comes with it, half of which is care and cleaning of the equipment.

Let us know what type of paint you are working with if you will.

[cope102]

Powder paint in fluid beds

[cope102]

Welcome aboard Cope...

What paint are you using? Powder paint covers well so by doing the light color first you can go right into the second color and you're done. If you are dipping a liquid paint you have to allow the first color, preferably the lightest color, to dry well before the second color gets dipped on. Airbrushing opens up a whole new world of painting options and by far the most detailed work comes with the air brush, but there is a big learning curve that comes with it, half of which is care and cleaning of the equipment.

Let us know what type of paint you are working with if you will.

Thank you for the welcome! And Incase you didn’t see I use powder paint and I use fluid beds

[ctom]

With powder and fluid beds I'd do a full dip of the light color then go right to the second color and hold the jig in whatever position it takes to apply the second color as desired. You can also do a partial dip of the first color and finish with the contrast color. I guess  its best stated that when you leave the dipping or dry spray application, things change fast.

Lots of the guys here have gone to blowing the powder coat on with an airbrush designed for dry powder application and have good success doing so. This is a fairly simple technique to master and opens a lot of doors to making very nice tackle without a whole lot of expense or learning time. There is also the technique using a water-based catalyst that powder paint gets stirred into and applied with a spray gun designed for applications like this but again there is a learning curve. The wet application requires an oven and is more in line with serious production but the outcome is unreal and the finishes can look like custom airbrush jobs done in acrylic.

I do a lot of airbrush finishing with acrylics and when I was trying to figure this stuff out I had a pile of old, but clean, heads handy to practice with. If I botched something up I washed it off and started over. That's the beauty of using a water based product. For your powder and fluid bed you won't enjoy that option, but I'd suggest you have a pile of cleaned heads handy so you can tinker as you go and soon you'll have it down pat. The fluid bed takes about 90% of the guess work out of it.

[Apdriver]

You can also get nice results from applying your base color with the fluid bed and then brush tapping your second, third, maybe fourth color on. This is done by loading a small artist brush with powder paint, heating the jig and holding the brush over the jig and tapping your brush with your forefinger to loosen and drop the dry powder over your heated jig. Have used this technique many times with good results.

One consideration in this technique is some colors will blend and change once you heat set it all together and to remain true will require a limited heat set between colors. You can do this at 10 minutes 300 degrees then apply other colors. You just have to experiment but if you get some blending this is how to correct it.

[cope102]

With powder and fluid beds I'd do a full dip of the light color then go right to the second color and hold the jig in whatever position it takes to apply the second color as desired. You can also do a partial dip of the first color and finish with the contrast color. I guess  its best stated that when you leave the dipping or dry spray application, things change fast.

Lots of the guys here have gone to blowing the powder coat on with an airbrush designed for dry powder application and have good success doing so. This is a fairly simple technique to master and opens a lot of doors to making very nice tackle without a whole lot of expense or learning time. There is also the technique using a water-based catalyst that powder paint gets stirred into and applied with a spray gun designed for applications like this but again there is a learning curve. The wet application requires an oven and is more in line with serious production but the outcome is unreal and the finishes can look like custom airbrush jobs done in acrylic.

I do a lot of airbrush finishing with acrylics and when I was trying to figure this stuff out I had a pile of old, but clean, heads handy to practice with. If I botched something up I washed it off and started over. That's the beauty of using a water based product. For your powder and fluid bed you won't enjoy that option, but I'd suggest you have a pile of cleaned heads handy so you can tinker as you go and soon you'll have it down pat. The fluid bed takes about 90% of the guess work out of it.

Getting a spray gun kit is my next adventure! I’ve been making Jigs for 5 years now and now wanting do bugger and better Jigs hopefully soon I will get a spray gun.

[smalljaw]

Apdriver described perfectly how to do the paint brush method. I use it for small jigs to make accent colors but for larger jigs that I want two or more colors I spray the powder and I also use Component system quick coat lure markers. If you go to youtube and look up "smalljaw", you'll find my channel and you'll see that I have 2 videos showing how I use my hobby sandblaster (now known as a powder paint airbrush) to make a multi-color jig.

[Lamar]

  Go here to TJ's https://www.tjstackle.com They have all you need to powder spray your jigs. Also look at their videos. They have good ideas. Also like smalljaw said look up his videos. He's one of the best on here doing just this.

[cope102]

Thanks Guys appreciate all the help!