Re-Painting old Spoons

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Most of us who custom paint...or repaint lures...started out with nail polish.  And it does work.  But it does not hold up well to being dinged on rocks or wood.

There are lots of different types of paint and other colorizers available for use on metal lures.  Some folks like the powder coatings.  Again, they work fine for single colors, but the color tends to chip off when you hit something solid.  If you wanna go crazy you can blow a lotta bucks on some of the exotic auto paint products.

You can also find a lot of good colors of enamel paints in the model car section of hobby shops.  Easy to work with but does not hold up well to serious fishing.

I have been painting and repainting lures for a long time.  I now mostly use the same vinyl jig paints I use for lead head jigs.  It is widely available, not too expensive, easy to work with and comes in all the fishy colors.  If you finish with a 2-part epoxy clear coat your paint jobs will last until the fish gods eat your lures.


Another option is to get several colors of prism tape and add that to otherwise plain vanilla lures.


Bottom line is that by getting set up to properly paint your lures, you can come up with some super colors that are not available anywhere else.  And sometimes the fish even vote for them.