04-28-2005, 12:18 AM
[cool][#0000ff]I'm attaching my writeups on painting and glittering.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The simple answer is that I do most of the color painting with vinyl paint. I use clear vinyl to add glitter as a top coat. I then coat the whole thing with one to three coats of clear epoxy coat, to toughen them and make them resistant to plastic solvents.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]You can paint the eyes or use stick ons. The stick ons are easy to apply on the flat surfaces, but not as good on the rounded heads of jigs. Use epoxy over them too.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The heaviest lead spoons I can make right now are the 4 oz. However, if I can find some chrome bathroom tubing, or some good 1/2" copper, I can partially flatten sections of that stuff and fill them with lead. When painted up, they make good deep jigging spoons, and you can bend them a little to get flutter and wiggle. You can also make them in any length and weight you want. When the lead cools, you drill holes in each end for big split rings and then add the hook(s).[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The simple answer is that I do most of the color painting with vinyl paint. I use clear vinyl to add glitter as a top coat. I then coat the whole thing with one to three coats of clear epoxy coat, to toughen them and make them resistant to plastic solvents.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]You can paint the eyes or use stick ons. The stick ons are easy to apply on the flat surfaces, but not as good on the rounded heads of jigs. Use epoxy over them too.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The heaviest lead spoons I can make right now are the 4 oz. However, if I can find some chrome bathroom tubing, or some good 1/2" copper, I can partially flatten sections of that stuff and fill them with lead. When painted up, they make good deep jigging spoons, and you can bend them a little to get flutter and wiggle. You can also make them in any length and weight you want. When the lead cools, you drill holes in each end for big split rings and then add the hook(s).[/#0000ff]
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