I use a paper punch to punch out round discs from painters masking tape. I then stick the disc over the eye to protect them while in the painting stage. Fast and simple. As usual, great video and info.
I love your videos so much. For anyone that works with materials these are really informative. I wanted to ask if youd possibly do a video on your awesome pressure regulator set up. I really enjoy looking at your studio space.
Busy trying to make a living I suppose. Few folks realize that keeping a You Tube channel going is supper time consuming and its not free. I miss his vids too.
Another great video. Beautiful paint job! I've recently bought an airbrush and compressor (haven't tried it yet) and was looking for paint. That same set you bought from Amazon is $66.75 here in Canada from Amazon. $66.75 for 24 ounces of paint! Maybe that's why I haven't tried my airbrush yet. Lol
Copper one sounds (and, from what I've seen looks) like a fantistic paintjob. I don't know about the others but I can only see the video at 480p max and it doesn't do your work justice so if you see this comment and if you still have the lure, maybe you could show it off in a future video, or maybe even revisit the paint scheme on Fatbelly or some other lure. Again, from what I see it's 10/10 work but 480p doesn't do it justice.
Great videos! What poly acrylic clear do you recommend to seal the chrome? I seen your video that you used future floor polish over the spaz stix. Which do you use over spray chrome? Thanks!
If you mean the silver plate style of spray chrome, I use the floor wax. But I also use two part automotive clear if I am doing a lot of lures at one time.
What part of Florida are you in ? I happen to be in Jacksonville. Thanks for the tips. If I can’t go fishing, I’m making lures or at least talking about fishing. Part of the fun is making my own tools n such. Been working with powder paints and excited to get started with acrylics. Limited only by imagination. Thanks again
Unfortunately both Spaz Stix and Looking Glass tend to get dull. But, the silver plating stays looking just like the ones in the video. Thank you for watching.
Hi excelent videos! Very instructive! I use 2k automotive clear coat for giving extra protection for my saltwater lures and I bought an airbrush, some valejo transparent and I am now just starting to test some paintings. Man its hard! My objective is for now to grab some lures that i bought with metalic holographic cover and colour them to achive golden and transparents greens and blues. Problem is that they have the original clear coat and the paint doesn't stick well. Any advice on how to remove clear coat without damaging holographic effect? Thanks again!
You don't need to remove the clear. You can use fine steel wool to knock the shine off and key it for the paint. All the tiny scratches will disappear when you clear coat over your work. Good luck and thank you for watching.
Are they just called badger transparent? I really like the Vallejo mecha paints they’re for models and collectibles but they are airbrush ready and shoot really well. But kinda pricy. Always thanks for the videos
You can use what is called interference paint. It is clear acrylic paint with metallic green flecks suspended You could mist the lure lightly with an interference green airbrush paint over top of the paint job. Give a very nice finish.
transparent paints do two things, they allow the reflection from the chrome to come through and they allow you to blend colors on the surface of the lure so that blue over yellow gives an iridescent green.
Sorry, hope I’m not getting annoying, haha but can I paint over a dipped lure? I’m trying to get the best glossy black to paint chrome over, so was thinking of dipping, painting then dipping again. Or should I just spray a clear coat over black? Thank you for your help.
I am still struggling with clear coat 😢 it seems I cant make it cure properly, maybe I should build a lure turner uv cabin like yours, so I could apply a generous amount of resin... Dipping them is not helping me I still cant find the right uv lamps here in Brazil and the weak winter sun isn't making it work either I don't know how much of this struggle is my fault or the resin's fault
@@EngineeredAngler I have a big limitation on supplies here, lure making is also very underdeveloped, I'm trying to figure out my "national equivalents" on so much stuff 😂