air brush paints

[luckycrank]

I am finllay going to break down and buy some airbrush paints likely water base

any advise for beginners as far as paint selection goes ( opauqe, pearls , transluscents ,candies , clears and such are there some that are easier to shoot than others. I will be shooting commercially molded bodies of cranks ,topwater and incorparate into rod building perhaps , as well as some repaints to start with

going to order only about a half to a dozen differant colrs to start with any suggestions?

thanks

[bassnbucks]

Createx is a great paint. If you are going to get only 6 colors I would get transparent colors. IMO opaque colors are to thick to shoot and transparents cover just fine. There are so many colors to choose from. White, black are a must. The pearlized pineapple is a good yellow that has some flash. There are about 6 different greens to choose from either transparent, pearlized, or iridescent. Depending on which shade you are looking for. Same goes with blue and orange. The opaques are harder to blend/fade thats why I wouldn't recommend any of them unless you thin them way down. Some of the pearl and iridescent are a bit thicker and require thinning as well. I like to thin with pledge future floor shine. It helps paint flow and the paint dries harder. Be sure to heat set every coat with a blow dryer. Now with the humidity I put all lures in a food dehydrator for at least 30 min. before clear coat. If you are going to be doing just a few lures you can use Devcon 2 ton 30 minute epoxy. Be sure to get the one that dries clear. Just brush it on with a cheap kids type paint brush,( you can get a pack of 20 at walmart for a few bucks). The devcon evens out as it dries, just make sure to get the whole bait covered or you will have to put on a second coat. One coat is enough it is pretty thick. Just hang up the lure by one of the hook hangers and it should be ready to fish the next day. Any more questions and I would be glad to try and help you if I can.

Good luck its very addicting.

[luckycrank]

thanks for the advise I was hopping you'd chime. Ive seen some of your baits and the are awesome! , I can see where it would be addicting. I have been looking for a places to purchase paints also since I will have to mail order or web order seeing there is nobody around my area who carries it.

is there a place that sells blanks and paint/