handmade custom lure help?

[whitingwrangler95]

Ive decided to make my own suspending/sinking stick bait style lures. Ive got all my woods, tool, hardware and assorted epoxies ready.
and ive though about how i would paint them?
during my many hours researching ( YouTube mainly) all of the videos are using a small airbrush but ive at the prices for an airbrush set and its anywhere from $50-100 so would using just a paint brush do a similar job? if so what types of paints would i use??

thanks to anyone that can help out

WHITING WRANGLER

[jkis]

if you don't want fancy, i got my airbrush for $20 from bunnings, for what i have read acrylic car paints work okay
there is a site called lure lovers, great bunch of like minded guys, not saying there isn't any here
cheers stuart

[crusty]

I made some lures years ago out of timber - used model ariplane/car paints and brushes.
I made some with scale pattern by putting mesh material over the lure and spraying with silver from a spray can.

They aren't nearly as pretty as store bought ones.

My uncle told me how to get a better finish on the lures using epoxy and a hair dryer to heat up the expoxy on the lure and get a uniform thin coating. I have one he gave me - it has a bit of glitter glued on before the epoxy (I think). Its also got a small split shot glued into it to adjust it casting weight and bouyancy. This lure is not going near the water - I couldn't bear to lose it.

Caught some bass on my old hand painted and varnished lures. Haven't really tried them on bream. Time consuming to make - but satisfying. One of the attractions (to me) of fly fishing is I can make my own flies - relatively efficiently.

Crusty

[whitingwrangler95]

thanks for the help guys

[Sharkfishy]

hi Whiting Wrangler There is a great guy who makes them his site is Black Dog Lures.If you look him up on facebook he is very helpful and loves to share his knowledge he also goes under softplastic dude on ebay

[whitingwrangler95]

would nail polish do a similar job
??

[crusty]

Originally Posted by whitingwrangler95

would nail polish do a similar job
??

Not sure.
I Sally Hansons Hard as Nails on some flies.

Its not expensive to try it out.

Give it a crack and report back.

[mr perch]

Originally Posted by whitingwrangler95

would nail polish do a similar job
??

Sure does

[whitingwrangler95]

Originally Posted by mr perch

Sure does

red head, white body was going to be one of my first colours to paint.

[mr perch]

Most people these days prefer natural colours....I've found most fish prefer red n white ..try it , it works