Painting

Can any body give me some tips on painting hbs?
Ive got a few that have really stuffed up paint jops so i thought id repaint them. What type of paint would you recomend and how do you get the remaining old paint off the lure? I'm thinking just sand it down?

Cheers
Daniel

[BIG PETE]

Daniel
i saw in one of my old mags how the best way is to clean them up will have a look in the morn im getting ready to go for a fish now



BIG PETE

[Mitch]

Don't know why you'd want to re-paint them. I'd say i've caught more fish on lures that are bashed up and scratched than ones that are straight out of the box.

Model paints are good, nailpolish etc. Just lightly sand them back and go from there.

[Conehead]

Gotta' luv the look of a bashed up hardbody.

[Evileye]

paint thinner......it said in hotbite mag to do that, put the paint thninner on and leave it, then put coats of white on....blah blah blah..but heah i dont doubt that it will get the paint off...

Ash

[zimeric]

a usefull tool in anyones stash is a bottle of clear nail varnish

you have to be carefull not to put too much one though as it will affect the lures action somewhat,

the fancy glitter varnish you get in the bargin bins at the mall are great for adding a bit of sparkle some of the more dull lures!
but i would hesitate to use the regular nail varnish, as it never looks as good on lures as it does on yer lady's nails!

if you could get pvc paint and a spray gun that would be the best thing! then use clear varnish over the top!

[BIG PETE]

Be carefull using thinners as it will melt the plastic if you use to much and put some masking tape on the bibs if they are plastic to it will send a clear bib all shitty looking



BIG PETE

Originally posted by Mitch
Don't know why you'd want to re-paint them. I'd say i've caught more fish on lures that are bashed up and scratched than ones that are straight out of the box.

Model paints are good, nailpolish etc. Just lightly sand them back and go from there.

I supose so, its not really the ones with a little teeth marks in that i want to paint, its the lures that i have that have really dodgy coulours that ive never caught anything on that i wanna paint. I just think i may catch more if they were a different coulour.

Be carefull using thinners as it will melt the plastic if you use to much and put some masking tape on the bibs if they are plastic to it will send a clear bib all shitty looking

I also read that article in the hotbite mag and i thought the paint thinner/stripper would stuff up the hbs but i tried it anyways on some old scorp52 and what do ya know? it stufffed it up.

[BIG PETE]

Daniel

get some wet or dry sand paper about 1200 grade put a little detergent in a bucket of water and rub away only use fine paper or you could change the shape of your lure and make it swim all pissed



BIG PETE

cheers for that,
i tried some sand paper 300 or 400 i think, and it wasnt too bad, toook a bit of time getting the paint off and the lures not very rough and stil swims fine. ill just use some 1200 before i paint it to make it smoother