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Actual I'm the one selling the stuff I just wanted to see if what I was asking is fair. If anyones interested it's in the classified section.

Some I know is selling 52 4 oz bottles of unused paint. 25 bottles of wildlife colors and 27 bottles of createx. He wants $150 and says it cost him with shipping $250 Is it worth it?

I know epoxys are popular but I've been looking into other options as well. The other options are just too expesisve so when I'm ready to clear I think I'll go with epoxy to start out. I have everything I need to make a drying wheel I just haven't gotten around to it.

Hey I was just looking in your gallery and you have a bomber long a in there. Thats what I want to paint mostly. What did you use to clear coat that? I painted some up but can't decide what to use for a clear? I was thinking about devcon but I thought it might mess the action up with it's weight. Aslo that bomber looks sweet nice foil job.

Yeah thats what I thought I was just making sure. I've seen single actions in use and they look like a pain in the but. I'm happy with my Iwata so far but I haven't used it much. I had a paasche syphon feed before this and it was a nightmare. It kept clogging and it was hard to clean. By the way are you from Michigan?

I have an Iwata Eclipse gravity feed but someone told me single action airbrushes are better. Are single actions easyer to use? Can single actions do better detail?

I agree those Iwata's are nice aren't they. I just had to gloat I thought the same thing when I switched from Paschae. Like the above stated practice on something like cardboard. I bought a pad of newsprint paper to practice on. It realy helps to experament with airpresure and paint thinning. Going cheap to start realy isn't a bad idea because who wants to sink a bunch of money into something thier not sure they can do or would like. Youtube is great for airbrushing videos I learned quite a bit from there.

Once you get a compressor and if you want to quiet it more build a wooden box to cover it. I bought my compressor at Walmart and it's loud. I built a wooden box to cover it and lined it with styrofoam, then I bought a computer fan for $3.99 and put it on the back of the box, it cut the noise in half. You could build a box for $10 or $15.

Yeah I know what your saying personaly I'd like to see someone paint a bait out of curiosity to see what I'm doing different. I've only been painting for about 2 months. A year or so ago this board used to have alot more info on it. From what I understand is the site crashed or something and alot of it was lost. Thier was some realy good stuff when I did my searches.

Oh yeah heres a good video I found very useful.

Check out you tube lots of videos on airbrushing. I'm still a beginer but Im learning all kinds of stuff from the forum. I can do a basic paint job on lure with shadeing and stuff. But right now I'm learning dagger strokes. I bought some news print paper and I've been praticing on it for the last week at least a couple hours a day. It help me to figure out PSI for which type painting I'm doing and I'm tampering around with paint thickness and stuff. It's also helping me get familiar with the airbrush. If you want to paint a good lure you have to learn how to airbrush not just airbrush lures.

Youtube has all kinds of video's on how to use an airbursh.

I got mine at walmart it has a built in regulator and 2 gallon tank. It's good to go right out of the box I paid $70. The only thing I don't like about it is it sounds like a jackhemmer in my basement. I built a wooden box to to silence it and I put a $3 computer fan on the box to keep it cool.

I live in Detroit my uncle used to work at Eppinger making Dardevles. Now he works at another plant. We were talking the other day about making some spoon dies. He's good friends with the owner where he works now and can get free press time on the weekends. I was thinking about paying someone to make me some dies. From what I understand they're not hard if you have the know how and epuipment. I have the know how but no equipment. I could do it all but except I'd need a edm to cut the punch. Since an edm is a million dollar machine I'm SOL. If I come into some money I'd like to try having some dies made.

One more this is my airbrush and compressor. I built a wooden box to silence the compressor. I put a computer fan on the back to keep it cool. The compressor itself came from walmart I paid $70 for it and is noisey as all hell but the box helps alot.

Heres my new set up although I haven't painted in over a year. I'm still waiting till I get more supplies Complete set up

You should look into some better equipment if your gonna be in this for the long haul. If not you might get discouraged and give up. I had a Paschaa airbrush to start and it drove me nuts. I got a better gun and I couldn't be happier. I havent used a single action but I have seen them and they look like a pain in the ass. My set up is fairly cheap but works well. I bought a compresor with a 2 gallon tank at Walmart for $70 and a Iwata eclipse gun for $110. I'm hopeing once I get painting to make a Few $$$ I can spring for a new compressor. The one I have is noisey as all hell. I bought some plywood and made a box to cover and silence it. It cuts the noise in half. I started buying new equipment last October and I still haven't started painting yet. I'm on a fixed income and money is extreemly tight so I just buy stuff here and there when I can afford it. So far I have about $600 invested. I try not to go cheap unless there is no other option. The way I see it is the better equipment I have the better the job I can do.

The place I'm ordering from is in South Dakota. When I called he said thier temps werent suppose to get above freezing. The wildlife colors should be fine but I'm worried about the Polytranspar. I hate to spend $100 and chance somehting happening. I called UPS and they said if its being shipped ground servise chances are it could freeze. They just stick the stuff in the back of a simi truck. Those things get just as cold as outside they might as well put the box on the roof of it. Oh well I figure something out.

Yeah besides that I wish I could find these paints localy I'm sick of paying a fortune for shipping.

Thats good to know I wonder if polytranspar is the same?

I live in Michigan and I went to order some water based paints today. The company I was ording from couldn't guarantee they wouldn't freeze in transit. Anyone run into this problem? I'm looking for some Polytranspar or wildlife colors anyone know where to look localy?

A simple spray booth is easy to construct. I have no wood working experiance and just built one last night. All you need is some ply wood, a couple of 2x4's, a jig saw, a square, a fan, and a table. I put one sheet of plywood on top of the table and built a enclosure around 3 sides of it. The back panel I cut a hole big enough to put a fan and a furnnace filter. It cost me $40 in wood. Get creative and if you want to save money keep an eye out on garbage night for wood that you can chop up. Someone through some old wooden bed rails out the other night. I snached them up and made some shelves for my paint in my booth. Oh yeah this is fine for water based paints but if your using something with fumes (laquers ect.) your gonna need ventalation. If you build something like this chances are you won't need a mask all the overspray will be sucked twards back of the table into the fan. I haven't had a chance to test mine out yet but I've used downdraft table at work that are similar. I have asthma and I smoke createx was starting to get to me.

No actualy poeple here have been more then helpfull. I owe a debt of gratitude to this site and member for teaching me what I know about lure painting. I still have alot to learn and look forward to contibuting something back once I have more knollage. I'm just not a good people person and don't know how to talk to people sometimes.

I thought a PMing him but I didn't want to seem intrusive. I've been on some forums where poeple get up tight about privite messages. Mostly websites from over seas. Guess I've been hanging out there too much. Thx for the help I'll drop him a line and ask.