jbrowntrout

Mark, Thanks for the reply....I envisioned pretty much what you posted, but I was up in the air about which clear coat to use. jbt

Good Morning Guys This is my first real post, but I want to begin by telling you all how much I admire the work that I see on this site. I am a beginning painter and have a couple of patterns that work well on trout and when my airbrush confidence dictates, I will move on to some experimental patterns. That said, here is my dilema, I am repainting some yellow cedar lures which will be used off downriggers between 60 and 120 feet deep. What steps should I take to insure that the paint will not crack under that pressure? Some of these lures have hook eyes in them, some are new never painted lures with no hook eyes installed yet. Thanks in advance for your help jbrowntrout

Hi folks, I might be one of the newest members as I just registered about 5 minutes ago. I found this site about a week ago in my search for information on lure painting. My name is John, and I live in Wyoming. I am 57 years old, still employed (as opposed to being retired) and fish every chance I get. My position is a Senior Purchasing Agent for a Trona mine and I run a small bath tub refinishing business on the side. I am not so much interested in making lures as I am in repainting them. I have been doing this(repainting) for about 6 months as my time allows. I have learned in that 6 months that I am not very artistic and although I do use an airbrush in repairing bath tub chips, I don't handle one with enough ability to make a lure look realistic. I am getting better though. My hope from this group of people, is to enhance my abilities through information learned in all the past and future posts. Although I don't have a lot to share with most of you because of my freshman status in painting, I will tell you that I use 2 part epoxy airplane primer on my lures and finish with a 2 part epoxy clear. Both of these paints are used in my bathtub business and are 24 hour cure. They work well when combined with taxidermy paint. I have seen some really killer Rainbow Trout lures on this site todate.....you guys are awesome. Big Brown Trout love Rainbows. Be cool jbt

Hi folks, I might be one of the newest members as I just registered about 5 minutes ago. I found this site about a week ago in my search for information on lure painting. My name is John, and I live in Wyoming. I am 57 years old, still employed (as opposed to being retired) and fish every chance I get. My position is a Senior Purchasing Agent for a Trona mine and I run a small bath tub refinishing business on the side. I am not so much interested in making lures as I am in repainting them. I have been doing this(repainting) for about 6 months as my time allows. I have learned in that 6 months that I am not very artistic and although I do use an airbrush in repairing bath tub chips, I don't handle one with enough ability to make a lure look realistic. I am getting better though. My hope from this group of people, is to enhance my abilities through information learned in all the past and future posts. Although I don't have a lot to share with most of you because of my freshman status in painting, I will tell you that I use 2 part epoxy airplane primer on my lures and finish with a 2 part epoxy clear. Both of these paints are used in my bathtub business and are 24 hour cure. They work well when combined with taxidermy paint. I have seen some really killer Rainbow Trout lures on this site todate.....you guys are awesome. Big Brown Trout love Rainbows. Be cool jbt