Net Man

What type of Foil do you guys use and where can you buy it?

So this would be the big reason that a wake bait has a near vertical lip. One experiment I did a few years ago was to take a standard square bill lure and heat the lip. Once heated I would bend it to a vertical and it would gain tremendous tail action. When I did that I never understood why but now I do. Boy this has me thinking

Here is a picture of one bait. Its not terrible doing it with two halves of wood But you have to put is all together in one step. I was just thinking that if I could get away from the harness it would be much faster. I glue the two halves together with epoxy and clamp. After it cures I sand again and coat with epoxy. Am I on the right track or is there more I need to do?

Looking back today it has been almost 5 years since I was last on here. Man I have missed it bad!! But recently I have been able to get back in the shop and doing some work. So today I come with a question about balsa cranks. I have built plenty of shallow divers with a through bait harness and they work great. In the last month I have been working on a medium diver with the line tie in the lip. I have learned that it is very difficult to do this as a complete through bait harness. Maybe I am making this to hard and maybe it is not a must. What are you guys thought on this? Is the through wire really required with balsa?

Do you guys have the secret for doing a matte finish on a crank bait? or just a flat finish??

Thanks guys. I just order some PETG from eBay. You guys are awesome!!!

Ok so my new water base paint came yeasterday. I ordered Auto Air colors and reducer. So I started reading thru the material that came with the paint. I have also read on the internet about painting with water colors. So I tried a test bait last night and it was horrible. The paint would puddle and run. The information that came with the paint said the mix it with reducer 3:1. I did but could not spray it because of the thinkness of the paint or my nozzle is to small. Here are my questions on this: 1) what is a "normal" mix ratio 2) What is the normal dry time? (I read to let the bait air dry before you heat it) True??? I feel like I am starting from square one again. LOL Thanks

Sorry Captain. I went back and looked and it was the stencil mold that I saw on there. Sorry about that.

I have been trying to vaccum seal some stencils so they fit like a mold. I heat the stencil material with a heat gun until it starts to melt and turn the vaccum on. It pulls about 75% of the stencil down but it wrinkles and just never get the profile of the bait. The stencil material I us is a frosted mylar that I got at hobby lobby. Have you guys done this and what is the best material to use for this?

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A friend of mine wants me to paint a baby bass pattern on a jerkbait. I have painted a few but just not real happy with them. I was wondering what you guys might have? Thanks Net Man

Where do you guys get these images from to do this? I have never done this before and would love to try it. Is it hard to do? BTW they look awesome!!!

Can I use laq. with water base? If I use the superhide white can I spray water base over that or vise versa?

I am going to switch to water based paints. I have been using Lacqur for about 5 years now. I want to get away from the toxic environmenrt as much as possible. I have never used water base before. What do I need to know and what do I need to expect?????

I have been useing Omni for about 6 years. It is a low end from PPG. It works very well at 2:1. Recently I have been doing a little testing with D2T and than appling one coat of Omni. I like the depth of the D2T but some times it will yellow. So this lead me to try a single coat Omni over the D2T to cure the yellowing. So far it has worked but I am not sold 100% yet. Anyone else tried this???

My Brite Back came in the mail yesterday. I tried it last night on a bait. It is very stiff but I think it will work well. I am concerned about the weight of it. Have you noticed a difference with the action of a lure with this applied?

That is a nice looking bait. I will probably order some silver and paint it

Where is the best place to get foil for a bait? Do they make it with a adhesive backing?

Do you guys know where I can find some of this or what I need to mix to get a florescent red?

I have it in another room because I use it for other things. I had a big compressor before and piped it into my paint room so I just left things like they were. It is not very loud at all. It is a 2hp 4.5 gal oiled unit and I love it. Here is the model number: Ingersoll-Rand DD2T2 .

I recently bought a twin tank IR at Tractor Supply. I run 4 guns off of it and it works great. It has a regulator on it and it is good. I have the compressor in one room and hard piped into my paint room. I have a second regulator and moisture trap right beside my spray booth so I can adjust on the fly. Pretty cool set up for an ole country boy like me.