trickyfishtc

this may help you out! i was the product developer and painter for fishlander for years. We used alot of PPG automotive paints for our 3 step painting process. First off you need an adhesive to spray on the blank. This makes the paint stick. We used a 222s adhesive from PPG, this gives the lacquer paint something to bite on. I sprayed alot of Lure Master paints like your deep pinks, yellow(chart), greens, and flame reds. The other paints were radiance colors that you had to mix. These are a concentrate that you mix with color blender and reducer to make the paint sprayable. The colors appear irredescent(you can see the finish underneath the paint) on silver gold and copper blanks. About 35-40 psi is suitable .........any more and you will not be consistant or accurate. These paints dry extremely fast. Within seconds. As far as your clear coat goes once again PPG. You can find it on there website. I think its called speed clear. It was PPG speed clear, PPG harderner, and PPG reducer. Following the ratios this clear coat was dry within 6 hours. But you could accelerate drying process by heat lamp or a fan. This is the way all spoon manufactures Stinger, Dreamweaver, Yeck, Silver Streak and Fishlander do it. This is the way i still do it. Hope this gets you on your way. Oh and for stencils you have the right idea w the dremmel. We used this process for dot patterns and other shapes or lines(perch bar marks and firetiger squiggly lines)Important....drill on the bottom side of the blade or spoon to prevent flattening blade....it wont fit properly. We would sotter a handle onto the stencil and you were golden to spray. Easy to clean too.....dunk them in thinner. Give a shout if you have any other questions Email me

This is the way. Build your self a 3x3 frame out of scrap wood. or what ever dimension you want. Next find some chicken wire that has small square holes...it doesnt have to be chicken wire..can be be some thing like a screen but with bigger holes. Place over frame and staple. with wire snips cut wires and bend out towards you creating a hook (45 angle). Hang blades and spray away. I used to paint production spinner blades for fishlander sportfishing. My racks could hold 225 blades. One hour and they were done!