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My name is Tim Hartmann. I am have been married for 7 years and have two beautiful kids, a black lab cross and a cat. I love to catch smallmouth most of all along with walleye, pike, largemouth, etc. I paint when I can and I sell the unpainted blanks along with a ton of other fishing tackle on my website. I can't wait to try my new Patriarch this summer!
As far as letting you know how I do something I am an open book. I can't reply on a lot of the posts because I have never done most of the things people are asking for. I will help you mix colors, get a cool scale pattern, give you my crankbait color charts, etc. You just need to ask. Thanks and I love this site!
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I think a lot of guys who make them out of wood use bass and balsa wood. Must be easy to carve. I have never made any but that would be my guess.
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I will try and see if I have any of that diamond loofa stuff around. I though mine used to be like that but maybe I was using something different. It has to be in the way he puts it on and then the angle he sprays the color.
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Walleyes mainly hit minnow or shad type cranks. I have not had luck on the fatter cranks that bass go after. Husky jerks, countdowns, flicker shads, smash shads, original floaters, etc. We mainly fish for walleyes up here so I don't have much bass stuff but a ton of walleye cranks.
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Here is a couple of baits that I got painted this week. I think I may of about figured out on how he did it. I just put the shower loofa on the bait with no paint then painted it all white and then went to the colors. But I sprayed the colors front the back at an angle. It changed quite a bit with how steep of an angle you sprayed it at. I would like to make a video about how to spray this but I am not sure how my camera would work for this. I really want a camcorder for doing videos which I may have to invest in soon.
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Is that a belly shot of a bb lures bait or did you do that? That looks awesome!
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I'm with cougar on being able to do it with a shower loofah. That is what his pattern looks like. I got a bunch of new ice fishing stuff in this week so hopefully I can get away long enough to try some new things with painting.
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That looks really cool. I am going to try and paint this coming week. I will try and finish one in 3 hours and that is why its a hobby!!
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I will order up the rippin rap ko's next week with the eyes to go with them. I will let you know when I get them. They should be about $1.50 each including the eyes.
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They actually have sample packs of their mesh on ebay. http://www.ebay.com/itm/SAMPLE-Mesh-DIY-Rain-Gutter-Guard-Leaf-Filter-Screen-Covers-Easy-to-install-/170997697652?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27d041cc74 for $3.00 total. It looks like barrybait may of figured out the puzzle! Thanks!!!
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I see leafsout http://www.leafsout.com/mesh.html has some of this aluminum mesh but I just wonder if it would scratch the paint. I will see if I can get some small strips of it and I told the wife to get me a gallon of that gst at menards. I will get to painting this week finally and try a few things to see if I can get that effect and post them in the gallery.
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I will contact the supplier and see what it will cost to get them here. Then I can figure out how much each will cost. I will email him tonight and see what he says. Hopefully I don't have to buy 1000 of them but we will see.
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It's just like that up here
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Thanks for sharing Ben! Very interesting!!
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I still can not find the wiggle wart. It looks like a mold would have to be made for it and that costs a bunch of cash.
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Ya I like the look of the lipless also. It must be the KO to the Rapala Rippin' Rap. It weights 21 grams (.7oz) . It has a bunch of rattles in it and sound like a bunch of bb's. The length of the bait is 2 3/4" long. It has a big 3d eye I measured it at 8mm so I would have to get some eyes for them unless you guys have suppliers that sell 8mm eyes.
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Wow what a topic. Next time I make it to Fargo I will pick up some GST or Eagle Supreme depending on what I can find. I have used Devcon and DN. Devcon sucked for working time and DN was a nightmare to store. This will make it fun to finish baits again. Thanks guys!!
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rlarson I have not been able to find the wiggle wart KO. I found a bait that looks similar to the rapala twitchn but it is about 95mm long making it about 3 3/4" long. I can post a pick later if you would like.
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I started to mix my Createx paint with water and pledge future shine and it worked great for me. The mix was 50% paint, 30% water and 20% pledge future shine.
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I can say if a cheaper brush or more expensive brush would be better for a beginner just because I started with an Iwata Revolution BR and I am still impressed with it 3 years later. I might of got out of it using a cheaper airbrush with the junk I produced at the beginning because the price would of been a throw away. I think if you would spend close to $100 you may push yourself more to learn the craft of painting baits etc. I would just find a nice airbrush with a .3mm needle anything bigger it will be very hard to get nice detail. There is one on ebay for $78.95 with free shipping. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Iwata-Medea-Revolution-BR-Gravity-Feed-Airbrush-Internal-Mix-R2500-/131049126455?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e8322fa37 and thats about what I paid for mine.
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I found one that looks similar to the strike king square bill but I am not sure on the size. I will keep an eye out for the Mirrolure 17MR or Rapala Twitchin Rap KO's. Thank you for the suggestions though.
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I would recommend a gravity fed airbrush and an oil less air compressor as big as you can afford. I have a Iwata Revolution BR that seems to be able to do almost anything. I started out with a little 3 gallon pancake air compressor but it would turn on and make a ton of noise every 15 minutes. Now I have a 33 gallon upright and I can fill it once and spray for 3 hours at night. My uncle does taxidermy and he uses badger airbrushes but he has to spray at about 40 psi and the gravity fed that I have can spray at about 7 psi for fine detail and 20 psi for fast coverage.
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If you want a really high quality one you will be looking at about $400 to $500 bucks. They have some for about $115 on http://www.mlcswoodworking.com/ that seem to be pretty good quality but not cast iron. www.rockler.com also makes some nice ones. In my opinion you cant beat cast iron but wood ones have been good to me over the years.
Why Is My Paint Wrinkling?
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Did you heat set all your paints? I make sure to heat seat every layer of paint and never had a problem with wrinkling.