Reelentless Posted December 10, 2013 Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 I painted a gill pattern yesterday morning and did my first dip. Tonight I added the eyes and sprayed some ears on and touched up the belly with some white. I heat set it good and then dipped. Immediately after cleaning the tail eye I noticed the ears actually slid or shrank down uniformly off the edge of the gill and the bottom wrinkled. What did I do wrong? Used createx paint. I'm an extreme rookie learning by error as usual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-Mac Posted December 10, 2013 Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 I haven't heard of people applying heat to GST yet. From my experience, it takes a couple weeks to fully cure (a day or so to be fishable though). I think most clear coats are going to give you issues if you heat set anything after 1 day. I would paint everything in one setting and leave the GST for the final process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reelentless Posted December 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 When I say "Heat set" just ran the heat gun over my touch ups not much hotter than a blow dryer just to make sure the paint was good and dry before dipping. I have done this with MCU with out issue. I have ruin a few baits pulling the paint off when I used tape in the past and suck at making stencils. Was hoping this would work. Most likely the more experienced painters know better but just incase thought I'd mention it incase someone else got the bright idea or figured out a way todo it with some other coating before redipping. I'll take your advice and leave the GST for very last. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayburnGuy Posted December 10, 2013 Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 As far as tape pulling the paint off here's a tip to keep that from happening. Before applying tape stick it to your jeans or shirt a few times before putting it on the bait. The tape will pick up small bits of lint and lose some of it's stickiness. Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brent R Posted December 10, 2013 Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 I read that Frog Tape works to but i have never using it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PondBoss Posted December 10, 2013 Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 Frog Tape all the way. I had pealing issues no matter how many times I'd peel it of my shirt. Haven't had an issue since I switched. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cougarftd Posted December 10, 2013 Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 Depending on weather (temp and humidity) I would wait 2 weeks or longer before painting and re dipping ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reelentless Posted December 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 Thanks for the tips..I need all the help I can get..lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted December 10, 2013 Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 Since you had no problems with running paint after using MCU, try dipping in it before you add your new details, heat setting the paint, and then dipping in Gst. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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