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Painting Foil Baits?

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A lot of guys put a coat of epoxy over the foil and give it a light sanding to promote paint adhesion and hide the foil edges.  I don't because the foil I use is thin enough that I can burnish the edges to make them disappear.  The drawback is that you can wipe dry paint off the foil if you aren't careful but so far I haven't had any problems with the D2T epoxy topcoat coming off the lure, nor with Dick Nite S81 moisture cured urethane.  So to me, it boils down to an esthetic choice.

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Wadeeg, I use Venture Brite-Bak foil, designed for stained glass art.  Their silver/chrome color works fine and has a very good adhesive backing.  It's thin, strong, and take scale texturing well.  Their "gold" foil looks like brass versus gold and tends to discolor after application (unless they changed it after I got some a few years ago).

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I just finished posting some baits i make and foil them then epoxy then paint as its makes the bait look a lot better that way becouse if you paint it first any slight flaw will show in the paint (like the edge of the foil or a small dent in the wood)with the epoxy over the foil and wood first it acts like a filler and smooths everything out so you get a better looking finished lure

 

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I just finished posting some baits i make and foil them then epoxy then paint as its makes the bait look a lot better that way becouse if you paint it first any slight flaw will show in the paint (like the edge of the foil or a small dent in the wood)with the epoxy over the foil and wood first it acts like a filler and smooths everything out so you get a better looking finished lure

 

Very nice baits!  :yay:

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