Just starting out - repainting creek chubs

[Gooch]

I'm slowly gonna start getting into the building thing. Starting with just some repaints and new hardware on old plugs and will see where that takes me.
Got a question on some old creek chub wood pikes though. I got five of them this winter for 20 bucks and they're pretty beat up and rusted. I was going to start out by redoing these, or shoud I not be messing with these things. Are they too valuable and I should just hang them up or is it okay to fix em up. Also where do you get the replacement lips and screws for these. I haven't been able to find the lips with the two creases in them. Don't know if it makes a difference.
Thanks, Gooch

[BigFish]

Can you post some pictures Gooch?

[Gooch]

Yeah, but not till tomorrow afternoon. Gonna borrow a digital camera from the guy I work with.

[winchmaster]

Five for twenty great price whatever the condition!
If they have been fished and the scars are bad then by all means repaint them.
I have been doing it for thirty years and they produce every year.

[Gooch]

I'm gonna try to put up some pictures. First time so bear with me

[Gooch]

Here's those creek chubs I picked up. Already started sanding one of them.

[Gooch]

Another pic. Gonna start by taking apart all hardware and sanding. Don't know if I need to seal them. Then I guess primer and to buy an airbrush. Thanks guys.

[Slipknot]

if those were mine, i would fish that top one after just changing the hooks out and shining up that lip, maybe a brass wire brush or something. That paint on the top one isn't bad, and hard to recreate. The others can be repainted easy enough. Good luck

[winchmaster]

Just to let you know you stole those plugs!!!! Great find!
If you want to hang any clean up the top one but the hooks are so bad they may not look good. If you change the hooks any collector vallue goes out the window. But if you want it to look at go ahead and put on some new cut trebles. The collector value was never high on that style anyway. Even mint.
If your gonna fish it then do as slip said fish as is. The others should all be repainted and made purty. Unlike slip I think that silverflash pattern is easy. Army green down back and around eyes net the top with small netting lightly spray silver over net.
start finish and add small amount of glitter to the sides,

[Surfster]

I would find it hard to wanna repaint history like that. I know they are just plugs but they are just oozing character! I'd wanna hang them up just like they are! Take measurements and make new ones I say. But thats just me.

[Gooch]

Thanks for the repiles. I can't figure out if I wanna hang them or fish them. I don't turn wood yet, so making my own right now is out of the question. I'm gonna start out by just redoing some plugs. Repaints and stuff. Gonna get an airbrush this week hopefully. Been searching past post like crazy. I can't get over the amount of info thats out there from everyone. Helps with the learning curve. I have a cool color pattern in my head I wanna try. Hopefully in time for herring. I'll put up some pictures when I'm done since I'm already commited to that one pikie I sanded.
Thanks!

[Jigman]

Strip them and repaint would be my suggestion. Given the amount of corrotion on the hooks, I would redo the thru-wire too.

Jigman

[Gooch]

Yeah, I will definitely do the wire. Been reading about how to do it.

[NIB]

Originally posted by Slipknot
if those were mine, i would fish that top one after just changing the hooks out and shining up that lip, maybe a brass wire brush or something. That paint on the top one isn't bad, and hard to recreate. The others can be repainted easy enough. Good luck

I would do like me buddy slip says cept i would rewire it an put in some spro swivels I have done that before an they have produced nicely