bucktail lure paint

[Saltheart]

I get a small can , like 8 OZ of Rustoleum and dip them and hang to dry. You can do two coats but usually not nescessay.

The powder paint looks nice but it cracks and chips off too. The rustoleum has a special binder so it sticks to metal. It also gets beat up but depending on how and where you are fishing , any paint is goingg to take a beating if you are bouncing it along a rocky bottom.

[O.D. Mike]

I took some scrap azek and built a place to put the 3" PVC tubes on, it helps contain the spills. One tube is filled with paint and the other is poly. There are two pieces of metal that hold the plugs or jigs above the tube, once it stops dripping you can put it into the fridge to dry.

The small pepsi fridge is where i let the jigs and plugs dry. I found the fridge at the dump one day and had the thing for years before figuring out that it would make a great oven for heating up plugs and jigs. My favorite part is its a sealed chamber once the lures are in there, no dust can enter.

[O.D. Mike]

There's about 50 jigs in the fridge

Hope this helps,
Mike

[O.D. Mike]

Sorry about that...

[5/0]

Pretty innovative with the old fridge & good thinking with the light bulb how hot does it get in there.

[O.D. Mike]

5/0,
In the picture of the fridge, the top right corner is where my thermostat is. I usually shut it down when it reaches 100 degrees. It takes close to 2 hours to reach temp with a 40 watt light bulb. I could put a 100 watt light bulb instead of the 40 watt, I'm in no rush to heat up the fridge...

Can you tell me the length and weight of the striper in your Avatar pic?

Thanks,
Mike