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03-05-2008, 04:04 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 2
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Painting plugs as a newbie
Well I just got into striper fishing and bought some plastic plugs from the local tackle shop and now I want to redo the paint on at least one of them. I would like to repaint the white one to a mellower softer white. I'm also new to this forum. I have an air brush from painting my duck decoys so air brush paints would be good. Any suggestions on paint sources would be great and which color white would be good.
thanks.
ps
I'm in the San Francisco Bay area so please do not hold that against me.
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03-05-2008, 04:43 PM
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><(((°> ><((( °> ><(((°>
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Falmouth, Ma
Posts: 1,520
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go to michaels and look for createx
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60 % of the time, it works every time.
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03-05-2008, 05:41 PM
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Join Date: May 2003
Location: Easton, MA
Posts: 5,736
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Does Michael's sell Createx? I bought some online, but haven't had a chance to use any yet. It seems that a lot of the guys here use it. Make sure you use a good primer so the paint sticks. If you do a search here, you'll find lots of help for anything plug-building/restoring related.
Welcome to the site. You are sure to enjoy it here. Nothing wrong with northern California. It's a really nice part of the country. And, I think there is still a striper fishery in San Francisco Bay if I'm not mistaken.
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03-05-2008, 06:12 PM
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><(((°> ><((( °> ><(((°>
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Falmouth, Ma
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your right, sorry It was AC moore where I saw it
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60 % of the time, it works every time.
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03-05-2008, 11:18 PM
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eh! What do you mean?
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Tiverton
Posts: 763
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Michaels sells createx... bought some yesterday...
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03-05-2008, 11:22 PM
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Join Date: May 2003
Location: Easton, MA
Posts: 5,736
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Quote:
Originally Posted by leptar
Michaels sells createx... bought some yesterday...
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Thanks. I was in there this morning and picked up some brushes but wasn't looking for paint. Now I can go there and get it when I need it instead of ordering it online.  |
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03-05-2008, 11:43 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Burlington
Posts: 2,290
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Welcome aboard KK. Any paint will do as long as it adheres to the base. I don't think I would use Createx on plastic without a proper base coat. If you paint decoys you can use any paint on hand. The final finish is the most important part of the process. A good epoxy is called for. Do a search on this site using the search feature on the band across the page under the banner. Lots of good info there.  |
low & slow 37
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03-06-2008, 07:46 AM
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><(((°> ><((( °> ><(((°>
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Falmouth, Ma
Posts: 1,520
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what about the krylon fusion spray paint?.. I think it's specifically designed for plastics.
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60 % of the time, it works every time.
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03-06-2008, 11:06 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 2
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Thanks for the info and the welcome. I ordered some paints from a hobby store and from a fish taxidermy web site. I'll check out Michaels too. My decoy paints are too specific for birds.
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03-06-2008, 01:33 PM
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fish til ya drop
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Burrillville R.I.
Posts: 172
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do a search for bearair.*** they have sets of paints. I got the dynamo set with a peak 3 airbrush for $140 It came with 48 4oz bottles of createx!! It was at my door in 3 days.
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