The lure we are working on is a 170mm Hard Bodied. First I wipe them down with iso-propyl alcohol and dried it off with ahair dryer. This prep has served me well over the years, you may sand with 600 gritt, or apply a adhesion promoter such as Createx illustration Colors adhesion promoter or other brands of adhesion promoter.

Using an Iwata Neo TRN2 its now time to apply a few coats of Autoborne Sealer 6001 White ( undercoat ),this I reduced by approx 20% with Auto-Air Colors High Performance Reducer. Take the time to dry between coats with a hair dryer, now I can work quickly to apply the colours without delay.

Still using my Neo TRN2 loaded with Wicked Colors Pearl White, reduced with Auto-Air Colors High Performance Reducer x 10% to lay the paint down smooth , I applied two coats, drying between coats. You can see the shimmer from the pearl, for colours suitable after the sealer on your project you can use any of thefollowing: Auto-Air Colors / Wicked Colors or illustration Colors

With the Pearl White only being minutes old I have used V-tapeto apply a masking line to separate the next colours for a twotone lure, starting from the top working the tape back and underon an angle. Then I used 3m Green Automotive masking tape to mask mostof the bottom end off from overspray starting half on the V-tape

Still using the Iwata Neo TRN2 what I did first was to paint thefront in Wicked UV Glow Base White straight from the bottle, now the front will glow from the depths, I dried yet again which only takes a minute, much better that solvents, the smell & clean-upwith water based paints is so much easier. I then applied two coatsof Wicked Colors Pearl Red for a classic combo of red/white.

To get the illusion of a wound I applied a couple of coats ofWicked Colors UV Glow Base which will glow at the depths.Following this I put down a few coats of Wicked Colors FluroPink, the transparent nature of the fluro will allow the Glow Base to glow thru the fluro. This effect works with all Wicked Colors & Auto-Air Colors fluros and all colors, imagine theeffects that are possible....................

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I want to give the effect of a fish that is injured, so the next two steps will give this effect, it is only applied to the back portionunderside of the lure. Using the Artool Texture FX Mini stencil I will randomly spray thru with Wicked Colors Pearl Red usingthe Iwata NEO TRN1, the TRN1 allows me to control the outputof paint and apply directly to the desired area only.

Following the same principles after a quick clean of the airbrush,I loaded the TRN1 with Wicked Colors UV Glow Base and againrandomly sprayed thru the Texture FX Mini stencil, some over-lapping the Pearl Red and some not. The underside of this lurewill glow in parts and fluro in others, this damaged effect will send fish into a frenzy.

Using the TRN1 loaded with un-reduced Createx illustration Colors Black, I grabbed the gills template out of the Auto-AirColors Snax Stencils, then masked off to spray just the gills.You only get one shot at this as I have learnt so hit it with twomedium coats to get opacity straight up then dry it off, flip thestencil over and repeat on the other side.

Here’s a neat little trick for you that works on all our waterbased basecoat paints on hard surfaces. Grab a cotton bud and slightly wet with HOK Kc20 post sanding cleaner. You now can erase any overspray or whoops that mayhave occured, be warned though go light on the edge of caution to get the best results. Go hard and it may be trouble

To achieve the stripes down the flanks Im using the Artool NanoSkullophenia Stencils.Masking off around the 4 squiggles I wish to use, I grab theNEO TRN1 for control loaded with Createx illustration ColorsBlack and start making my way down the flanks both sides.

Finished ready for clear coat, all paints were applied one afterthe other straight away, ensure you dry each paint application first before moving on.As for the my prep, you can see we used aggressive automotive masking tapes and when removed no paint peeled up.Prep is paramount to any custom paint job success.

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Helpful Hint.. When using any of the stencils available on the website to create your custom art, you will notice that the paintsbeing water-based will feel sticky to the touch in cool conditionsor humidity after you have applied colour, before you turn the stencil over and have it stick to the other colours and transferringpaint from stencil to lure this is the 30 second fix.As you can see by the image I use a sheet of big wipes foundin the spray accessories section on the website, I put a small amount of High Performance Reducer on it and wipe the lastpaint application off the stencil, takes less that 30 seconds to do and dry. Bonus is obvious, not only are you guaranteed a cleanpaintjob but now you can also see thru the stencil for accurateplacement. With card stock templates it will simply reduce paint build and assistwith keeping the areas of the stencil open in smaller applications.

For clearcoat I warmed the lure first due to the very low temperatureI had to work in, some 6 degrees at night.Being a small application and for personal use I choose to use acrylic lacquer by Dupli-Color from super cheap auto’s.I have used this over Wicked Colors / Auto-Air Colors / AutoBorneColors & Createx illustration Colors all with success.Being such a low ambient temp means the lure substrate temp is evenlower, a recipe for disaster ONLY if the air temp is low.A fan heater in the area certainly helps, I warmed the lure with a hair dryer first. Now apply a full light coat and dry with the hair dryer approx for approx 30 seconds.I then applied 3 more coats drying between getting slightly heavier eachapplication.Now the last is your medium wet coat and be quick to dry, word of warning here. If you try for too wetter coats you may very well watch the surface react, happened to me on one lure I did.The fix is to then only spray the effected area with continuos lighter coats until fully blended back in, then a medium coat and yes dry everycoat and don’t push your luck any further..

When it comes to clearing your lures you may wish to google on you tube clearcoating fishing lures. There is may different ways depending on home use or for re-production sales. Two pack is popular... Acrylic Lacqueris slightly soft, your choice there are many ways.

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