BassAssassin85

Well the paint is all done. Was getting my handle anodized by my father in law and he accidentally melted it in his machine at work so I now need to buy a custom handle (darn snap fingers lol).

i believe you can youtube( KVD tuning a crankbait). That should show you how to do it for sure hes the man.

Thanks for all the compliments I am really having a good time doing this and being really patient i want to put it all together right now but I am giving the proper amount of time for cure purposes. Don't want to put something together you cant take apart lol. Anyhow Bassclary i used a stencil sheet i bought from hobby lobby a while ago i dont remember the thickness or anything just know it took about an hour and a half to cut them out with an xacto knife.

I would guess going about turning the eye assuming its not a balsa crank. What kind of crankbait is it?

I bought this reel last week and had a tremendous amount of boat rash. I figured since i have painted one reel and have done countless crankbaits why not try a steez lol. Anyhow i would say the boat rash consisted of about 30% paint loss on the sideplates and front plate. Time for razzle dazzle. I disassembled the reel sanded down all three plates and put a coat of primer on them. Then i mixed a special formula of pearl paint and candy paint to get the base color and used a lime green for the steez emblems. (I made a stencil for the two different sizes. NOT EASY!) Anyhow have reassembled the right side plate and that is as far as i have gotten will update with more pictures tomorrow hopefully!

any luck with your crankbait lips yet and what route have you taken?

i use the circuit board material you can get it already shaped at lureparts.com and its cheap!

super clean work nice job

i just did a few and scuffed them up with a scotch brite. cheap, time saver and results are just as good on a plastic crank anyway.

Nice job, digging all the pearls your using! they really bling with the clear on them. I have my work station in a mobile form maybe i can get a pic on here. And dang do you have every color createx makes lol. anyhow nice job! jim

sweet job keith. anyhow floridabassdude i have the hpcs and the thing is awesome. go through hobby lobby for sure with the coupon! to be honest if your really wanting to do this go out and spend about 50 bucks and get your common colors to start with. i think the kit comes with three? go get opaques white, black, transparents yellow, red, green, blue, etc. common colors. once your start to get the hang of it and start mixing colors then start getting into the pearls and the candies. pearls are the same price create wise that i know of its just different on how you can layer them and spray over them with your transparents. air pressure is all relative you will have to get a feel for what your thickness of paint is. i typically run at about 25-30. less when I'm fogging or spraying really thin paint to get a faint effect. ok enough of my lil secrets lol if you need more help shoot me a pm and ill do what i can. jim

thanks nejitterugger!

New bluegill pattern came up with today.

cant go wrong with neutral colors or shad colors they are easy. If you want to put in a scale pattern you can use a loofa.

wish i was closer to you but i'm in illinois sorry. if you do paint these however you do it if you two part epoxy after the paint then you will have a good tough finish that should last a long time.