I really enjoy looking at all of the beautiful paint jobs and custom work you guys do.My question is where do you get most of your supplies at like paints.Are they something that I could buy at a hobby shop, similar to Testers paints or is that not durable enough???

I would love to tinker around with some old broken baits, I have a cheapie airbrush setup for models but am clueless as to how many coats and what types of finishes to use!

Any help would be appreciated,

    -John

You can use just about any paint. The durability has nothing to do with the paint, that is what the top coat is for. I personally use automotive paint but you can use craft paint or the model paint you're use to. Number of coats doesn't matter either, just enough to achieve the look you want.

Thank you,  Thad

I like to use the water based paints. Createx etc, with automotive paints you do need to use acetone to clean your air brush, other tools and yourself and some sort of vent system, not so with the water based paints.

Most of my paints come from Hobby Lobby and are water based. They range from $.49 to $3.49. It protection is all in the finish coat. You can use D2T expoxy or Flex-Coat. Get the D2T from WalMart for about $2.50 each and will do two coats on about 15 baits depending on size. Make sure you get the 30 minute work time. It is the only water proof. The other is only water resistant. Best advice is RUN while you can. It has a addiction to it. ;D