I found a pretty neat way to get a sorta chrome look for your lures and

Thought I'd share. Heres a couple I did today.

If you want to try this out yourself all you need is a gum wrapper like the one in the first picture. Now for the tough part; you gotta peel the foil off of the paper, the bigger the piece you can get off the better. I usually start at the corner by scratching a bit of the foil off just so I have a place to start peeling from. Then I just start sticking it on the lure until it's fully covered. Once its completely covered, to get the chrome look, I used the handle of my exacto to rub the foil smooth and then used a microfiber rag to polish it up... And thats it! Ive already painted and clearcoated over the foil and it seems pretty solid so far, but I guess time will tell if it'll hold up to some abuse lol.

Anyway, merry Christmas everyone!

Looks great!

 

I love what you're doing, it shows you're thinking outside the box. Try using foil duct tape, you can buy it at Home Depot and local hardware stores?

 

That's a pretty cool deal there! This option might be easier thought 

Looks great!

I love what you're doing, it shows you're thinking outside the box. Try using foil duct tape, you can buy it at Home Depot and local hardware stores?

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Ive thought about using foil tape, it just seemed too thick to use for this sorta thing so i never tried it. Have you used it on lures before?

Ive thought about using foil tape, it just seemed too thick to use for this sorta thing so i never tried it. Have you used it on lures before?

 

It works great. You would think it would be hard to use, but you can really get it smooth and you can hone it with a round shank of the screw diver or whatever you have and get a really bright sheen to it and is paintable.

 

I'll see if I have a pic of a prop bait I made.

 

EDIT: I never found the pic...sorry

 

I'll be honest, I got the idea from members on this site. There have been some incredible builds posted over the years using foil duct tape

Oh cool, thanks for the heads up. I guess ill have to buy a roll and try it out lol.

The gum wrappers a good idea and it looks good. You can also use Mylar from balloons and I've heard of people using chip bag material also

Thanks Jaw! Oh man the mylars genius. I wonder if you can see the overlapping layers though. Thats one thing I like about the gum wrapper is that once you smooth it out, you cant see the layers at all really...hmm now I have a bunch of stuff to try out over the winter. Thanks for all the ideas guys!

Thanks Jaw! Oh man the mylars genius. I wonder if you can see the overlapping layers though. Thats one thing I like about the gum wrapper is that once you smooth it out, you cant see the layers at all really...hmm now I have a bunch of stuff to try out over the winter. Thanks for all the ideas guys!

What adhesive are you using with the gum wrapper? When I use foil I use epoxy to hide the edges I also use this method with a vinyl chrome that I tried. I'm not a master at it yet but I'm getting better. I still have a problem getting all the air bubbles out when using the vinyl material

I dont use any adhesive with the gum wrapper. It usually sticks to the lure pretty good on its own so I havent bothered with using any glue lol.

Vinyl huh? That seems like it would be a pain to work with, especially on a lure. Do you cover the whole lure with the vinyl or just the sides? I would think if you did the whole lure the vinyl would crease pretty badly.

Just the sides. The material is the same used on boat wraps. I haven't perfected it's use yet but I was getting better with it before I turned my attention elsewhere