I have a bunch of spoon blanks. How should I paint them?  Don’t have an air brush and I’ve never used powder paint before. Was  thinking nail polish or spray paint.   Use 400 grit sand paper, scuff it up. Then paint it, then use a clear top coat.

I'd use a good model paint myself. Humbrol or Tamiya...Model Masters if you can find it - check your local hobby shop.

Never heard of them, ill check em out thank you 

You can use powder paint by tapping with a brush.  Heat the spoon and dip the brush in the powder. Hold it over the spoon and tap the brush with your finger.  You can do multiple colors and accents with this method.

I'd just shoot them with some rattle can paint.  No reason to overthink it.

1 minute ago, J Francho said:

I'd just shoot them with some rattle can paint.  No reason to overthink it.

That’s what I’m thinking, but I don’t want them to chip on my first trip 

Spray paint is great for the solid colors and it’s quick. Nail polish will work and it’s cheap but i have had mixed results with it.  The clear nail polish with glitter in it is an easy way to add some nice flash onto a solid color.

Meh, factory paint jobs chip, but they catch anyway.

 

8 minutes ago, J Francho said:

Meh, factory paint jobs chip, but they catch anyway.

 

That’s not bad chipping, I was thinking if I paint it, big chips would

come right off 

8 minutes ago, Stumpy13 said:

Spray paint is great for the solid colors and it’s quick. Nail polish will work and it’s cheap but i have had mixed results with it.  The clear nail polish with glitter in it is an easy way to add some nice flash onto a solid color.

I think I got some when I used it on some wooden lures 

1 minute ago, Mr. Aquarium said:

That’s not bad chipping, I was thinking if I paint it, big chips would

come right off 

Still wouldn't bother me.  I have some spoons that have no paint left on them, and they still catch.

I use a powder paint gun to paint solid colors. It works well and doesn't chip after it's baked. The hard part is not getting it too thick and messing up the action. I'm mostly doing jigging spoons though, so it's as big of deal as with casting spoons.

Easiest way to do it is to use model paint like MN fisher said.  I would add testors to your list too.  You could also spray paint them. Best way would be to take some 000 or 0000 steel wool and rough the surface up a bit than bake in a convection oven at 350 for 20 minutes.  Goodwill sometimes has old convection ovens.