Model paint?  Sharpie?  take it apart and spray paint it?  All my chatter baits are nickel or gold color.  Just wondering. 
 

 

I've used black sharpie with some success, especially when fishin in the dark. Makes a cool black metallic finish

I use Sharpie's as well. All colors. I sometimes stripe my spinner bait blades, paint the outside of the Jackhammer blade, even add color and contrast to my hard baits. For the most part the color sticks permanently. 

Thanks you all.  

And keep one in the boat for touch ups and customizations later. 

2 hours ago, casts_by_fly said:

And keep one in the boat for touch ups and customizations later. 

That's where all of mine stay. in a Plano box in the boat. I have often turned short strikes into fish catches with a few color/stripe adjustments on the water. 

If I were going to paint blades I would use a self etching primer and high temp engine enamel paint.  It does a great job on outboard lower units and lasts forever.

Buy a black nickel blade.

Krylon gloss or mat black spray paint. Clean with alcohol, dry and paint. Hang the blade on a paper clip to spray.

Tom 

I've gotten black fingernail polish at Dollar Tree a couple times. Not always in stock. Ask goth kids if you can't find it.

 

 

Powder coat.

12 hours ago, T-Billy said:

Powder coat.

Flat black powder from Habor Freight is cheap and easy to use. 

39 minutes ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Flat black powder from Habor Freight is cheap and easy to use. 

Yep. Even buying the Pro Tec in the little jars isn't expensive. It goes a long way. Toaster ovens are dirt cheap too. Heat it, dip it, bake it. Easy as can be.

1 hour ago, T-Billy said:

Yep. Even buying the Pro Tec in the little jars isn't expensive. It goes a long way. Toaster ovens are dirt cheap too. Heat it, dip it, bake it. Easy as can be.

Have you tried painting blades with powder paint?  The ones I have tried weren’t easy. 

17 minutes ago, Jig Man said:

Have you tried painting blades with powder paint?  The ones I have tried weren’t easy. 

Yep.

On 9/6/2022 at 4:55 PM, Jig Man said:

Have you tried painting blades with powder paint?  The ones I have tried weren’t easy. 

That's how I paint all of mine. I use a powder paint gun but you don't have to. Quick and easy. 

i punted and took a black paint marker i had in a tool box and coated a chatter-blade (and most of my knuckles).  

 

i pitch the lure into a lake and see what happens.  

Either a sharpie or nail polish. 

Looking for spare box cutter blades, digging thru top compartment of my toolbox.  AKA: the junk drawer. 
 

I found paint pens.  Figured WTH.  Seems fairly robust.  I’ll try it tomorrow. I have a Sharpie on board for touch up.