My First Attempts with lead, start to finish

[Bassinkorea]

Please let me know what y'all think.....and be honest 

Poured the lead....




After I cleaned the lead up with my new Dremel, came the painting. I don't have any powder coating stuff (yet!!!) so I used a technique that I found in our "Tips Forum"

Nail Polish.....I used a few coats of color and finished with 2 coats of clear to hopefully make it nice and hard.



Once the painting was complete, it was time to finish them off.

The final product.....Jigs



Spinnerbaits.....
1/2oz


3/8oz

[M and M Fishing]

Honestly... They look great, especially those jigs. Nice color combinations! 

[TightLinez]

Lookin GOOOOD there BK!!!
Love the shape of the jigheads and all your skirts look full and have great colors. Just to add a little something, you might want to add some stick on eyes to the spinnerbaits (and/or jigs ), and then clearcoat over them.

This guy has some cool eyes if you're interested- I'd go with 3mm-4.5mm........
http://predatorbassbaits.com/id81.htm

[Ron Fogelson]

Way to go BK!  How did you melt the lead?

[The Bassmeister]

Nice work!!!   I too like the jigs, they look enticing.   

[Bassinkorea]

Thanks guys.
TL, I have been thinking about getting some eyes, I can get them easily here in Korea and will give them a try on my next batches 

Way to go BK!  How did you melt the lead?

In my new-to-me Lee melting pot 

[sillybass]

Steve you did an awesome job , especially for the first time 

[bigjim5589]

Looks Great! 

Did you use a white undercoat on those spinnerbait heads?

[-Steve-]

Look Great!!! I want some... ...Steve

[bass1cpr]

   Lookin good BK Now you are offically addicted. 

[Bassinkorea]

Thanks everyone 

Looks Great! 

Did you use a white undercoat on those spinnerbait heads?

No, I just painted the nail polish direct to the lead. I'll be testing these lures on Thursday, so we'll see how well the paint holds up 

   Lookin good BK Now you are offically addicted. 

Yes I am 

[bigjim5589]

BK, the fish won't care, but if you use a white base coat, preferably, opaque white, you'll get a better look to the paint when painting over lead with light colors. Most nail polish is somewhat transparent, and the white will help hide the lead color from coming thru the top coats, so less less coats gets better coverage. My wife uses an opaque white nail polish, so you should be able to stick with nail polish.

Dark colors don't usually matter a lot.

Just a tip, I thought might help on your next batch of lures! 

[Jared]

Steve, those look outstanding. If those jigs were up for sale I would consider buying a few from you. Very nice work.

[Bassinkorea]

BK, the fish won't care, but if you use a white base coat, preferably, opaque white, you'll get a better look to the paint when painting over lead with light colors. Most nail polish is somewhat transparent, and the white will help hide the lead color from coming thru the top coats, so less less coats gets better coverage. My wife uses an opaque white nail polish, so you should be able to stick with nail polish.

Dark colors don't usually matter a lot.

Just a tip, I thought might help on your next batch of lures! 

Thanks for the tip bigjim, I did notice the Chartruse color was difficult to cover the lead color. I'll see what base coat my wife can find for me 

[Bassinkorea]

Thanks Jared 

[larrylargemouth]

Nice work Steve! Those jigs look awesome!  What did you use on the skirts for the jigs? That Black/Blue looks great.

[Bassinkorea]

Nice work Steve! Those jigs look awesome!  What did you use on the skirts for the jigs? That Black/Blue looks great.

Thanks Mark. That jig has a black/purple skirt and I got a bunch of skirts when I bought the pot and molds 

[BackYardBassJunkie]

Very "woops"y!  It looks like you've been molding for years.

Nice job, BK!!  Keep it up and you may have a new side business.   

[Bassinkorea]

Thanks for your kind words BYBJ and everyone 

[Jared LeBlue]

Nice job. 

[Dug]

Those look pretty darn good Steve, but do yourself a favor and get some powder paint, they will look even better and be a little more durable and smooth.  I know I tried the nail polish route on some jigs for a couple of years and finally bought some powder paint at a Fishing show and sure glad I did, now I just need MORE colors!

Or is that Colours???

Dug

[Siebert Outdoors]

looks good.  Real good.

But I gotta ask.  So did you or your wife/gf get the nail polish from the store?

[Bassinkorea]

Those look pretty darn good Steve, but do yourself a favor and get some powder paint, they will look even better and be a little more durable and smooth.  I know I tried the nail polish route on some jigs for a couple of years and finally bought some powder paint at a Fishing show and sure glad I did, now I just need MORE colors!

Or is that Colours???

Dug

LOL Dug    I stopped using colours right after I joined UB 
You are right about the powder paint v's nail polish, and as soon as I find some powder paint locally I will start using it, but until then I will just continue to use the nail polish.

looks good.  Real good.

But I gotta ask.  So did you or your wife/gf get the nail polish from the store?

We both went shopping together and I stood back and acted like I wasn't interested and whispered yes or no when she picked up a certain color 

[Bassinkorea]

Here's a few more from the same batch....






An this one is a KaRu Blue Shimmer Cotton Candy skirt 

[-Shawn-]

Those look Sweet Steve!!