buying powder paint

[Iaspanky]

I am just getting into tying and was wondering where or if there is a place to buy "beginners kit" for painting? I saw some called herbie's magic dust is it any good? Any other ideas?

Thanks

 

[Fatman]

I've never used it, but fishhunter(here on the site), grandpa bobs, Crazy angler Tackle and Tj's tackle all sell Pro-Tech or look at all the threads on Powder Paint sites in the paint shop.

 

[AtticaFish]

Don't know of anyplace that has a painting kit...... Crazy Angler is pretty cheap though. Barlows has almost the entire selection of Pro-Tech colors.

I have 2 colors that i could send your way if you wanted. They were colors that are very close to others that i already had so don't really need.

 

[Iaspanky]

Thanks for the info guys. Attica hit me with a pm on how I can get the colors from you. Thanks a lot for the offer.

 

[macon1]

Harbor Freight has a great price on one pound jars.

 

[slipbobber]

TJ's is where I get mine at. Also Rosie's is another good place for bulk. And also if you have any auto body shops around you stop in and talk to them. Sometimes its a easy score that way also.

 

[Jighead76]

The only kit I've seen was on Eastwood powders. It's not cheap though. I get mine like the other guys. Tj's tackle, Barlows, Jann's. I've herd of guys getting it from powderbythepound website, good prices. Personally I recently started buying on eBay and after a few not so good paints I found a guy who sells stuff I think is better than the major jig brand.
Anyway I wanted to say... I started out by buying 4 or 5 jars. Now after a few years I bet I have close to 40 colors and clearcoat glitters, etc! If you want to know what I use most, it's the first 4 or 5 colors I purchased. Black, white, green chartreuse, yellow chartreuse, and pink.
And another thing. I paint a lot of jigs and powder lasts forever.

 

[hookup]

Cabelas use to carry a kit of 6-7 different colors. But I've always bought by the jar because some of the colors I'll never use.

 

[Shoemoo]

I would buy the white at Harbor Freight. It's like $5 for a full pound. They also have a red that's close to stop sign red and an orangish yellow that's close to the color painted on roadways. They have black too, but it's not shiny so I would buy that elsewhere.

Other than HF, I only have experience with the Pro-Tec colors. I've never had any problems with them. I'd get black, pink, chartreuse (both), blaze orange and some form of dark green.