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I've been reading the many informative posts here about adding glitter to powder paint, so I thought I'd give it a whirl. Purchased some NST brand glitter from Flower Factory and some Darice "Halloween" glitter from a local Meijer store. The former is very fine, but the latter is pretty chunky.
I mixed them with two of my my Harbor Freight PP mixtures. Well, here are the results.
The first is a swim jig that I'll use to cast into and around schools of gizzard shad.
The fine red NST glitter lost much of it's relectiveness after baking at 400 degrees for 20 minutes.
The next jig is a kreature style bait that's relatively new to my tying collection. It's an eyelash yarn, chenille, and craft fur combo.
The jig head shows just a few reflections of orange/copper glitter. There is no reflectiveness by any of the black glitter. Nearly all of the "chunk" glitter became coated by paint. However, it created an interesting texture that I'm going to pursue in the future with clear powder paint. Again, I baked this jig at 400 degrees for 20 minutes.
Each jig weighs about 1/4 of an ounce and has a red, 1/0 EC Lazer Hook.
There was a jig that was sold in Western Indiana back in the early 70s called a "Sugarhead", I believe. The jig's head looked like it was coated by sugar granules/crystals and was very hard. The one that I remember best had an orange head with all-black marabou body. It caught fish and had a welcome place in my jig box.
The combination of orange "chunk" glitter with clear powder paint may be an interesting and feasible way of reproducing this jig today.
More experimentation and results to come, as time and materials permit...
This is interesting and fun. :jig: :icon14:
I mixed them with two of my my Harbor Freight PP mixtures. Well, here are the results.
The first is a swim jig that I'll use to cast into and around schools of gizzard shad.
The fine red NST glitter lost much of it's relectiveness after baking at 400 degrees for 20 minutes.
The next jig is a kreature style bait that's relatively new to my tying collection. It's an eyelash yarn, chenille, and craft fur combo.
The jig head shows just a few reflections of orange/copper glitter. There is no reflectiveness by any of the black glitter. Nearly all of the "chunk" glitter became coated by paint. However, it created an interesting texture that I'm going to pursue in the future with clear powder paint. Again, I baked this jig at 400 degrees for 20 minutes.
Each jig weighs about 1/4 of an ounce and has a red, 1/0 EC Lazer Hook.
There was a jig that was sold in Western Indiana back in the early 70s called a "Sugarhead", I believe. The jig's head looked like it was coated by sugar granules/crystals and was very hard. The one that I remember best had an orange head with all-black marabou body. It caught fish and had a welcome place in my jig box.
The combination of orange "chunk" glitter with clear powder paint may be an interesting and feasible way of reproducing this jig today.
More experimentation and results to come, as time and materials permit...
This is interesting and fun. :jig: :icon14:
