Originally Posted by nrgeek
You can buy a fairly good air brush at Harbor Freight for less than 16 bucks, http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=95810 if you catch a sale on them you can get it for about 10
I have Pasche and Iwata air brushes that cost 200-300 and this lil cheap brush does great for repainting baits!
You can use canned air, or a small compressor can get a new compressor for under 100 and can get used ones for under 30. Just make sure you get a water separator/ fliter.
As far as paints you can use about any kind of paint you want, airbrush specific paints water based work great . I use createx , mainly because Hobby Lobby carries them in stock and they are easier to spray than non air brush paints, I also use House of Kolor this site has any paint or air brush stuff you could want and some of the best prices on higher end stuff http://www.bearair.com/
Top coats I use epoxy clear on all my baits, you can use Devcon 2 ton, works great, with all clear coats you need a way to turn them end over end until dry or will run to one end , and thats not good.
I made a lure drying machine out of an electric rotessiere for a grill you can get those at Lowes , Walmart etc for about $20
Picture is an example of the first one I made, I used aligator clips to hold lures on .
And one of my baits I made, I do repaints too, but I make most of my own baits these days
Thanks for the info! This is something I really think I'd like doing and this is helpful to get started!
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