DIY Custom Topwaters

[skeeterboud]

jski/panhnd,
those look great! been wanting to try my hand, have a few hundred topwaters/corkies still in the package that i'll never use in their current colors. what air brush/comp and paints do you recommend??

[JSki]

DIY Custom Topwaters

I used to paint a bunch of them, and I mean a bunch of them. I owned a small tackle shop and would sell them faster than I could paint them. Finally got to where I was painting all my free time and I gave it up.

Panhandlehunter, those look great. It’s been fun, but I could see getting burned out doing the same patterns over and over.


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[JSki]

jski/panhnd,
those look great! been wanting to try my hand, have a few hundred topwaters/corkies still in the package that i'll never use in their current colors. what air brush/comp and paints do you recommend??

I use an Iwata eclipse airbrush and createx paints. I would think you need a different paint to get them to stick to the corkies though.

[skeeterboud]

jski, thanks. do you use createx clear coat after painting? FTU sells a pink/ch/pink that is a pretty good bait

[JSki]

jski, thanks. do you use createx clear coat after painting? FTU sells a pink/ch/pink that is a pretty good bait

No, I use devcon epoxy that I brush on. It seems to be a good, durable coat, but I will occasionally get minor imperfections...that is probably operator error though.

[Texas Grown]

Those would be great for bluecats "dragging" the bottom! Season is coming up!

[chase15]

Those look good. My brother paints some every now and then I had him paint me a one knocker that was red backed and bone/ glitter belly. Caught a bunch of fish on that combo. I had a 32”+ bull red swallow it and broke me off on a shallow reef.


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