Recommended Soft Plastic Lure Paint?

[Michigander]

Did a quick search but didn't find much on here. 

 

So airbrushing some soft plastics sounds fun over the winter. Any recommendations for paint that will stick to baits well enough that I don't have to seal them in clear plastisol?

[detroit1]

I'll be watching this one. I know Spike-It has soft plastic paint in 11 colors, but i don't know if it could be thinned enough to spray.

[Michigander]

On 11/28/2020 at 8:41 AM, detroit1 said:

I'll be watching this one. I know Spike-It has soft plastic paint in 11 colors, but i don't know if it could be thinned enough to spray.

I looked into Clearasol plastic and it looks more approachable than I initially thought. I have a wide variety of acrylic paint for my airbrushes already so I will probably give that a go. Spike It looks like it would work but seems like a hassle. If I am forced back to it then so be it. I don't think this is a very common thing to do so my research hasn't returned much.

[ChrisD46]

On 11/28/2020 at 8:41 AM, detroit1 said:

I'll be watching this one. I know Spike-It has soft plastic paint in 11 colors, but i don't know if it could be thinned enough to spray.

*Spike It / JJ's and a few Q-Tip swabs ?

[Michigander]

55 minutes ago, ChrisD46 said:

*Spike It / JJ's and a few Q-Tip swabs ?

Looking for more control than a cotton swab would offer. My goal is to paint with the same quality that you get in the fancy painted crank baits.

[KCFinesse]

Spike it does have spray on plastic dye, but I think their color selection is pretty limited. I've used the black spike-it rattle-can to tone down some brighter color baits.

 

-Jared