Building a Wooden Pikie lure

[Surf Hunter]

Ok, so back to work, Yes, ET, the lead has cooled and the filler added, next step is sand the filler to get the chin area nice and smoooooooooooth.



After that, it is time to prime for paint.

I use good ol' Kilz Primer in the spray can. A, because it works really good, and B, because I am too lazy to use any other method.



Next will be paint, I have a couple of other projects I am working on so it will be a little as I have to convert the lathe area to the paint area.

oh, sorry for the bad pic on the sanded filler, since i was not working with power tools, I decided it was a good night for a beer.....or six

[SoCalSteve]

AWESOME WORK!

If you ever need them to be "field tested" on the stripers of Castaic Lake, let me know!!! Id love to stick a fat pig of a striper and send you a pic with your plug hanging out of his mouth.

[Ding A Ling]

"Jonesing" for my next fix of "plug making 101"

[Surf Hunter]

Sorry for the delay guys, things have been really busy. I set up for paint last night so I will start that process tonight, hopefully I'll post more pics by Monday.

[Surf Hunter]

Ok,
finally, I was able to start the paint process, this should go kind of fast from here on out, well, at least maybe faster than the lead took to dry
So, I on these lures, i start with a base coat of pearl white.



After the white, I sprayed the sides and top of the lip area with a iridescent blue.


the final should look white belly and top with the blue sides.



After the paint cures, I wrap with the "scale" material, you can use anything for this, curtains, onion bags, your wife's frilly undergarments, what ever.


Next step to follow hopefully tomorrow.

BTW, if you don't have an airbrush, who cares, use spray paint, just make sure if you use rattle cans that you use the same brand and type as some paint does not play well with others.

[sourcreamnjive]

Thanx Tom, Love reading about this process!

[Surf Hunter]

Ok, back to the paint, so now it is time to shoot some more pearl white over the blue area in get some scale effect. I can't stress this enough, make sure you do light coats or else the paint will bleed. I always mess this part up but, int he long run they still look good and the fish really don't seem to care.


Next on the list is to spray more blue on the back over the white area. I forgot to get a pic, but after the blue was sprayed, i fogged the back with a little black, it really looks nice.


Once that is dry, i decided to add a few lines on the sides since these will be a finger mullet imitator, it needs stripes right?



I ended up going a little heavy on the stripes (hey, i never said I knew what i was doing) so i am now in the process of blending them into the sides better. More pics to come later.

[Ding A Ling]

This is amazing if you had to put a number on it how many man hours are involved in one lure from start to finish?

Thanks for sharing this passion of yours!!

[Surf Hunter]

Originally Posted by Ding A Ling

This is amazing if you had to put a number on it how many man hours are involved in one lure from start to finish?

Good question and really, i am not sure, It can take 5-10 minutes to turn the body on the lathe, a few minutes to sand the lip area, a minute or so to do the lip slot, five minutes on drilling all holes, sealing takes 15 minutes (but you have to wait 24-48 hours to dry)
I think about an hour or two to make a plug but getting the machinery set up and waiting for stuff to dry etc, it takes a whole lot longer then that.

[cappo5150]

cant wait to see the finished plugs