Marbling rod
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Topic: Marbling rod
Posted By: Red Hunter
Subject: Marbling rod
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2011 at 9:16am
Hi all , here are some photos of my first marbled rod , it is a Spinal series 2 Tuna, 300 gram , I did find it a little bit tricky , and have a bit of fine tuning to do , the pigment is from Bullards ,    
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Posted By: ReelAppealLures
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2011 at 9:39am
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Look out ARM BREAKER CUSTOMS !!! Here comes Cape York Customs!!! Nice work Ian, is the marbling process you used similar to that of the video on Mudhole? How much are the pigment/s to buy? And do they come in a set of colours? Might make for a interesting lure finish... You think I could marble my first rod build? Or does it take some practice? ------------- http://www.facebook.com/pages/Reel-Appeal-Lures/300309486704362 |
Posted By: Red Hunter
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2011 at 10:35am
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Thanks Sam , I now have even more respect for Dave of Arm Breaker Rods , I spent many hours of practice to get to the stage of doing a rod , and tried a lot of different pigments , so far the best is what I used on the rod, it is from Bullards Internationl and they have a big colour range , and I see no reason you can not use it on your lures mixed in with your top coat of clear , they use the same sort of micra pigment in auto spraying , as for price it is cheap , as a little goes a long way . I already have my next rod planned . I am going to do a flame theme . but I will do some test pieces first , Ian |
Posted By: MarkE
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2011 at 11:54am
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Sam, Marbling is actually very easy to do - if you can epoxy guides you can marble :)
I find that using thread as your base colour (as apposed to a coloured epoxy) makes the whole process alot easier as well. Testors or Humbrol enamel Kitset Model paint is perfect for pigment, just mix a drop or 2 with the epoxy and youre away.
Heres a pic of my first attempt (excuse the colours, got a bit carried away :P)
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Posted By: SamMcK
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2011 at 11:59am
Sweet rod Ian, those metalic pigments look great. Did you do the silver streaks as a second coat in clear finish or straight in with blue while it was wet?
If you (or anyone else) want to try some you're welcome to have some of mine for free - I've got yellow, red, blue, black and white in 1oz pots, no metallic though. You only need very tiny amounts so there's no way I can get through my supplies. Marbeling is relatively easy but I find it pretty hard to consistently get the same look depending on the viscosity of the finish, thickness e.t.c. but you can just practice on old rods first. |
ReelAppealLures wrote:Posted By: Red Hunter
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2011 at 12:34pm
| Mark , I use a base thread of the main colour , then I add pigment to the base finish , ie blue thread blue pigment as base , I mix my top colours first to let set up a bit more than the base colour , then lay base colour down , I find by letting the top colour firm a bit I have better control , as in nice thin strands , and by colouring the base coat I can get better effects , I found if the top colours applied to soon every thing tends to mix in to much , |