first attempt at making pirks

[tonynufc]

would have thought a cheaper fluorescent paint would do if you if you seal it with clear heat shrink.

any idea where i can buy the heat shrink?

 

[alcaucin]

ebay

 

[alcaucin]

you could use fluorescent tape and seal with heat shrink, again from ebay. might be less messy than paint.

 

[tonynufc]

you could use fluorescent tape and seal with heat shrink, again from ebay. might be less messy than paint.

Cheers, I'll have a look

 

[alcaucin]

I also put fish eyes on mine and put the heat shrink over the lot ,

 

[tonynufc]

I decided to take a few into work today and try different colour paints etc, this is one of the best....

 

[Russ hud]

No need for the expensive paint, just get a fluro orange aerosol from halfords or somewhere similar, base coat them white first for better results, you can get the white from poundland. If your after luminous you can also get that in aerosols, seen it in JTF North Shields or powder coat them luminos for proffessional finish. Looks like your having fun anyway, keep up the good work and theyll be looking as good as Keiths shortly

 

[Russ hud]

heres a couple of pics, bought pirks off Keith B last year and blinged them up with powder coat, lumi picture doesn't do it justice, it glows well!!!!

http://www.nesa.co.uk/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=12784&stc=1&d=1453835631

http://www.nesa.co.uk/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=12783&stc=1&d=1453835631

 

[KeithB]

Quality those Russ, is the middle one silver tape?

Your method gets much smoother coverage than using a blow torch.

 

[Russ hud]

Alright Keith, I used vinyl what they use to wrap the cars with, got some cheap off ebay

 

[Kev1n]

They look spot on Russ. I've tried powder coating using the stuff you drop the pirk into while the lead is still hot. It takes a bit of trial and error to get right as the lead needs to be very hot for the powder to stick, but if heated then it burns. What coating did you use?

The silver wrap looks neat too.

I don't use many pirks and just spray paint them with tins from Halfords. I lose them just as quickly as any with a fine art finish.

 

[Russ hud]

bought the lumi powder coat from daveys tackle on ebay, hang pirks in oven for 10 mins or so then dip them in a tray of powder coat, shake off excess then back in the oven for 10 mins, same as painting I always cover them with white first, it is a bit of a fart on but I only do about a dozen at a time and only when the mrs is at work haha.

ps sorry tonynufc, for jumping on your post

 

[tonynufc]

bought the lumi powder coat from daveys tackle on ebay, hang pirks in oven for 10 mins or so then dip them in a tray of powder coat, shake off excess then back in the oven for 10 mins, same as painting I always cover them with white first, it is a bit of a fart on but I only do about a dozen at a time and only when the mrs is at work haha.

ps sorry tonynufc, for jumping on your post

Jump in if you want mate, all these comments are giving me great advice and powder coating is something I'll be trying in the future

 

[Kev1n]

Cheers Russ. I could just about get away with keeping worms in the kitchen fridge until the boss bought me a second hand bait fridge. But, there's no way I'd brave cooking the leads in the oven. I'll try the silver tape method instead.

 

[Norman]

Cheers Russ. I could just about get away with keeping worms in the kitchen fridge until the boss bought me a second hand bait fridge. But, there's no way I'd brave cooking the leads in the oven. I'll try the silver tape method instead.

class

Norm

 

[tonynufc]

Well I managed to get myself some fluorescent orange coovar from work, works out at about £12 for 500ml, looks canny, these are the pics before I varnished them

 

[Davem]

No need for varnish Tony , we thought it spoilt the effect ( don't last that long anyway ) .

 

[tonynufc]

No need for varnish Tony , we thought it spoilt the effect ( don't last that long anyway ) .

Aye mine never last long anyway, I hope the divers appreciate the effort I'm putting into decorating the wrecks for them

 

[Tadpoleman]

Plain lead is easiest and does the trick without all the decorations ! but Keith keeps on loading up my pirk box with things to try ! so can't complain

 

[Davem]

Well production run well underway