Getting Old Finish off Lures

Has anyone ever heard of using a rock tumbler to get the old finish off of cranks? Someone at work suggested to me that this might be an easy way to do it but I'm not sure if it would be too hard on them. Thoughts? Thx!

....I dont know about that http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/eek.gif ....Would most likley break or ding something. http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/crying.gif ...I use a corse green scrubby or fine grit sand paper to get most of the paint off....as long as the surface is smooth and clean you can repaint over the old http://xs-s.com/zf/images/smile/emthup.gif

Kinda what I was thinking also. Just wanted to run it by some of the experts here and see what the opinion was. Thx!!

Tony it will work, the drawback is no matter how good you mask the bill it seems to get beat up kinda gives it the look of the frosted lucky craft bills....you can wet sand it down and make the bill look a little better tho, however on rattle trap type baits it works awesome. You'll have to play with time and which compound you use. I dont recommend it for baits that have any detail(ie:scales and gills on L/C's)as it will remove them http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/smile.gif

One bait it wont work on is the sunshine gelcoat on a Normans,toughest finish I've ever seen "I hate them...and envy them"!

Also I put something else in the tumbler besides the baits for them to hit against....makes the process go quicker http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/wink.gif walnut hulls work pretty good


Modified by Ky 521 at 6:58 AM 10/24/2007

If those baits have a epoxy or gel-coat finish a heat gun will remove it. Work slow, when it just starts to bubble it can be scraped off easily.

Thx for all the suggestions! I got some "junk" lures off a few friends at work and am going to try and hone my refinishing skills (not!) a bit this winter. Hopefully it will be a bit better than last years! http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/roll.gif