Jig Painting

I've just started making my own jigs. I've been using powder paint, base coat of brown or green and then using a brush to "dust" on some black specs. I've seen other jigs where the specs are bigger than what I'm getting. For instance, here: http://www.bbcboards.net/zerothread?id=752426 or here...
http://fishingskirts.com/images/fj_greenpumpkin.jpg

Can this be done with normal powder paint or is it something special? It seems like the powder being so thin prevents you from getting this effect.

Thanks!

My jigs are painted using a 2 step process with illusion paints from http://www.fishingskirts.com

I've just started to paint crankbaits (with acrylic paint) and am getting into making a few jigs, so there are alot of guys on here that will probably know alot more about the best way to do this. What I do to get the "illusion" look is paint my "base coat", let dry, then either shoot this stuff, or brush it on
http://i40.tinypic.com/a57uky.jpg
Let that dry, and then shoot your "topcoat" to it and then I brush epoxy onto the whole thing when I put the weedguard in.

I learned the hard way that if you can do the illusion effect with powder paint then its a whole lot more durable than a painted and epoxy jig.

I use the illusion paints from fishingskirts.com also but you can make nice specks etc by using powder water a product from columbia coatings that turns powder paint into a liquid paste

Mark, do you use their recommended black base coat or will any black powder paint work as the base?

<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by nitro-owner &raquo;</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">Mark, do you use their recommended black base coat or will any black powder paint work as the base? </td></tr></table>

Its actually a black chrome base which is a damn good color on its own. I just use that along with their other illusion colors. The quality of this brand is very good in my opinion. Never any clumps or such.

can this be done with regular powder paints? I do the typical solid colors. if so how do you do it?

<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by dchance &raquo;</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">can this be done with regular powder paints? I do the typical solid colors. if so how do you do it?</td></tr></table>

I use regular power paint and make it look somewhat like this. I dip the jig head in paint then pinch a little of a different color and sprinkle it on. I can post a pic later tonight.

<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by dchance &raquo;</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">can this be done with regular powder paints? I do the typical solid colors. if so how do you do it?</td></tr></table>

I am not sure as I have only used the kind I listed above.

I use regular powder paint and I have some of the Boss paints from fishingskirts.com. I actually like creating my own unique colors using a mix of both and have came out with great results! Just use your imagination and have fun.