Thread: Homemade spoon for panfish!!

I put the toaster oven as high as it would go and the paint just won't stick to the aluminum I guess.The model paint stuck,lol.

Must be a coating on the aluminum. Guess it is just a nail polish lure.

They look good. Wonder how they would work with some feathers or something to cover the hook???

Them things are lighter then flies,lol.They are DONE !!!

I've got a couple with powder paint on them curing in the toaster oven now, I'll post pics when I'm done.

I want to know how you did it.lol.

Originally Posted by azslabber

I want to know how you did it.lol.

I cheated!:D

I used a #4 jig hook. I used a penny and a dime as templates to cut discs out of a Pepsi can. I had intended to use the dime size first and then cover it up with the penny sized disc, but the penny size was just a little too big... so I just used 2 dime sized one on top of the other. I did this so it would hold the heat a little longer for the trip from the oven to the paint jar.



I sanded the outside of the Pepsi can a little with 150 grit to roughen it up a little to make sure the paint stuck well.


You can see the scratches on the can.

For the first coat of paint, I preheated the to 400*F to get the spoons good and hot. After that I was able to heat and cure at 375*. The 2 layers of aluminum (4 halves) had little gaps between them, so I coated and cured them until the gaps were full. This seems to hold everything together nicely and holds the spoon on the hook real well too!



I call the one on the left "Baby Bluegill" and the one on the right "Baby Shad".

They're a little bigger and heavier than the #8 hook size, but I believe they'll still catch them big Bull 'Gills... and that's the ones we really want eh!

wow lookin nice!

Very well done,lol.I've still got my aluminum strips laying here and am going to make a couple that look just like a little gill.I'll post some pics tonight after I figure out what I'm going to do.

AZ, did you try putting the paint on and then heating them? GCD, well done! Those should work really well. I like the black glitter.