Thread: Homemade spoon for panfish!!

Originally Posted by bxn

im having a bit of trouble getting the piece of can to not move around when its on the hook

Use a needle nose pliers and squeeze the metal hard parallel to the hook and make sure you catch some of the hook bend with the metal.

instead of aliminum could you use reflector tape

I tried makein one the other day and found I got the aluminum to stay tight by wrappin the hook shank with tyein thread.

Thanks , plan to try them out

I just made these while reading this thread.I used a V-8 small can.You can cut it with scissors like paper.I cut the two ends off,then down the middle.Laid a size 8 jighook and cut a length of it.Tiny can made four,lol.Probably 5/8 inch long from inside the bend to the eye of the hook.Found it easier to fold the aluminum first then put the hook through the fold before squeezing with needle nose pliers.I'm gonna try to powder paint them right now like a bluegill.Will show later with some eyes,lol.It is fun to do.

Powder paint won't work at all.Here's my talanted model painting.Most were all hard,so this is the best I could do,lol.I'm sure that if you try you can do much better,Ha

Originally Posted by azslabber

Powder paint won't work at all.Here's my talanted model painting.Most were all hard,so this is the best I could do,lol.I'm sure that if you try you can do much better,Ha

I suspect the powder paint won't work because the aluminum cools before you can get it into the paint... or will it not stick to the aluminum?

AZ, what happened with the PP? Did it run off or something else? I imagine you could take some rough sand paper and rough it up so the paint will stick if that is the issue. If it is a cooling issue then sprinkling the PP on one side at a time and then heating might make a difference.

I have a bunch of painting to do tonight so I will try some different things out to see if they work. I know some cans have a thin coating on them to seal them so that might the problem. I don't know of anything that will take it off short of hydrochloric acid, I guess college chemistry stuck with me after all. Maybe MEK will do it but I don't have any.