Luminous Pirks

[DaveMason]

Keith,

i think your right m8 , she probably charged me for a 250ml tin instead when I\'ve checked around nobody does it that cheap

Went down to get some for John and it\'s shut now :P

[Topecatcher]

Started spraying my pirks this year till I needed some more lumi paint I think I paid about £17 for a 250ml tin from coovar in Hull the guy behind the counter said it was due to the high cost of the lumi pigment which is imported from the states,sure it wasn\'t that much last year so I\'ve gone back to the brush application as spraying the garage walls was working out very expensive

[MikeR]

I sent my details off to Coo-Var asking where my nearest stockist was - they sent me details of how to apply their paint. If I could get it I would apply it!

Leaving the luminous paint for know and settling with fluorescent orange. I got a 59ml bottle of Plasti-Kote Brush On Fast Dry Enamel paint for £3 from Meadowhall. Looks enough to do 6 or 7 pirks. They also had it in a spray but I\'d prefer to get a few good thick cotes on with a brush. Let you know how it works. Should be pretty tough hopefully.

[KeithB]

UK-Hooks do a range of powder paints, it\'s worth emailing them and asking for a catalogue, there\'s loads of goodies that aren\'t advertised on their website.

[MikeR]

Cheers Keith

[Marc]

They also had it in a spray but I\'d prefer to get a few good thick cotes on with a brush. Let you know how it works. Should be pretty tough hopefully.

Aye Mike, Helps to stop them rusting while they are tangled on the wreck.

[Marc]

Found this stuff today at No Frills at Longbenton, £1.49 for a 400ml tin of spray. They had all colours but just bought silver and lumni orange to try them.. They are made by Humbrol so shouldn\'t be to bad. Let you know how they go.



[Edited on 20/3/2004 by Marc]

[John]

Looks the job Marc, let us know how they turn out I think it will be ok and very resonabley priced aswell.

[MikeR]

Did a bit of shopping today myself Marc:



I decided to use a white basepaint on all the pirks to make the top colours as bright as possible. The colours are fluoro orange, chrome and LUMINOUS. The luminous (and all the others) was from Focus DIY, and is intended as a stencil paint. To keep it on I got a clear outdoor varnish. Interestingly it says you can mix it with glitter and fluorescent paint. I bet this is worth a go. The luminous paint was only about £3.50 and should easily cover 2 or 3 pirks.

[MikeR]

To clarify that (as I made a bit of a pigs ear of it above) the luminous paint can be mixed with fluorescent and glitter. Suppose it would be tricky mixing the spray varnish with anything anyway!

[DaveMason]

Mike,

When I used the plasticote ( on to a base coat ) I experimented with a few first and found the spray nozzle gets blocked VERY easy . Might be worth spraying a big batch in a one\'er .

[Marc]

I\'ve found when using sprays to put them into a bowl of warmish water first, It helps the spray to come out and gives a more even finish, also makes the paint go a bit further to. After spraying one or two pirks hold the can upside down and give it a little blast, it then blows the paint out of the nozzel buy just using the gas.

[Norman]

hold on hold on ........ have we established that the only way to catch fish is with luminous pirks LOL o lOL , is it mandatory for our comps
hahahahahahah Dave your words of wisdom are coming over really well, do you know anything about painting life belts? maybe it`ll inspire others ... ooops

ps I target blind fish, then they cant see if I`ve painted the pirk or not ..... well thats the theory ............

Mike, I`m sure dave will explain the importance of painting in great detail (especially life belts)

[Marc]

[DaveMason]

I was wondering when it was going to rear it\'s ugly head Norm