Bead colors
 

Just curious if anyone has ever tried using fingernail polish to color beads? If so was it durable? Definitely lots of shades to choose from.

Re: Bead colors
 

Never have but it seems like a good idea. Red, pink, brown; I can think of lots of colours that would be neat to try.

Seems like it would work...I can also see it chipping off when the bead hits the riverbed. I'd say give it a whirl.

Re: Bead colors
 

Use it for hard 'egg' pattersn often.. doesn't last last long, but you can easily retouch

Re: Bead colors
 

You can also try the powdered Jig head paint that uses heat to adhere to the bead.

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I've used the jig paint it works well . Beads come in so many colors now and they are cheap so it's easy just to buy them. If your fly shop doesn't have the color you like try a craft store.

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That's what I was thinking and was hoping someone had tried it to say if it was durable or not. Might just buy a bottle of red to try out. Tied a few miracle nymphs with a tungsten red bead that caught me some fish yesterday. I don't have any bigger red tungten beads so I may try it out.

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I'm with theboz. Since beads come in so many colors I just buy the color I want. I can make much better use of my time tying as opposed to painting a bead with nail polish.