I need help. A quicker method to Powder Paint alot of Jigs

[Jiganomics]

i powder paint each jig one by one with a candle and some pliers. 100 jigs takes me forever to paint. then i have to bake them afterwards. is there a quicker way???

[JohnPaul]

Use a alcohol burner with denatured alcohol in it or a heat gun. But no way to get around not baking them. If you dont bake the paint cracks and peels faster. Then you will have mad customers.

[billyoungb]

I use a heat gun. Goes pretty fast

[Kevin22]

Heat gun and a fluid bed. A batch of 100 single color jigs should take about 20 minutes. If you are doing big jigs, you won't even need pliers.

[Bobo Greybeard]

I use an alcohol burner myself. I have heard of a paint gun that will shoot powder paint but I know nothing about them.


Bobo

[kickingback]

heat gun with varying temp to 1000 degrees. I learned you can melt the lead jigs easily with the heat gun if you hold it over it too long (15 seconds) so only need to hold it over for about 5 seconds and dip. Works great all the time.

[olesilverside]

I use a heat gun, and just put it in the vise then turn it on and can hold the #2 1/16 oz jig in my fingers and heat for about 10 sec. and dip, and if you learn how to get it about the perfect temp, you won't even have to knock the paint out of the eye, it will melt on it also.....I do mine in groups of 25 and never bake them, I don't figure they last long anyway.....even a hair dryer may get them hot enough, but be sure and tell your wife you are stealing it.......

[eric 3501]

Hair dryer don" work out so well, least wise the one I used anyway. Looking into the heat gun. Currantly using a bic lighter with forceps to hold. Don't take to long to heat up either.....Just make sure you have more than one lighter so the first one don't get to hot and smoke your thumb.

[Fatman]

Problem with a bic lighter is you'll get soot and some of the paints won't come out good. Go to Home Depot in the painting section and pick up a dual temp heat gun by Wagner they run about $21.

[plateboater]

2nd kevin22!