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    Is it possible to paint lead jig heads? If so, how is it done?

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    Yes you can.Cheek out this link.
    http://www.jannsnetcraft.com/

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    I paint my weedguard heads with vinyl paint, 2 coats white,2 coats top color, and 2 coats clear coat ( revlon 950 ). If the jigs are not weedguarded, then I powder paint them and then bake them to get a hard finish.

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    Yes you can. Two options. Powder paint is I think the easiest option. The second option is spray on paint like Krylon. But you'll have to put a white or gray base coat on first, then your color paint and then clear coat them.

    Powder painting is by far the easiest.
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    Quote Originally Posted by nralover
    Is it possible to paint lead jig heads? If so, how is it done?
    powder paint,you can buy a jar for $5, just heat your jig head for 4 seconds with lighter of any sort,use pliers to hold hook and dip in powder,presto ,,,painted jig head..

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    Quote Originally Posted by coosajimmy
    powder paint,you can buy a jar for $5, just heat your jig head for 4 seconds with lighter of any sort,use pliers to hold hook and dip in powder,presto ,,,painted jig head..
    "Careful with that axe Eugene." :D

    The first time I tried powder painting jig heads, I went by their recommended method of using an alchohol burning candle. Melted that lead right off the hook.

    I can tell you right now that that lead was HOT !!!

    Just be careful using that method. If you can manage it, get yerself a toaster oven at Wally World for $20 or so and do them in there. You shouldn't be able to cook your lead off the hook using that method.
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    Hey Nralvr
    Goto the missouri forum ( crappie freak... tablerock lake.
    Check out my jigs i`ve been making.. been using emerald and glow in dark fingernail polish... everyones gotta wife with some right? lol
    Gotta few pics posted . Let me know what ya think.. been making them for a month now
    :D MichaelT. In the Zone

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    Just finished up painting some myself. Used Pro Tec powder paint, easy to use and looks great.


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    I think most of the DIY jig makers use a fluid bed. You can make your own to use with powder paint out of PVC pipe fittings. A fluid bed has an air chamber on the bottem, then a layer that lets air through(coffee filter) then your powder paint. You use a small fish tank air pump to make the powder boil. and then dip you hot jigs in.
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    As far vinyl paint I always had bad luck, it came off like pruned old skin on a rotten piece of fruit.

    I used Testers hobby paint with excellent results but petrol based paints don't hold up to oil based scents like baitmate so you have to clear coat them, another step I didn't wanna take.

    Next step is powder coat.
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