Reply With Quotejust need to get your technique down, too much heat will cause too much paint to stick, so will too slow of a dip. practice makes perfect, i also always have a needle on hand to open up the eyelets right away if they get closed.
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Is there any trick to powder painting jig heads right from the jar without getting to much paint on them? I have tried this and some of them do get to much paint.
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just need to get your technique down, too much heat will cause too much paint to stick, so will too slow of a dip. practice makes perfect, i also always have a needle on hand to open up the eyelets right away if they get closed.
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I dip fast then tap it on the side of the jar.
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Shake your jar every other jig. The powder settles quickly. Shaking the jar fluffs the paint and will give you a better paint job. Pop
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I agree. Shake the jar and dip fast and tap on the side. Never had any problems doing that.
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Any particular product or brand that seems to be better? I have a jar of flour. orange I have yet to use because I have not had time.
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I like flourescent pearl or flourescent chartreuse. Dip fast using tweezers. Keep your powder dry and fluffed up by shaking the jar with the lid on. Keep a tool handy to clean out the eye. WATCH YOUR TEMPERATURES.
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If I get a little too much in the jig eye I use a wood tooth pick to clear some out. Now for your question, I also use the same tooth pick to stick in the paint and stir it around some and it will fluff the paint again.
Then if when you put the jig head in the paint it smokes you have it too hot.
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I'll use sutchers and grab the jig by the eye so it does not fill with paint,that way there's no need to pop open later.
Should the paint get lumped up on the jighead.Hold it over your flame and roll it so it does not get too hot and scorch.
I'll admit it takes some practice ,but you'll have ithe timing down soon enough.
On bigger heads you can get them too hot and the paint will scorch from the heat built up in the jighead.
Smaller heads like 64th's and smaller will not cause once you get them that hot the head will just melt off.
You 1st clue is when the dull head goes shinney.
It's just about liquid.
Last edited by crappiekeith; 10-22-2007 at 07:03 AM.
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Like CrappieKeith I use hemostats to hold the head on the eye. This the best way to keep powder out of the hole.
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