A few weeks ago I read a post where someone in this forum explained their solution to powder painting and keeping paint out of the eyes of the jig without ruining his hemostats. The key was to hold the jig with your fingers until up to temp, cover the eye with the hemostats, dip and whalla, no paint in the eye, or on the hemostats, because it was never heated. I've looked for that post and can not find it, but it's a great tip I just employed today for the first time. Thanks, vielen dank, gracias, pilamaya, cam o'n !!!