Thread: What’s going wrong?

depending on the alloys used as filler with lead from manufacturer does not lend itself to coating very well either. Plus ask the person you got them from to find out if they are pretreating their mold.

What is your heat source?

Pink and orange can pit like that when using too much air. One way to see if it is fluid bed is try not using it. Simply shake a powder paint jar to get fluffed then dip hot head in it. If it doesn’t pit then it’s the fluid bed. That green definitely too much paint. It takes practice. You should’ve seen some of my 1st heads I painted.

Also some colors require you dip longer than others while some don’t. You should be able to heat, dip and I like to quick swirl one or a couple times depending on color and then pull out and be shiny. Some paints do better with a little clear added or you can simply clear dip after initial color. But then some don’t like clear to be added like your disco colors and definitely don’t add clear or dip in clear with chrome.

Lots of good suggestions and ideas. I will work on them next chance I get. I’m using an alcohol lamp as heat source.

Purple and chartreuse are really heavy colors, adding clear will thin them some. I use a heat gun so I'm no help with an alcohol lamp but seems not enough heat looking at the pictures. Swish the heads in white vinagar rinse and wipe clean, let totally dry then try powdering again.

Honestly I've had some of the same trouble and it seems to be worst with spincast heads

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I agree with the green comment, it is definitely my toughest color to get correct, very heavy pigment.