They can be frustrating. I plugged on up the other day and coated some jigheads pink because I couldn't find any in that color locally. I powred it with a minnow bubbler I had on hand. Worked pretty well.
I have decided I'm not smart enough to use fluid beds. I have tried the things you guys suggested but no love. I can get a nice even coat of all the colors on my hands, clothes and my shop but not on the jig heads. I started this jig thing for fun and being able to make the own. The frustration factor is WAY to high. My hats off to you guys and yes I'm a little jealous
They can be frustrating. I plugged on up the other day and coated some jigheads pink because I couldn't find any in that color locally. I powred it with a minnow bubbler I had on hand. Worked pretty well.
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I bought the larger 2 outlet fish bubbler pump to run at least 2 colors at a time,,,works great as long as the powder is dry,,,,
I bought one off of Amazon for about $55. At it's highest setting, it would not agitate the powder in my cups properly, so sent it back. It was 4 inch top plate, rated at 100 wats listed for plaster mixing in lab. The concept is good, as both stone polishing and cleaning brass shell cases for reloading use the process. Just did not work for me.
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I find that a lot of these powder coating people are selling very wet powder at times,,, a good dry powder will almost act like water as soon as air hits it,,,,others will act really stupid and blowup like volcanos,,,makes a mess too,,,especially this crinkle coat crapp,,,TJ’s sells some good stuff,,,,love the candy colors and their disco silver base,,,I only buy Tj’s powder now
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I too decided the hassle spoiled the fun, so my fluid bed sits in a box in the corner for punishment. I find that dipping and swirling works plenty fine. I stir the powder with a stick every so often.
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I am thinking the vibrating table might be the trick. In a tumbler for cleaning cartridge cases you can get the media and a load of brass to act fluid like. Should work with powder paints as well.
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I've been using powder paint for 30 years and never have used a fluid bed and do ok painting without one. Probably painted close to 500K jigs using a Bic lighter as my heat source. Probably have used more Bic's than anyone on the planet. Experiment and find what works best for you.
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