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Alright guys, I need y’all to critique these and tell me what I need to do to improve these. These are my first ones. I put heat shrink on the eyes and obviously had some of them to close to the head. Also tried a couple without heat shrink and cleaned the eyes before I baked them. These pics are prior to baking. There was a few that seemed to have too much paint on them. You can probably see that. Is that because of being too hot, not hot enough, too long in the paint???? Any help would be appreciated. Be as brutal as you want to be.
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I think the issue with too much is leaving them in the paint too long and not tapping off excess paint. Just a quick dip and swirl and then pull out and tap off excess should work fine. I’m sure with practice you will get it as well as seeing what you prefer with the eyes. Personally I like to hold the eye with my pliers and dip and the pliers cover the eye from paint good enough for me.
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Just took them out of the oven and had the tear drop shape which I assume is also due to too much paint
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I’ll give the pliers a try on the next ones. Does it get some paint on the hook shank doing it that way?Originally Posted by SuperDave336
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It does some depending on the angle of pliers, how it’s held and dipped in the paint.
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You can eliminate cone heads simply by hanging jigs with the head up so excess paint runs toward the hook bend. You can buy jig racks to place your jigs in to accomplish or make your own. I bought mine from TJ'S Tackle. Just need to be quicker when dipping , it takes practice but you will get there.
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Thanks for the help guys. I bought my paint setup from TJs so I’ll check out the racks
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Your leaving in the paint to long. Here is the process I use.
1. Stir your powder paint to make it fluffy. I use a toothpick.
2 Heat Jig head
1/32 6 seconds
1/16 10 seconds
1/8 12 seconds I use a heat gun
3. Dip head in paint make sure your swirling the jig head. Dip it and then remove it quickly. Tap on the side of paint container to knock off lose paint. The jig needs to be moving when you dip it. Do not dunk it in the paint or you will get too much on the head. I hand dip my heads and don't have a problem with paint in the eyes.
4. Hang jig head let it dry for a minute or so.
The key is to fluff the paint and dip a moving head in the paint for 1/2 a second and then knock off the excess. You can re-heat the head with a heat gun if you need to even out the paint.
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Thanks for this info Grainraiser. This is a big help
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When you use the shrink tubing, slide it on the eye and try to stop short of it contacting the lead. Try to leave a small gap. Then heat the jig, dip it, then grasp the tubing and remove it as soon as you are done dipping. In this manner you will not get blemishes on the top of the jig.
Way too much paint. You want the powder to be fluffy. I roll the container, lid on of course, and this gets me started. Then I can paint some, then I stir the paint with a stick to get it fluffy again. It will pack down hard due to the vibrations of dipping. Keep trying different ways until you get better results.
You are almost there……
Maybe they will bite this one……
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