chipping powder paint? HELP please!

[Rebbasser]

Gotta disagree with C-rig a bit. If you ate getting gobs of pIint i believe you are not getting the jig hot enough initially It is a narrow range between hot enough and melting the head. I use a blowtorch to heat them up and them bake them in the oven to cure them. Drives my wife crazy but she will let me do it

[Cheech]

Originally Posted by Rebbasser

Gotta disagree with C-rig a bit. If you ate getting gobs of pIint i believe you are not getting the jig hot enough initially It is a narrow range between hot enough and melting the head. I use a blowtorch to heat them up and them bake them in the oven to cure them. Drives my wife crazy but she will let me do it

Actually, I think getting the lead too hot will make you get too much paint on the initial dip. I like to get it barely hot enough to have the paint stick, and maybe do two layers. Another key is to make sure you stir the powder for every jig. The powder can compact and make dipping the head more difficult. Stirring the powder loosens it up and helps get an even coat on the first dip. Also, if I get clogging in the eye, I just take a very fine bit from my dremel tool and clean it out afterward.

I started doing this when I was messing with putting 4 different colors of paint on my heads to match the California 420 color that Reaction Innovations puts out. They are very very deadly.

BTW, I've been reading this forum for a while, and I haven't posted much. I'm an avid basser, and I fly fish and tie flies a lot too. I live in Nevada (there are more fish here than people think). Good to meet you all.

[carolina-rig-01]

Originally Posted by Rebbasser

Gotta disagree with C-rig a bit. If you ate getting gobs of pIint i believe you are not getting the jig hot enough initially It is a narrow range between hot enough and melting the head. I use a blowtorch to heat them up and them bake them in the oven to cure them. Drives my wife crazy but she will let me do it

I'm not saying your wrong Reb. But in my experience if the jighead is too hot I get too much paint on the head and end up with the gobs. If the head is not hot enough then the paint doesn't stick well at all and I end up with a partially covered head. I tried everything to fix it when I first started and dipping the jighead in the powder and removing it quicker cured my problem, thus I thought that less paint was the answer. I agree there is a fine line between a jighead being too hot or not hot enough, and too much paint or too little paint. I usually can tell if I get the temperature right on the jighead by how the paint looks when I pull it out of the powder coat. You want it to be shiny not dull, but not so hot it is steaming.