Thread: PP help what i do wrong?

Put them in the big over. 1st time it ever happen to me!

Originally Posted by justcameslabdaddy

Put them in the big over. 1st time it ever happen to me!

They appear to be too cool when dipped or were not in the paint long enough. You lose a lot of heat on small jigs when transferring from an oven to the paint. I use a small oven on the bench, heating the jigs in a tray, remove and dip with needle nose pliers. I have to overheat the smaller jigs to compensate for the heat lost in the pick up and movement process.

Did you do anything different this time? Are you using a thermometer in the oven? Clean eyes on the jigs indicate you covered them somehow; holding eye with pliers? Taking the time to grip by the eye slows down the movement from heat to paint. The longer the time from heat to paint, the smaller the jig the greater the heat has to be to start with so it bonds the paint sufficiently. Experiment with heat and movement time.

I use those colors also.

Charlie

Originally Posted by skeetbum

Might the heads not be hot enough? Not enough paint on the heads might be part of it, thin coverage. I don't know what your heat source is but you might experiment with that some.

That is the first thing I thought of when I saw those heads.



Bobo

No I dip and clean the eyes before baking I will try some more.

Might want to check your mold for oil. I had this happen after I oiled the hinges. I also had a batch of lightwire hooks that had a lot of oil on the hooks and it would migrate to the outside edges. I cleaned the mold and hooks with brake cleaner and no more issues with that mold or hooks.

Yep that might be it I did oil the mold before I poured .

I started out heating my jigs in the oven first before dipping and I'm really glad I went to the heat gun!!! Much better control for me.

I think it was the oil I sprayed on the hinges. Cause it haven'
happen again