Thread: Eye cleaning

I also take special care not to get powder paint in the eye. That has to do with temp control and pacing to keep it uniform. Too hot and it picks up too much powder, too cool and it doesn't pick up any. I want a powder coating to just stick to the ball to melt when it goes back in the toaster oven I use. Then I get a nice even coat with no dripping and clean eyes. I only do maybe 40 or 50 in a session; so I leave the whole in the toaster oven for maybe 20 minutes after the last one is done to get a good cooked in cure. I only paint black and this works pretty well for 1/32 and 1/48 jigs (both ball head and with reversed tangs) with size 6 and 8 hooks. I have other colors but no longer fish with anything but black jig heads and do not add eyes. I never quite worked out getting a good coating with the other colors anyway.

One other thing I find that a very thin threaded rod works best to hang the jigs on. Then they do not slide against each other to stick together or mess up each others' finish.

Originally Posted by CTom

I use this....

Thanks C TOM work well