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Reply With QuoteLook great, Keep on cooking!!
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Got the hankering to try painting my own, and can't ever find the right hook size and or weight in any store or website.
Then I got to researching fluid beds, and ended up building two homemade uits, and they work like a champ.
Found a great deal on 100 3/16 jigs with a 1/0 sickle hook, shipped for less than $20.00. So, here it is my first attempt at powder paints.
How did I do?
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Look great, Keep on cooking!!
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Painting them isn't the tough part. Getting the paint to stay on em is. No matter the color, cook em at 385 for 18 minutes. Better clean the eyes out before ya cook em this way.
Jerry does it this way and you can't knock the paint off his with a sledge hammer.
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Nice job Brian!! Now you can fish with what you want. Been doing it for 20 years.
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I baked them at 325 degrees for 30 minutes. Did the drop test, and no chips.
Thanks guys, it was actually pretty enjoyable, and know that I have a product that I customized to my spec's and it's way cheaper than buying them off the shelf.
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They look great. What was your full technique.
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Organize work area to flow, have heat gun running at 700 degrees, fluid bed ready, heat jig for approximately 15 to seconds, then dip jig. ** was told not to dip the barb due to making slick and tube body would come off easier.Originally Posted by Tracker12
The hot pink and blaze orange would dip twice. After dipping, if it does not have a shiny or gloss finish, put it over the heat for a few seconds until it glossed. If needing another coat, dip now. Once happy, take paper clip and clean out the eye, and then hang on rack.
Once ready, take your jig rack over or in a catch pan, and place in oven. This baking process is the most inconsistent part of the process, all the info out there is all over the place. I would say that if your temp is in the low 300's then bake longer, and if the temp is in the higher 300's then reduce the temp.
Once cooled, take a jig out to the garage or driveway, and do a drop test. If it does not chip then it is a success.
Now, go fish!!
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Do a bag test on your jig heads. If the paint stays on them after riding around in your boat for a few months they are good to go. If you get a bag full of paint chips change to what I told ya. I'm not an expert, but Meatgetter my X tourney partner is. That's where I got my info.
The jigs do look great tho. Nice job!!!!!
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. The bag test.
Got these done from two outside vendors.
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Go to this link. It is a cooking chart from the paint manufacturer for every color they had at the time. 325-350 for 30 has worked best for me overall. Get a oven thermometer and check temp whether using kitchen oven or toaster oven. Be surprised what you will find. Cooking to hot has a tendency to darken the colors.
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