powder paint???

[GCD]

My mistake was not cleaning the eye of the hook before I cured them. Man, they are tough to clean.
I don't mean to steal this mans thread, but when you use white for an undercoat, I should cure it before the finish coat? Also I am curious how some of you use different colors on the same jig head.

I use an acetylene torch tip cleaning tool to clean the eyes of the hooks before curing. It has different sized wires and they're pretty still with a file built into the wire. These are available at Home Depot and Lowes in the welding tools section.



I find that it really helps to prevent dripping and running if you cure your white base coat before applying a second coat, and also adds durability!

Multiple coats:

I have found that the Pro Tec brand powder paints that contain glitter like Dragonfly, Redbug, and Copperhead (just to name a few) are fairly translucent... and when applied over a opaque base coat like the flourescent colors, change both colors. For instance, Dragonfly applied over Hot Pink will give you a light purple with gold glitter... Copperhead over flourescent chartreuse will give you a brownish yellow (I call it Monkey Puke) with green glitter. You can also use the translucent colors over glow colors, they won't glow as brightly.. but will still have some glow and be a unique color.

For 2 tones, I pick a base and then just do a half dip of another color.

These are some of my creations:



... but the combinations are endless and only limited by your imigination!

[rtark]

GCD..That was an informative reply. I found it interesting and only makes me want to learn more. I like that red one, well... I like all of them. I will do some more reading on the glitter paint. I just read the first post I made on this forum and my intention was to just make a couple different types of jigs. Well, thats history now. I haven't been at it a month and I already have at least 50 and they are all different....You can't take it with you.

[GCD]

GCD..That was an informative reply. I found it interesting and only makes me want to learn more. I like that red one, well... I like all of them. I will do some more reading on the glitter paint. I just read the first post I made on this forum and my intention was to just make a couple different types of jigs. Well, thats history now. I haven't been at it a month and I already have at least 50 and they are all different....You can't take it with you.

The red one is a combination of 3 different color layers... PM me if you'd like the combination... I can't give away all my secrets on the WWW yanno!

[hair jig]

They hold up alright but they chip alot faster if you don't bake them first. My advise to you is buy a toaster oven to bake them much easier than the oven. And clean out the eyes first because if you don't the eyes way harder to clean out trust me.

[rtark]

The red one is a combination of 3 different color layers... PM me if you'd like the combination... I can't give away all my secrets on the WWW yanno!

I won't tell anyone else, and if I do, I'll tell them not to tell.