powderpainting horsehead (Road Runner) jigs

[psilvers]

I want to pour and paint some horsehead (Road Runner) jigs. I have a powder bed and a heat gun. I am also fairly familiar with powder painting. How do I do it without messing up the swivel?

Thanks,
Pete

[azslabber]

Wrap aluminum foil around it.Get it all and spend some time doing it.After you paint it,remove the foil for curing.

[crappie josh]

ya i went down this road not to long ago and from what everyone has told me and what i have tried its the only way to PP them. you have to wrap all of your swivles with alumin foil its very tedious but its the only way to end up with a good product so you wrap your swivles with foil and PP your heads and then before you cure your paint be sure to remove the foil from the swivles cause if u dont well good luck removing the foil afterwards the PP will be like an epoxy after curing Good luck and have fun watch some TV or something while you wrap your swivles makes time go by faster trust me been there :D

[Fatman]

Pete

This has been discussed many times here on this board. I make them and powder paint them. My own way is to sit down in front of the TV and using tin foil wrap the swivels.

I know its a pain in the butt but it works for me. After you're done with powder coating them, strip the tin foil off BEFORE CURING!!!! If you forget it's a pain in the butt to get it off.

After curing you might have to use a sharp razor blade to trim any paint off the swivel that's connected to the jig head, I get a few and I carefully get it off cause I like the whole swivel to spin not just the bottom half.

The picture isn't great but this is with the swivel covered with tin foil



In this photo you can see where I forgot to strip the tin foil on one jig and the other pony's with the tin foil off



A bunch of completed ones



If you have any more questions just ask and I'll be glad to help, as will everyone else.

Hope this helps

Fatman

[psilvers]

Thanks for the replies. I will have to try the tin foil method and see how it works.

Pete

[Slabo]

Perfect clean crane swivels and hook eyes NO FOIL, NO TAPE, NO SHRINKTUBING !!!! The secret tool is " H2O " Yes WATER !!!! After you heat the jig just dip the eye and the swivel in cool H2O and then shake and dip in the powder paint. It works because you are cooling off the metal and the powder paint will not stick to a cold surface. Try it and spend your time fishing instead of wrapping tiny pieces of foil around swivels. IT WORKS !!!

[psilvers]

Slabo,

Thanks. i will have to try that. BTW, I see you are from just S of Memphis. I used to live in Cleveland, MS. When I went to Memphis I would always go to Sportsman' Warehouse. I see they are no longer in business. Did they close up or were they bought out?

Thanks again for the tip. I will definitely try it.

Pete

[Slabo]

Pete
They closed a little over a year ago but I have heard rumors that the Southaven store was going to reopen. The entire chain was bought out and they closed several stores.

[djack]

Do any of you guys use the butt rings instead of split rings for the small 1/16 & 1/32 horsehead jigs? I was thinking about ordering some to try and was interested in your experience.

[BumpBump]

Do any of you guys use the butt rings instead of split rings for the small 1/16 & 1/32 horsehead jigs? I was thinking about ordering some to try and was interested in your experience.

djack-was wondering the same- those 0 split rings nasty to open. does the higher price pliers listed in some catalogs for smaller rings work well. Think may try butt rings on smaller pony heads 1/32 to 1/8.