Heating jigs in a toaster oven

[crappiefarmer]

What temp do I need to set toaster oven on to warm a whole batch of jigs to dip in powder Paint? Pulling them out one at a time to dip. Thanks.CF

[yellowjacket]

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[crappiefarmer]

I see the cure times and temps but I am talking about preheating jigs for dipping in paint. Will 400 degrees work or do I need to go higher?CF

[skiptomylu]

Couldn't tell you that as I use an alcohol burner to heat each as I go.

Skip

[Shoemoo]

You'll probably have to experiment. Depends on the size of your oven door (how fast heat escapes) and the ambient temperature.

My heat gun has a low temp around 450 degrees and it takes about two seconds per side for a 1/16 ounce jig to reach the correct temperature.

[no1son]

Jann's Netcraft as a how-to page:

Fishing Lure Components - Powder Paint for Fishing Lures

The smaller the jig the more quickly it heats thoroughly. Remember the melting point of lead is 327 degrees. I think that probably the steps to protect fiber weed guards on the Jann's page is probably safer in general if not quite so fast. It would pay to get an oven thermometer and check out the actual temperature rather than just to trust the settings. And then you could see how well that lasts with the oven door open. That would tell you how long you have to work during the dipping.

Personally I don't find powder painted jigs to be any more chip resistant than most other paints, especially if while under a bridge you occasionally bounce one off the overhead beam like I occasionally do .

[crappiedoc]

Lead melts at over 600*, tin is 437* I believe. CF, I know there's some guys who use their ovens to preheat but unless you have a rack painting system it's not very energy efficient. Like Skip mentioned a alcohol burner, or Shoemoo's heat gun or I just use a propane torch, it's 1 at a time but very controllable. Bronson, Lightwirehooker have some complete systems posted here also. It just takes some practice like anything, I know I can do 3/min pretty easy when I get rolling with less than 1% needing the eye cleaned after painting. The melt offs are easy to control, it's the heat/dip that takes the most time to master. The toughest paint job I have is a powder base with a liquid top coat, you can almost drag that baby down the road. Time, patience, practice are all your friends here, besides the fish could give a crap less how purdy the paint job is.

[Sandwich Maker]

Lead melts at over 600*, tin is 437* I believe. CF, I know there's some guys who use their ovens to preheat but unless you have a rack painting system it's not very energy efficient. Like Skip mentioned a alcohol burner, or Shoemoo's heat gun or I just use a propane torch, it's 1 at a time but very controllable. Bronson, Lightwirehooker have some complete systems posted here also. It just takes some practice like anything, I know I can do 3/min pretty easy when I get rolling with less than 1% needing the eye cleaned after painting. The melt offs are easy to control, it's the heat/dip that takes the most time to master. The toughest paint job I have is a powder base with a liquid top coat, you can almost drag that baby down the road. Time, patience, practice are all your friends here, besides the fish could give a crap less how purdy the paint job is.

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[Mike Andrews]

I've always set mine in the 350-375 deg F range and it worked fine but since these guys convinced me to get an alcohol burner I've been using it for the pre-heat and likeing it much better. A rack system is a must with either method IMHO.

[litewirehooker]

I use a propane tourch and the flame is perfect. Once I clean out the eyes (Small Drill Bit), I paint the eyes and then put the rack (325-350 jigheads) in the oven for approximately 8 minutes to let the eyes cure and leadheads finish curing. I set the temp to about 300 but the remove the hooks in 8 minutes and the temp seldom reaches 300 before removing. The reds colors I do a little different because the white eye paint will blend with the red paint and not be white anymore. A lot of trial and error. I occasionall will do a test drop on the concrete floor and if it don't crack........that's good. Everyone does things little different but this method has worked for me. I still read other methods ..........I'm an old dog but still willing to try new methods.