Quote Originally Posted by USMA65 View Post
I set up my one fluid bed base and filled seven cups with paint. After a few Mt. St. Helens events, I settled down and in about 2 hours painted 61 jigs and cleaned the eyes out. I started using the technique i saw on a video ( Skip, I think it was yours) of holding the jig so that the hemostat keeps the eye clean. I was messy and had trouble placing the jigs on the rack without touching one another. I had a ball doing this and love the colors I got, except for that flame red, which looks like blaze orange to me. I can see the need for another base and another few cups. Dave, I don't think you'll miss the polish too much if you switch. Actually, any technique that works well in your hands is hard to replace. Over the years I have seen many medical providers use an assortment of approaches to a certain task. But the end result was the same; only the way of getting the desired result varied. In other words, polish in the hands of some is better than powder/vinyl paint in those same hands, or others.
No not my clip as I don't hold the eye with my stats, I let it paint and use a sharpened wood toothpick to clear paint out of the eye before I hang it after dipping it. I just never liked all the mess on my stats so refuse to do that, lol!

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