Question for painting jigheads

[Takeum]

How do you get the paint to look so good? Every time I paint a jighead, it seems I have to use too many coats to get the pain to cover,,,, do you use a primer first?

[Dayne]

What kind of paint are you using?

[SuperDave336]

Assuming your talking about the fingernail polish. I sometimes do a base coat but usually I do several coats in one night. Then maybe another coat or two another night. I take my time if I’m painting like that. Not uncommon for me to have 3-5 coats on a jig head. I leave them sitting out and when passing by them quickly apply a coat. You can’t get in a hurry doing this. Sometimes if they aren’t dry good between coatings they smear.

[Timbertodd]

I have had the same problem as Dave if I get in too big a hurry. I do a minimal of 3 coats, but some colors require 1 or more additional. I will let them sit for at least 24 hours before putting on a coat of Hard As Nails.

Assuming your talking about the fingernail polish. I sometimes do a base coat but usually I do several coats in one night. Then maybe another coat or two another night. I take my time if I’m painting like that. Not uncommon for me to have 3-5 coats on a jig head. I leave them sitting out and when passing by them quickly apply a coat. You can’t get in a hurry doing this. Sometimes if they aren’t dry good between coatings they smear.

[SuperDave336]

Yes final coat or two is always Sally Hansen Hard as Nails. Amazing how it makes them look.

[Takeum]

Thanks,,,was having similar issues,,,was hoping primer would solve this,,,I used to use accelerator to help glue dry super fast and hard,,,wondering if nail accelerator works as well,,,,

[Micanopy]

They make UV fingernail polishes and then. ure them under UV lamps. That might speed you up a little, but no where near as fast as powder paint. You could get some white paint and apply that as a base coat.

[deathb4disco]

I use powder paint — fast, easy and looks great.

[Takeum]

Yeah,,,I do powder coat as well,,,think I’ll go back to using that,,,nail polish seems to be too slow for me,,,,I like the looks once it’s done, just to slow a process,,,,I’ll keep it for touchups,or maybe to detail the powder coated jigs

[Capt Cormorant]

I just found out last night. I tried to use clear powder coat over fingernail polish. There was a chemical reaction between the two. Acrylic art paint does not have a reaction and handles 300 degree curing process.