Quote Originally Posted by skeetbum View Post
I bought a dewalt heat gun for about $20 fifteen years ago and it comes in handy for other stuff too. I use a small pair of needle nose pliers and hold the eye when I dip. I hold the hook and count 3 or 4 on each side til I feel the heat in the hook, grab the eye with the pliers and dip and tap on the side of the jar. I Don’t have to clean the eyes afterwards that way. If you heat while holding it with the pliers you’ll coat the pliers too cuz they’d get hot. Candle and alcohol burner didn’t git it for me.

I have gotten so good dipping jig heads that I no longer need to use pliers. I can dip then by hand and they will come out with no paint in the eyes. The key is to dip the head quickly while making a circular turn. As long as the paint has been fluffed you will get a perfect jig painted jig head. I only use pliers when dipping 1/64 heads.