Painting eyes on jig heads

[Didhebiteyou]

What paint is best for eyes ? Painting after curing powder coat ?

[GrumpyLoomis]

I like oil based paint after all powder coat is on but before I bake.

[Didhebiteyou]

So paint eyes with oil base then bake ? No runny eyes ?

[Cray]

I use testers or what ever it is model paint. I let first coat dry over night then second coat same. Then set oven down to 150 and bake about 30 minutes. No runs.

[GrumpyLoomis]

Yep, I do it like Cray but bake at 250. I think I will try going a lil cooler on temp but like the 30 minutes. Eyes don't run but if I paint them too heavy or 3 color they tend to slide down sometimes. Usually on greens or black colors.

[GrumpyLoomis]

Oh, the paint I use is ACE rust stop oil based paint. Kinda pricey but makes super eyes.

[doggone]

I'd have to go in the basement and look,but its regular jig paint they sell at tackle shops. I cut the point off a nail the diameter i want and file it off flat. I dip that in the paint and then just lightly touch it on the head. Hold it still just a moment then stick it in some styrofoam so that the eye is more or less up. I just do a few,then when the first one is dry I start on the other side. It makes a perfect little round eye just a hair bigger than the nail as the paint spreads just a smidge.

Take a sharp nail and paint a little thin red line like a gill behind the eye on some of em....they like that.

[Fatman]

A buddy told me about the CS paint pens and you just clear powder coat over them and oven cure as normal.
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[STUMP HUNTER]

A buddy told me about the CS paint pens and you just clear powder coat over them and oven cure as normal.
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I tied the paint pens and just don't like them.

[canebreaker]

I use nail polish.