Quote Originally Posted by justcameslabdaddy View Post
Put them in the big over. 1st time it ever happen to me!
They appear to be too cool when dipped or were not in the paint long enough. You lose a lot of heat on small jigs when transferring from an oven to the paint. I use a small oven on the bench, heating the jigs in a tray, remove and dip with needle nose pliers. I have to overheat the smaller jigs to compensate for the heat lost in the pick up and movement process.

Did you do anything different this time? Are you using a thermometer in the oven? Clean eyes on the jigs indicate you covered them somehow; holding eye with pliers? Taking the time to grip by the eye slows down the movement from heat to paint. The longer the time from heat to paint, the smaller the jig the greater the heat has to be to start with so it bonds the paint sufficiently. Experiment with heat and movement time.

I use those colors also.

Charlie