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I thought I had read where clear was being mixed with some colors to avoid drips on colors like Chart Green. Is this right? What ratio would be best? White & Chart Green give me the most headaches from drips. I can bake them at lower temps for a longer time without problems. I want to bake hotter and shorter. Will the clear help? What are some other uses for the clear?
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Can you some generalized ideas as you don't say what you use to heat the jigs before dipping, what you're using to cure them or brand powder. One really big thing is: If you are using a toaster oven to cure your jigs - go to walmart or target where ever and get an in oven thermometer!!!!!!!!!! Talking with some guys at Tackle Underground they did some tests and most of the toaster ovens don't run at the temp they're set at, anywhere from 10 to 25 degrees!!! That alone could cause you problems.
Yes you can mix clear with colors that are really heavy. I don't know what type of powder you're using so I'll assume ProTec. If you're getting drips with Chart Green it sounds like you're heating the jig too hot and it's got too much powder on it which will cause drips. Normal Cure time is 350 degrees for 25 minutes with ProTec green chart.
Heavy colors that I've mixed clear into are white (Janns), brown, Fl purple (Janns), and yellow (Janns and Protec).
I also make up batch's of clear with different colored glitter for glitter coats. Stuff from Michaels, WalMart, JoAnne's fabrics, all work but for small jigs get the fine or extra fine. When I do a glitter clear coats I run the cure time for the entire batch at 325 degrees for 25 minutes.
What Fatman said. I found my house oven off 25 degrees when set at 350. Toaster oven off almost 50 degrees to hot at 350. I have never had that problem with the Green. My bad colors are black and one batch of red. Are you using a fluid bed?
Sorry. Guess more info would help. No fluid bed but keep paint loose with a straightened gem clip every few heads. All protec paints. Using alcohol lamp/burner and denatured alcohol. Usually a 4 count on each side before shaking head into paint. Tap off excess and place head back over heat briefly to even out. Let cool on rack till painted # I want of that color. Use toaster oven with a oven thermometer.
I will try the lesser count over the heat on the Chart Green and then pass back over heat to smooth out the powder. See if that's the trick.
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Shine, if your going to do very many even just for yourself either build or buy a fluid bed. Go to YouTube and watch some of the videos. I suspect your getting a little to much paint on the head. With the fuid bed you get a real fine coat of paint.
Don't think the clear will help to stop drips...... most likely is as was said - just too much paint would be my guess as well. Too hot during cure will let the powder flow too easily also.
You can eliminate drips on the nose of the head by curing them with the head up/hook down with a clamp of some sort to hold the jigs. The drip (if any) will run down the hook shank instead of affecting the shape and look of the jig head. CS Coatings makes a clamp - Jig & Lure Paint Supplier to the Fishing Tackle Industry - CS Coatings - but there are some other DIY options. Another trick if your homemade clamp allows is to turn your jigs every few minutes while they cure.
Bugman has real good fluid beds for a reasonable price, and Hunter7711 made a rack to invert the heads while curing problem colors. Lower head temp helped cure my problem with chart colors.
No where even close to where most of these guys are at in experience but I use a little clear with everything and have been real happy with the results. On the heavier colors I heat less and dip quicker.