Question for painting jigheads

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?

What kind of paint are you using?

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.

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.

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Originally Posted by 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.

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

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,,,,

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.

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

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

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.