Paint for eyes

Gonna give powder painting a try. What kind of paint do you use for the eyes? And do you paint the eyes before you bake them? Thanks in advance for the info.


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I never painted eyes on a jig. I have always used the 3rd holographic eyes. I attached them with a dab of Sally Hanson hard as nails. I don't bake or top coat mines. Baking is only required if you dock shooting or fishing around rocks. Your not knock gonna chip the paint if your fishing wood.

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Originally Posted by Grainraiser

I never painted eyes on a jig. I have always used the 3rd holographic eyes. I attached them with a dab of Sally Hanson hard as nails. I don't bake or top coat mines. Baking is only required if you dock shooting or fishing around rocks. Your not knock gonna chip the paint if your fishing wood.

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Grainraiser, do you have a pic of what the holographic eyes look like?


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3D eyes




You can use acrylic paint to add eyes. Dab the end of a drill bit and daub it on so you get a circle.

Baking the jig cures the paint. I skipped it a few times, but now I bake them all. Paint the eyes after you bake.

EBay is a good source for 3D eyes from China. 2D eyes can be made 3D and I do this quite often.

We each kind of find our own way with this stuff. A level we are comfortable with. I feel that if I am making a head, I might as well make a nice one.

If you have time to wait there is a guy in China that has some good deals on 3D eyes. I think a lot of guys here buy from him.

https://www.ebay.com/str/Lifefly-Outdoors

There are several sources in the states that sell as well if you prefer.

I mainly use 3-d eyes but for some ball head jigs I use acrylic paint markers that you can get at most craft stores. Easy to apply and dries in a couple minutes.

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Originally Posted by JUNGLEJIMJIGS

I mainly use 3-d eyes but for some ball head jigs I use acrylic paint markers that you can get at most craft stores. Easy to apply and dries in a couple minutes.

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Do you also paint the eyes after baking like Micanopy does?


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Definitely bake heads first before applying any eyes.

Thanks everyone for the help. We’ll see how it goes.


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I paint my eyes because when I started their was no stick on eyes. I buy small cans of oil based paint, paint my eyes before I bake jigs. It bakes down into powder coat and I never lose one. LOL