A really crappy paint!!!!!

Well I poured several hundred 1/16 and 1/32 oz jigs and had the white base coat on them and couldn't find my painting stuff as the last time I painted was at the old rental place.

So I went to the Hobby Lobby and bought some Faskoloor flourescent paint. It went on good over the white base coat which was testor's then I put a clear 2 part epoxy (From Janns Netcraft) over it. They looked really good and I let them dry for 3 days which is my usual, put them in an old jig hook box and went to tie some jigs up last night and they're all stuck together.

Looks like the color came right through the epoxy. So I went on their web site and the paint is considered Flexible!!! So today its going back and I'll get my old reliable testor's paint.

Yes before it comes up I do some powder painting but some of my smaller jigs I enjoy just watching a movie and painting some jigs.

Fatman

Powder Paint sux.......... I stopped using it years ago....Go to my thread on this topic and look at my jigheads... My friend paints them and i tie them... Dont waste your money on Pro-tec powder paint... JMHO

CK,

Which one, you're on alot threads about painting and crafting?? I know you say your friend paints them, but what thread??

Fatman

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CK,

Which one, you're on alot threads about painting and crafting?? I know you say your friend paints them, but what thread??

Fatman

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Jigs NY style is the thread.... If you want ill get some info on what he uses..

Ck,

Went back and re-read that whole thread. Sat and just looked at the pics of the jigs and one of the guys was I think right. Vinyl paint with a clear coat. But I'll wait for the info from you. I've tried vinyl before but it was the stuff from Jann's.

The problem I have with it is when you want to use plastic bodies on the jig head. First time I ever used it had melted goo all over :eek::rolleyes::D

Nothing on the label says whether or not you can use 2 part clear coat epoxy over it though, maybe send a msg to Jann's and ask.

No hurry on the info, I'm still pouring jigs, I bought the Do IT mold at a flea market, it was the precision 1/16 - 1/32, four of each. Paid $3 bucks for it, don't think the guy knew what he had.

Thanks for the help

Fatman

I'm certainly not an expert, but I like the powder paint system. I use
a heat gun to heat the jig, a $20. walmart toaster oven to cure the heads.
Real nice color and extremely durable.
I had two issues initially, both with chartruse heads. 1. turning dark
( went to 10 minutes at 350 to cure ) #2. " nipples " I was double dipping
and picking up too much paint. Started dipping only once and problem solved.

I took some of my head to the coast and still had paint on them after
hours of bouncing them on oster beds.
Mo

I use powder for my jig mostly and when I finally get my Roadrunners I think that vinyl will be what I use to try and keep from taking them apart to paint. If I didn't have so much powder paint now I may have started using the vinyl, but not enough experience with it yet to know that.

The powder is just too easy to not use. I heat mine with an alcohol burner and use a count for the heat, like 4-5 count of 1/16 and more up to 7 or even 8 for 1/4. Less with 1/32 and smaller. I also use a fluid bed to help with using the right amount of paint. One pretty fast dip i and done.

Above or some thread on this board I posted the recommended cure temps and time.

Skip

I only use powder paint now a days!When curred properly its hard to beat!

Only Bad thing about vinyl is the smell, allways gave me a headache, even with the fan on and the window open. Switched to powder paint and very happy with it.
NO more headache.

Skip

Did you make your own fluid bed or did you buy one???? If you made it do you have a copy of the plans and/or materials you used??

Fatman