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This happens to black more than any other color. I have been curing all my colors at 300 for about 13 min. Most of the time the black nipples down. Do I keep cutting back the times or what? I only swish it in the paint to the count of 2.Back and forth one time then out she comes
What I did to help me prevent the run from my Illusion was to dip it cold, heat it, cool it, dip it, and one more time to get it to look right and prevent the droop. I had to do it this way because dipping the heated jig always resulted in too much.
Only other thing that has worked was to cure them at 200 for 30-45 minutes. The time isn't the issue, at least that is what I have been told, the temp is. Cooler temps, cures slower, doesn't get as hot and can't droop as easily. I have cured at these temps and they do work, just have to find the right times for the right temp somewhere.
So at a lower temp should work on all colors and I would guess it would also help prevent the run that closes the hook eye as well when you bake them. Did I understand that correct?Quote:
Originally Posted by fish_4_all
I just cured 100 jigs at 275. Red, Pink, orange, purple, yellow. Cooked them for 30 minutes. Not a single closed eye and not a single droop of any kind. The reason I did it was because they are lead free jig heads, not because of problems with the paint. I did notice that they eyes were much cleaner than at higher temps though so maybe it made a difference there too. The finish is rock hard just like the ones I bake at 350 and I have never noticed a difference in the finish nor the durability.
It couldn't hurt to try! I don't have black otherwise I would know what works already. Either that or I would have given up on using it.
will do that on the next batch and see how it turns out especially around the hook eyes for that seems to be the only place mine runs if it runs at all
Don't have that problem ever since I started using a fluid bed. I also use an alcohol burner and I count depending on the jig head size. For me I count between 6-8 for 1/16 and at least 8 for 1/8. I also cure the black as the Mfg recommends at 392 for 15 minutes.
Skip
It might be that the black is collecting more around the eye than the other colors. I have this problem with purple. I started heating the head from the bottom side away from the eye and I didn't get the caking between the eye and the pliers as bad if at all. I didn't get any filing of the eyes once I did. Maybe the hook eye doesn't heat up as much or something doing it that way.
Also if you get the eye painted shut with the black I find it is the easiest one to clear out (after cure) with a hot bodkin.
Skip
The only time I ever get top clumps is when I've gotten too much powder on the jig head. And after I've cleaned the eyes off and then cured, never had a jig eye get filled in and you've seen my posts with the pictures of them.
There is a sticky on here with curing times for different colors of paint but I've always used the 350 degrees for 20 mins sometimes 22 but thats about it.
Here's the sticky from Skip on cure times:
http://www.crappie.com/crappie/jig-t...emps-time.html
Fatman
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Originally Posted by fish_4_all
Great suggestion! Thanks.