need help painting pony/horse head jigs

im having a little trouble paint some pony head jigs my crane swivel is getting to much paint on it how do i go about painting these lures and getting them to turn out right?:eek::confused:

Are you hand painting or powder painting???

Fatman

powder painting with a fluid bed and a heat gun

I know it will sound like a pain but get some tin foil and wrap it around the swivel. After you dip it clean the eye then use a pair of needle nose pliers to get the foil off.

It works really good.

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Fatman

Pic didn't come out good the first one is with the foil on the second is with the foil pulled

Fatman

man i would have never thought about that ill have to give it a try

One more tip!!! If you're gonna powder paint a bunch of pony jigs wrap all the swivels FIRST!!!! sit in front of the tv and wrap them or whatever it saves time in the long run.

Fatman

Only way I know to do it and yes it's a pain.

Skip

should i take the tin foil off before i cure the jigs?

Oh heck yes. You know how hard that paint is after curing so by all means take it off. There a a couple things you need to watch for though.

First when you take it off if it has paint connecting it and the head it may chip the paint on the nose so if that happens I usually just get a little on something and dump a little right where it's needed. Also make sure you cover the bottom part of that swivel as well as possible as you don't want any paint getting inside that barrel for them bottom. I try to protect as much of it as possible and still keep it from touching the head so it will not stick to it then.

Skip

Agree, they're a pita to paint, but tin foil is the only way to go.
Like Fatman said, do all the wrapping in tin foil first!

i dont know if you could use these but if your going to paint alot of them could you get those heat resistant tubes off of do it molds and cover the crane with it?

jus my $0.02 but I have found personally depending on how hot you heat up the jig ,will determine how much paint absorption your going to generate"...fluid bed and heat gun is tops",now you need to find a time application and maybe a quicker swish.And i have found after about two or three ,Their banging out like the pros ya know"!?!?!:D

bout a buck 2 soak n wet...;)

I have a way that I do it shown to me by the guy that first came up with the idea. Yes Blakemore wan't the first. And if I could figuer out how to post pictures on the board I would post a picture of how it is done.

I will tell you that you need to first drill three holes in a 1x1 then cut it in half thur the holes. Put three bolts thur the holes and use washers and wing nuts on the bolts. This way you have two pieces of wood held together with three bolts. Put the head in between the two pieces of wood at a angle so that the swivel is mostly covered. Tighten slightly so you get a impression. Loosen up the wing nuts and figuer out how big a hole you will need to drill for both the collar and swivel. Bret used a 2 foot long piece of wood and would paint 25 at a time. The making of this device is a long prossess. But well worth it. He would have 6 going at the same time.

I have made two one for collars one without. Its a pain in the Well. But sure makes painting a lot easier. I know every one likes powder and I like it too but I have found by using this method I can use spray paint and get the job done just as fast and easier than by using powder. Use a fast dying Flat White base and go from there. There are many colors in a spray can that used. More colors that have been avalible in a long time. And by using this method I can paint the eyes on with out even taking them out of the paint rack. Making for a totally painted head when it come out. Ready to put on the split ring and blade.

Hope that this gives you a Idea of how I do it and maybe someone can come up with a better mouse trap. Good Luck.

Redman

With regard to using tin foil to wrap the swivel on horse/pony heads, here is a tip.

Don't use traditional Reynolds wrap or other kitchen weight foil, its to heavy. Instead, keep the foils that are used to wrap candy like Hershey's kisses, bite sized Dove bars, bite size Reeses Peanut but cups, etc. The foils are much smaller, and much lighter/flexible.

Unwrap and flatten the foils with care - once flat, you can section them in pieces, and usually wrap 2-3 jigs from the foil of a single candy.

UG