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Has anyone every taken and taped up the swivel and taped poney heads or any heads, to cardboard and spray painted them? Then clear coated them.???Im going to try this tomorrow. Wondered if it would work. You know spray 1 side let it dry and turn it over and spray this side. If it would work man you could paint like 1000 heads in just a hr or so.
Bug
It's messy!!!!!!!! I just paint them one at a time with a brush or powder paint them. I've spent more time getting lousy paint jobs off only to have to redo them.
Please let us know how it works for you. People are quick to share what works but it's just as important to find out what isn't working.
it dont work lol....messy very messy it kinda runs lol...So i bought me a fluid bed lol...
Stick with what has worked in the past to give you an indicator of future successes. If it did not work in the past is when I change something. Happy 2011
One thing I've done when painting pony heads with powder paint is after heating the head, I'll dip the swivel in a small medicine bottle of cold water to cool it before putting it in the powder paint. Then the paint won't stick to it. Y'all may already do that but I though I'd throw that in.
i believe scott i read where you posted this before lol..i am gonna try this for sure.
Ha Ha That's what happens when you get old, you keep repeating yourself. LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by PBUG2009
Bug
I really hope you didn't do to many LOL. How long did it take you to clean them all off, or did you melt them all down and start again
Fatman
i did maybe 10 lol....acetone took it all off, i boughta fluid with yellow charteruse powder paint..To learn to mess with it. then gonna order alot of colors...
I tape my swivels and spray the heads. Never have had any trouble with this method. Alot easier than powder I use a paint board that holds the hook and swivels that are taped. Have gotten good spray painting with the road runners. Just did 50 in gray for the Gray Ghost. Now they turned out really good. Some day I will get this picture thing figured out a post a picture of the paint board. This is the way we did production work in the old days. But guess what it still works today. Like I say if it aint broke don't fix it.
Redman
redman you talking about the powder paint sprayer? I seen one of these advertised...Or do you mean a vinyl paint sprayer?
Pbug when I use the paint board I have to use vinyl paint as I don't have one those fancy air brushes. I don't see why the paint board would not work on the powder paint air brush system. I do 25 at a time with a paint board. My board is two feet long but I have seen them much longer. The guy who put me on to one used a 4 foot paint boards and did 100 heads at a time. That was better than 20 years ago and he was selling 1000 jigs a week and 2000 painted heads. He had 4 boards and a drying room with heat lamps sprayed vinly paint. Don't think that powder paint had hit the market at that time so every one was useing vinyl.
Redman
If you want to spray, how about a stir stick from a fast food place? diameter is different from place to place so you might have to hit a few before you find what you want, but the price is right. Cut in sections and slip over the swivel and leave it long enough to grab and remove, maybe even when wet.
Are you getting water in the powder paint?Quote:
Originally Posted by ScottV
What brand of Vinyl Paint are you using? Also where can I read about or see this paint board your talking about?Quote:
Originally Posted by Redman
Thanks
no on the water np he heats the heads the dips the swivel in cold water so the paint wont stick to it....It cools the swivel
I've tried about everything I think. Mostly made a mess. The last thing I tried before I quit pony heads all together was split a straw slide the swivel in spray. Used a board full of trim nails to set the straws upright. Then you can go back through pick up the straw do your second or more coats.
No I just quickly dip what part of the jig head that I don't want paint to stick to in cool water. Then I shake it off and it will still be warm enough to dry whatever water is left on there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nightprowler
Nightprowler to answer your questions 1. as to what paint I use I use several I alway spray wal-mart brand flat white as a base coat. Found that for the price it is the best and less inexpensive of all the spray panit. It also goes about as far as any of the more pricey brands. For the Green, Black, and Gray I use wal-mart brand. Red and Yellow Rust-o-lium. Chartruse is the Lowe's brand in Candy Apple. Blue I have two that I like the Wal-Mart and Rust-o-lium. Two different shades. Both work on the lakes I fish around here. Fire orange Rust-o-lium Flo. orange. The most expensive I spray. The fire orange I only do the Bream jigs with.
2. As far as the paint boards I will have to get the picture thing working on this computer as I have never seen any on any of the sites I visit. Would not think that it is that big a secret and suprised that more people are not using this old method of painting especialy for the pony heads. When I get it going I will post and you can see my method and hopefully some one will be able to come up with another modified more effective method with it. So stay tuned for Pictures.
Redman