Powder paint help

Need some help from you guys. I don't pour many jigs, just for myself. Started reading about fluid beds and figured I'd build one just to see how it worked. Well I built 3 and they work fine with Chartruse, Green chr and Pink. My problem is with Black which I had read could be a problem and some Red. My Red has always seemed a little thick and not as light as the other colors. When I dip either one I get it to thick and in the fluid bed they just lay there and it blows out the side around cup edge red worse than black. I can't get either to lift at all. Thanks for any help you can give me.

Get you some clear powder and mix with your colors and you should get good results. I use a 50/50 mix.

Thanks Len iwill try that. Is that normal for Red to be like that. It even try's to lump up.

Cray

My problem color is white. Some colors are heavier than others, try different filter material. I was lucky enough to have several members send me some different size's of mesh, and for the heavy powders I use a looser style mesh which lets more air to flow through. Try different materials for filters.

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Cray

My problem color is white. Some colors are heavier than others, try different filter material. I was lucky enough to have several members send me some different size's of mesh, and for the heavy powders I use a looser style mesh which lets more air to flow through. Try different materials for filters.

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I will try that first. Thanks

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Get you some clear powder and mix with your colors and you should get good results. I use a 50/50 mix.

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X2. The clear does help with the heavy paint mixes. The harbor freight paint is thick and with a 50/50 mix of clear you have no problems with the paint.

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X2. The clear does help with the heavy paint mixes. The harbor freight paint is thick and with a 50/50 mix of clear you have no problems with the paint.

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Thanks for the reply StumpHunter. The paint I'm using is Protec and the Red seems like there is something wrong with it to me. It wants to clump and will look like it has moisture in it. Don't know if it all does that or I just got a bad batch. It has been like that since I first bought it.

Cray how did you build it?

Here's a link to the fluid bed I built and posted on http://www.crappie.com/crappie/jig-t...bed-build.html

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Cray how did you build it?

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I followed Fatman"s post except i had a peice of 4in trim board laying in the shop and i cut it long enough to mount 3 side by side about 4in apart. and instead of the brass fittings he used i found a pack of valves and T's in PetSmart that are white plastic.The valves have a end that is long enough to go into bottom of cup. Used the T's and short peices of hose to jumper it all together and hooked to dual outlet pump. I also could not find the addhesive he used but i found a Loctite product in Lowes that works similar to liquid nail. it is white and my board was white so got it. It works pretty good since i havent torn it off yet. This all sounds complicated and looks complicated but is really simple once you start. My hardest thing was actually finding the 2 fittings Fatman used on the shelfs at lowes.

I got my 2" top and bottom cup at Aubucon Hardware - they are the only ones I've found that have that flat buttom top cup with threads. The adhesive I got at Home Depot but I've seen it at other stores also, but as long as you use something that glues your base to your bottom cup it doesn't matter - I used the stuff I have cause I used a piece of bathroom tile, and on my 3" bed my base was plexiglass and it worked great with that too.

If you have any questions just post em - I had a lot before I built my beds and the guys here helped. Just enjoy passing on the info.

Fat man, I tried a piece of shop vac filter for the black and it worked a lot better. Haven't tried the red yet. Thanks for the advice.

Thanks Fatman and cray will try to build this weekend.

No problem glad to help. If I could get McMaster Carr to match up the screen filter I'd order a hugh sheet of it. The number from the company in Switzerland was on the mesh but McMaster doesn't cross reference their stock number with the companies so unless you have money laying around you have to order what you think is right and if it isn't you have to send it back and try again. I tried twice and both times it didn't match up.

If you really want to get the mesh screens for it talk to TJ's tackle Welcome to TJ's Tackle he'll tell you what info you'd need to send to match a filter round for the cup you have. Last time I talked to him they were 4-5 bucks for 1.

Check out Bugman on the MO board, he makes and sells them, probably hook you right up.

Got a question now. Is it a very fine mesh? Do you cut it to put it under the cup or just screw it in? Thanks

I have 3 different grades of mesh fine, medium and course. I really like the fine and the medium is good for heavier/thick powders. As I said I haven't been able to match the mesh I have up to what's in McMaster Carr.

I use the adhesive shown in the step by step, stretch it tight and stick it on flip it over and heavy weight on top of it and let it cure good.

If your talking the rounds from TJ's I don't know how he puts them on you'd have to email him.