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me and brody got us some jig heads painted up. and thanks to skiptomylu for the advice about how to bake them to make them hard. check this out!!
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Looking good Doc, you using green beans to tip with now?:Rofl
Doc, what was his advice if you don't mind?
Looking good Doc. One of those should be good for one of the big fish pots. I have a hand tied one that is going to win the other pot. I can't disclose the color just yet. LOL.
Looks good Mark! It's getting close!
oh yea im ready!!!!! ready for some shadow shrimp too
man, i don't mind at all. i was not baking mine hot enough, but i was baking them way too long. here is what he recommended.Quote:
Originally Posted by 20watt
bake at 400 for 15 minutes (assuming you have pre-heated the oven and it is at 400 when you put them in). skip said, i think i remember correctly, that the lead head has to get to 393 to truly cure and harden the paint. but if it is too hot it will scorch the paint. he also recommended that i check what temp my oven is truly at when i set it at 400. he said lots of ovens are not calibrated exactly. so i did all that and they turned out awesome. only had one small drip and i think the only reason i had that is that brody got a jig head too hot and dipped it too thick when he was painting it. didn't have any "bullet headed" jigs after i baked them. that skip sure knows what he is talking about. hope this helps yall as much as it helped me.
doc :)
Dont forget to chip the eyes.
One time I didnt clean em out and had to throw them all out.
BTW, all you got is pink?
you gonna wish you had a handful of the pank heads when i hammer them on the bone in a few weeks. LOL
Thanks Doc.
haha. these jigs will get EXPENSIVE when ya have to buy them on the water. LOL but greenshiner, i will give ya a deal. kinda a bro-in-law deal.
doc :)
I ain't worried. If I need one, I know which boat you drive. HeHehe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by docwaldo
FYI, I think dbone has a law against snaggin fish nononoQuote:
Originally Posted by docwaldo
What's ur favorite color jig head? Just wondering. I don't have a clue. ( sarcasm) lol
Good job. Fl colors are hard to cure correctly w/o changing the color. Yours look pretty good.
Don't forget the orange!
Good job doc! They are looking darn good!
a little about what I told him....
I use an alcohol burner to heat heads, have to control how long the heads need to be in the flame before a fast side to side dip! You can even heat a 1/4 oz head in 5 seconds or less in flame so a 1/16 is maybe half that? Too long will make for too much pain on the head and drips and bullet shaped heads, LOL!
Cure times vary a lot when you look at Pro-Tec recommendations and time is all different, but almost all have a optional time and temp that falls between 392 and 400 degrees and for 15 minutes so this is what I use. Some will use less heat and longer times, but time in oven adds darker shades and some like Flame Red turn unacceptable! As far as my memory says only White Pearl is very different and is only 325 degrees for 20 minutes I think. If anyone is painting this and wants to know for sure just send me a PM and I will look it up.
These temps and times are lead surface temp!
i use an old toaster oven and I put a temp gauge in it to determine the real temps and where I have to set it to reach between 390-400 so I know this will start with this oven being cold so I add 2 minutes to the time because of it having to heat up. Believe me if doing Flame Red do not be slow to taking it out of this temp and time!
Skip
thx for the c;larification skip. all i know is you told me exactly the right way to do mine. they came out just dandy.
thanks again,
doc
Skip rules.
Good info skip, thanks. 👍
Cooked some last night with this info and they are some of the best ones I have ever done! Thanks Skip and Mark! You guys are what this website is all about, sharing what you know and helping others! I really appreciate it.
Thank you Dwyane and not sure if any of you tie jigs or not, but for the last few years I have been giving a lot of good tips to guys learning to tie so if anyone has a question about tying just send me a PM or email.Quote:
Originally Posted by shadow
Skip
with all this talk of JIGS do the fish in lake Darbonne eat fresh SHINERS :)
oh yeah. they bite a shiner just as quick as they will a jig. sometimes quicker. i make sure i have both in my boat. LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by cyberwolf
doc :)
just so nobody will say that i only fish with pink jig heads, let me show y all what skiptomylu made me. should have my mitts on them by early next week. he made me 3 dozen GG, and i thought to myself, "self--wouldn't these be great with some red in them??" so he made me some and put some red flashabou in them. half have the thin and the other half have a little thicker. i have had tons of luck with jigs that have a little flash of red in them, especially in the spring. anyway---skip is DA MAN!! holler at him if you have any needs for hand tied jigs.
yall check out the door prize thread for d'arbonne and see what skip just let me know.
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doc :)