Gonna give powder painting a try. What kind of paint do you use for the eyes? And do you paint the eyes before you bake them? Thanks in advance for the info.
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Gonna give powder painting a try. What kind of paint do you use for the eyes? And do you paint the eyes before you bake them? Thanks in advance for the info.
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I never painted eyes on a jig. I have always used the 3rd holographic eyes. I attached them with a dab of Sally Hanson hard as nails. I don't bake or top coat mines. Baking is only required if you dock shooting or fishing around rocks. Your not knock gonna chip the paint if your fishing wood.
Grainraiser, do you have a pic of what the holographic eyes look like?Quote:
Originally Posted by Grainraiser
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3D eyes
You can use acrylic paint to add eyes. Dab the end of a drill bit and daub it on so you get a circle.
Baking the jig cures the paint. I skipped it a few times, but now I bake them all. Paint the eyes after you bake.
EBay is a good source for 3D eyes from China. 2D eyes can be made 3D and I do this quite often.
We each kind of find our own way with this stuff. A level we are comfortable with. I feel that if I am making a head, I might as well make a nice one.
If you have time to wait there is a guy in China that has some good deals on 3D eyes. I think a lot of guys here buy from him.
https://www.ebay.com/str/Lifefly-Outdoors
There are several sources in the states that sell as well if you prefer.
I mainly use 3-d eyes but for some ball head jigs I use acrylic paint markers that you can get at most craft stores. Easy to apply and dries in a couple minutes.
Do you also paint the eyes after baking like Micanopy does?Quote:
Originally Posted by JUNGLEJIMJIGS
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Definitely bake heads first before applying any eyes.
Thanks everyone for the help. We’ll see how it goes.
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I paint my eyes because when I started their was no stick on eyes. I buy small cans of oil based paint, paint my eyes before I bake jigs. It bakes down into powder coat and I never lose one. LOL
Alright guys, I need y’all to critique these and tell me what I need to do to improve these. These are my first ones. I put heat shrink on the eyes and obviously had some of them to close to the head. Also tried a couple without heat shrink and cleaned the eyes before I baked them. These pics are prior to baking. There was a few that seemed to have too much paint on them. You can probably see that. Is that because of being too hot, not hot enough, too long in the paint???? Any help would be appreciated. Be as brutal as you want to be. Attachment 444221Attachment 444222Attachment 444223
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I think the issue with too much is leaving them in the paint too long and not tapping off excess paint. Just a quick dip and swirl and then pull out and tap off excess should work fine. I’m sure with practice you will get it as well as seeing what you prefer with the eyes. Personally I like to hold the eye with my pliers and dip and the pliers cover the eye from paint good enough for me.
Just took them out of the oven and had the tear drop shape which I assume is also due to too much paintAttachment 444226
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I’ll give the pliers a try on the next ones. Does it get some paint on the hook shank doing it that way?Quote:
Originally Posted by SuperDave336
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It does some depending on the angle of pliers, how it’s held and dipped in the paint.
You can eliminate cone heads simply by hanging jigs with the head up so excess paint runs toward the hook bend. You can buy jig racks to place your jigs in to accomplish or make your own. I bought mine from TJ'S Tackle. Just need to be quicker when dipping , it takes practice but you will get there.
Thanks for the help guys. I bought my paint setup from TJs so I’ll check out the racks
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Your leaving in the paint to long. Here is the process I use.
1. Stir your powder paint to make it fluffy. I use a toothpick.
2 Heat Jig head
1/32 6 seconds
1/16 10 seconds
1/8 12 seconds I use a heat gun
3. Dip head in paint make sure your swirling the jig head. Dip it and then remove it quickly. Tap on the side of paint container to knock off lose paint. The jig needs to be moving when you dip it. Do not dunk it in the paint or you will get too much on the head. I hand dip my heads and don't have a problem with paint in the eyes.
4. Hang jig head let it dry for a minute or so.
The key is to fluff the paint and dip a moving head in the paint for 1/2 a second and then knock off the excess. You can re-heat the head with a heat gun if you need to even out the paint.
Thanks for this info Grainraiser. This is a big helpQuote:
Originally Posted by Grainraiser
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When you use the shrink tubing, slide it on the eye and try to stop short of it contacting the lead. Try to leave a small gap. Then heat the jig, dip it, then grasp the tubing and remove it as soon as you are done dipping. In this manner you will not get blemishes on the top of the jig.
Way too much paint. You want the powder to be fluffy. I roll the container, lid on of course, and this gets me started. Then I can paint some, then I stir the paint with a stick to get it fluffy again. It will pack down hard due to the vibrations of dipping. Keep trying different ways until you get better results.
You are almost there……
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Got another rookie question. I had a batch that I just took out of the oven and they were rough like sand paper. I’m 99% sure they were smooth and shiny when I put them in there. What could cause that?
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I have a toaster oven that I use. I found out it runs way hotter than what the temperature dial says. Invest in a thermometer for the oven, I bet yours is running hot as well.
X2 .
$12.99 @ Amazon. HotLoop Digital Oven Temp Sensor.
This is the one I use all the time, ignoring the digital settings on my toaster oven. It's 20 degrees hotter than the readout on the oven. It will also show you how low the temps go before cycling back on. Sometimes it's a 30 - 40 degree swing.
Get a clip that's made to hold the probe up off the rack.
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Hey 429 I got a question for you. I only ask because if the jigs were painted several days before you baked them they can draw moisture and then orange peel when they are baked in oven. Rare but it has happened to me.
No they were baked within 30 minutes of painting. My second batch did the same thing. Odd thing was that I had some 1/32 and 1/16 in there. The 1/16 turned out rough and the 1/32 turned out great. Makes me think it’s something I’m doing when painting. Not getting head hot enough? Getting it too hot? Any thoughts?Quote:
Originally Posted by GrumpyLoomis
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I tend to agree with you. Keep playing with your preheat when painting. heat, swish and go. less paint will better if it is heavy pigment paint.