Originally Posted by
Ken Jones
Boy, I have had the same problem while painting my Jigs. I found out after heating the lead. I dip jig into Powder and if I leave it in to long it leaves more Powder on jig. When I precook at 350 degrees like it recommends on bottle it tends to run down on head and leave a waud on the head. I heat my heads with a small propane bottle with a blow torch assembled onto tank. If you heat lead to much the lead will melt. When lead looks a little shiny I dip into powder, in and out quickly. I hang on a card board box and let dry and cool down. When I get ready to cook I go threw each one clearing the eye. If you don't you will have problems clearing the eye to fish it. I cure in oven hanging bye hooks inside oven on racks. Put a flat pan under hooks in oven so if there to much power on lead and it drips off onto flat pan with aluminum foil inside cookie pan. The paint gets very hard and can use over and over again until you loose it. If jig has a nose on it I file it off..