Painting Jigs?

[Shimano4Life]

After you have powdercoated them, bake them in an oven for about 35 min on 350 degrees. This makes the finish close to 5 times stronger than doing the old Bic lighter trick (heating, dipping, then fishing). 350 degrees is not enough to melt the jig head or the powder coat, but it allows it to cure better and stronger. Do a websearch on baking, not cooking, your powdercoated jig heads. One more time.......DO NOT BAKE JIGHEADS IN AN OVEN YOU COOK FOOD IN!!!!!

[apb]

....DO NOT BAKE JIGHEADS IN AN OVEN YOU COOK FOOD IN!!!!!

I second that! I also recommend doing anything associated with jig making in a well ventilated area. The Do It mold site has additional tips. I also have a separate oven set up in the garage for doing the jigs. You can also get a cheap toaser oven (I picked up one at Walmart several years back for $20) and set up a rack to cure the jigs. I do this when I am only doing small batches.

Cure time may depend on the brand of powder paint. I use the pro tech stuff and it recommends 15 minutes at 350 degrees. Definitely helps out the paint over not curing. When done right, the paint will dent with the lead when you bang it off rocks.

Andrew

[goosecreekguy]

i really appreciate the information guys. ill check the website out and do a little more digging...i believe we have an old oven that should do the trick for baking the powder coats. again, thanks for the tips.

[raincheck]

Toaster ovens the trick.