Quote Originally Posted by SirBob View Post
Use fingenail polish! No joke, it is cheap, dries fast, and can be touched up with a new coat. And think of the money and time you save! My wife says my pony head jigs (aka) road runners look better than the store bought ones! Man up and hit Walmart, Walgrees or Rite Aid for all kind of color selection.

Sir Bob, I am with you on the fingernail polish. I have been tying my own hair jigs for those "ole brown fish" on Dale Hollow for years. For my base coat color I use a water base acrylic . . let dry over night and come back and apply fingernail polish! The best polish that I have ever found in Sally Hanson's Hard as nails. The manufacturer truly meant what they said when they say hard as nails . . . I have fished some of these jigs all night long and it will stand up to the test of beating from the shale and rocks.
This is an alternative to powder coating and not as near as finicky to work with. Oldlures