11-12-2002, 11:40 PM
Hey, Predator........a fellow jig-making person. We'll have to swap some trade secrets. If you want, I have writeups on 1. Making jigs from split shots. 2. Pouring lead head jigs. 3. Painting and colors 4. Glitter paints. Email me if you would like any of that stuff.
I have been using the fluorescent colors for about twenty years and found out early that they turned out a lot better if you used a bright white epoxy paint as a base coat. Most of the enamels and even some of the vinyls can soften and blend with fluorescents, which contain strong solvents.
Because of my early lessons with fluorescent (day-glow), I naturally just use the same epoxy white under my glow-in the dark (phosphorescent) paints. To increase the gloss and the durability, I finish them all with a clear epoxy coating. This makes them last longer if you are bouncing them off the rocks, but doesn't help if you get snagged.
With a bright white base, you may be able to get by with one coat of glow paint, but I seem to do best with two coats. Any more coats do not seem to add appreciably to the color or the glow, but will use up your expensive paints faster and take more time to finish.
My "tackletorium" room has several shelves full of different kinds of adhesives and paints I have worked with over the years. It really makes for a better end product when you use the right stuff for the job at hand. I'll be happy to "download" my preferences for any tricky gluing or painting projects anyone is working on.
Oh yeah. Have you tried working with the "powder coating" paints? They put a nice hard plastic-resistant coating on jig heads but they take a lot more time to do a batch, and are no better than my trusty epoxy paints. There's also quite a bit of waste, and you have to clean the hard finish out of the hook eyes on your jigs...which is a pain. That's how I feel about them.
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I have been using the fluorescent colors for about twenty years and found out early that they turned out a lot better if you used a bright white epoxy paint as a base coat. Most of the enamels and even some of the vinyls can soften and blend with fluorescents, which contain strong solvents.
Because of my early lessons with fluorescent (day-glow), I naturally just use the same epoxy white under my glow-in the dark (phosphorescent) paints. To increase the gloss and the durability, I finish them all with a clear epoxy coating. This makes them last longer if you are bouncing them off the rocks, but doesn't help if you get snagged.
With a bright white base, you may be able to get by with one coat of glow paint, but I seem to do best with two coats. Any more coats do not seem to add appreciably to the color or the glow, but will use up your expensive paints faster and take more time to finish.
My "tackletorium" room has several shelves full of different kinds of adhesives and paints I have worked with over the years. It really makes for a better end product when you use the right stuff for the job at hand. I'll be happy to "download" my preferences for any tricky gluing or painting projects anyone is working on.
Oh yeah. Have you tried working with the "powder coating" paints? They put a nice hard plastic-resistant coating on jig heads but they take a lot more time to do a batch, and are no better than my trusty epoxy paints. There's also quite a bit of waste, and you have to clean the hard finish out of the hook eyes on your jigs...which is a pain. That's how I feel about them.
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