Base Hole Pins/powder Paint

[RSNeely]

I hate to add another base hole pin/weed guard question but....  Do you guys cure your paint with the pin in or out? I tried curing with the metal pin in and it is hard to pull the pin out (Sometimes it makes the hole a little messy) at the end of curing.

 

 Would the teflon pins eliminate this issue? 

Edited November 11, 2014 by RSNeely

[bryanmc]

Yes, the teflon pins eliminate that issue.  I cast, powder paint and bake my heads with the teflon pins inserted.

[gone2long]

X2 teflon all the way! Easy to clean also.

[cadman]

Teflon pins all the way. I pull them out as soon as I swish the jig through the paint. This way the paint is clean around the edges when I go to bake the jigs.

[Jig Man]

I use the Teflon now since I bought some from Cadman.  I like to leave mine in to bake.  They get paint on them but just a small bend and it pops right off.

[tmosth]

I do not use any pins. I powder paint the jig head and cure in the oven. I then place a drill bit the same size as the hole diameter into my variable speed dremel. I hold the cured jig in my left hand and the drill bit at the lowest rpm and apply a little pressure. The drill bit proceeds to follow the hole to the bottom and cleanly remove the cured paint from the weed guard hole.Works like a charm. Just did about 100 crappie jigs with the Do-it F9 weed guard last night. It has a 1/16" base diameter and so I used a 1/16 drill bit. I found that you have to do this after you cure the paint. If you do it before you chip a lot of paint off on the jig surface.