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Jig painting problems, help please!

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Have been working on some jigheads and looking for some advice. I am using Pro-Tec powder paint for a base coat and then adding some detail with either pemanent markers or Testors enamel paint pens. The powder paint is holding up just fine, but if I use the other paints or permanent marker on the top, they need to be clear coated. The only thing I have had any sucess with has been Devcon. That is really time consuming. Does anyone know of any other paints or tricks to make the paints I have work? I searched the board and someone suggested "baking" the enamel paints in the oven for several minutes. Anyone else have any ideas?

Thanks!

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I've been doing the same thing with great results. I dip the head in a base color, sprinkle on some secondary colors, let it cool and then add stripes and detail with a permanent marker, then reheat and sprinkle on clear with glitter. Then I cure them in the oven as per the manufacturers directions. Another thing I tried and turned out neat was to use permanent markers on the bare lead and then dip into a transparent color. Like pickerel Pete said, you have to cure them after you add your details.

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