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Your right about the gluing process being sloppy. Hey I apprecaite the foil trick, I figured there was a way folks were dealing with that. Curing sure hardens the finish and holds up longer. Have you ever dipped in vinyl paint? Has great finish, but odors are strong. Plus if your doing more than 20 the paint in can wants to dry to quick. Is dipping several jigs in a long pan the trick to that?

Although the recommended procedure for curing powder coated jigs with weed guards is 250 degrees for 20 mins. I find the weedguards begin to bellowo out some. Can you really accomplish this without deforming weed guard? Anyone What is best glue to use to glue the weed guard into the jig after the curing has been completed? Couldn't find this in the knowledgebase, maybe I'm searching wrong.

Check with local gun shops, sometimes they buy surplus lead in ingots from the boys who are shooting lead slugs at metal targets, especially trick shooters. seems to be a big sport. Generally someone picks up all the slugs and melts them down and sells to gun shops. Real soft lead and works great. If you know where one of these shooting ranges are might be able to pick them up yourself. Pick a day they are not shooting.

I found mine on Ebay, search for stands or plastic stands, or displays you'll get there. Send me your address I can send you a few.

I'm new to your TU site, I have enjoyed several of your articles and must say they are very informative. I've been building jigs and spinnerbaits for awhile and thought I would try my hand at air brushing crankbaits (probably some older ones first) then try to make my own customs. I have been gathering information on paints etc. and bought a pasche vl to practice with. My real question is do you know anyone who makes a stamp like cutter that you can stamp out plastic lips from sheets of lexan? Or can you buy bulk lips from somewhere? Any help appreciated.