bgcountry00 Posted January 5, 2008 Report Share Posted January 5, 2008 Tried out Pro-tec white powder today. hmm not to impressed anyone have any ideas for me. I am using dayopers fluid bed got the jigs warmed with my heat gun paint doesn't flow in the bed like the other colors heavy like and shoots paint all over my bench was covered. is the the paint or the color. brand new bed so the cup is not clogged Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dayooper Posted January 5, 2008 Report Share Posted January 5, 2008 bgcountry, Yes, white paint is one of the heaviest if not the heaviest color. It will work fine in the fluid bed but you will have to play with the valve to get the air flow just right. We use white alot in the fluid bed for the base coat on our ice jigs that we make. Start out with it closed and open it til it flows good. Give it a good stir in the bed when you first start. If you have any other questions, let me know. I will be glad to help. Thanks, Benjamin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgcountry00 Posted January 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2008 Thanks alot I though that you were going to the trade show Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dayooper Posted January 5, 2008 Report Share Posted January 5, 2008 The trade show is the 10th - 13th. I am still snelling trebles for salmon flies right now. So much to do, so little time!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dayooper Posted January 5, 2008 Report Share Posted January 5, 2008 Sorry, my first post here should have said that the white paint is one of the heaviest if not the heaviest of the powder paint colors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgcountry00 Posted January 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2008 I see I tried changing the flow by opening closeing the valve still didn't want to flow right. 4-5 volcanoes is all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadman Posted January 5, 2008 Report Share Posted January 5, 2008 Sorry, my first post here should have said that the white paint is one of the heaviest if not the heaviest of the powder paint colors. Benjamin, I will have to agree with you totally on this. I am on a mission to find a really good white paint. I've had and used so far about 15 brands or more so far, and I'm not impressed with any of them. Yes the white is heavy, and does cause some problems.....My mission continues. When I find one, I will definitely psot it for all of the TU powder painters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgcountry00 Posted January 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2008 with all the product on your website how do you keep up with it all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadman Posted January 5, 2008 Report Share Posted January 5, 2008 with all the product on your website how do you keep up with it all. Is this post directed towards me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgcountry00 Posted January 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2008 nope sorry its towardas dayoper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dayooper Posted January 5, 2008 Report Share Posted January 5, 2008 I try my best to keep up. I started doing this with my son (TJ, hence the name) as a way to spend more time with him and hopefully teach him a little financial responsibility. He has since gotten older and doesn't show too much interest in it anymore. Most items are made when I receive the order. I do keep a supply of the most requested items. My wife thinks I spend too much time on it, but I enjoy it. I also have a buddy of mine that helps me with alot of stuff. Thanks, Benjamin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HookUp Posted January 5, 2008 Report Share Posted January 5, 2008 I had no problem with the white Powder Paint, But I didn't use a fluid bed yet. I got a tea ball strainer, cut it up and attached one of the sides to a dowle and tap the paint onto a heated jigs. Haven't done white for a while, but I'll try it in a fluid bed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LooksLikeSinbad Posted January 5, 2008 Report Share Posted January 5, 2008 I have had great success with all of the pro-tec colors except white. Would love to find a better white powder paint... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLT Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 The White Pearl isn't any fun either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clamboni Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 I made my own fluid bed.......I found that with the heavier paint colors it's useful to use a little higher air pressure and a taller cup. You need to eb able to hold the jig and reach in further to paint it, but it seems to work better for me. Also, as dayooper said, it helps to stir the paint up in the cup at first. Sometimes the air will only get through in a few little spots (volcanoes) but if you stir it after turning on the pump it can eliminate this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flippinfool Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 Glad someone touched this subject, I was wondering the same thing. I have found that not heating the lead heads as hot as other colors and using a paint brush works best. I drop some paint in a small pan push the brush down hard so it fans out and using a spinning motion mix the paint and tap it on. When it looks like the paint is not sticking to well I get a good finish. Return to the heat source as needed.This is not for production but does get the job done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piddler Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 i use protec white all the time and never had any problem. i use a flow bed and put in on heavy to cover casting imperfections. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munkin Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 I have one of dayoopers fluid beds and have no trouble powder coating spinnerbaits in pearl white. The only powder that gives me problems is the mixture of different companys that I made. Allen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LedHed Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 With white or pearl white I do pretty much what flippinfool does. Not sure what dayooper uses for the screens in the cups but I use micro mesh screens in different pore sizes that seem to work out fine. I also mix my own white and pearl white. Mixing clear with white seemed to help some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
