Tony Maxwell Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 Still undecided on powder paints. Have a question though. Can you use your toaster oven to heat the jig before painting? Seems that you could control the heat better. Don't know what temp. you need to reach prior. Thanks for your assistance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
braveviper Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 Yes,any way you can get the lead to around 300 deg will do it.just dont use the oven for cooking afterward.I use a small plumbers butane torch.Hit it for 10 or so seconds and your good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basseducer Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 I use an old electric pancake giddle. It has a temp control and I just toss a bunch of them in there and it keeps them toasty until I pluck one for painting TJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dayooper Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 Tony, Take a look at out website at www.tjstackle.com under the powder paint section. We have videos that show you tips on powder painting jigs using a toaster oven. We set the toaster oven at about 375 degrees to preheat and let them heat up for about 15 to 20 minutes. Then we take them out one by one using hemostats or pliers and dip them in the fluid bed or jar of powder paint. You can paint about 300 jigs an hour this way. Make sure you get an oven thermometer to check the settings on your toaster oven. The dials are never that accurate. We also demonstrate on using multiple colors on a jigs as well. Cadman on this site is also an excellent powder painter that uses multiple colors per jig. He may have some good tips as well. If you have any other questions, let me know. Thanks, Benjamin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charkins Posted February 4, 2008 Report Share Posted February 4, 2008 Dayooper (Ben) really knows what he is doing! Follow his instructions and you can't go wrong. I use his fluid bed. It works great. I use a heat gun to get the jigs hot, dip them and them cook them in toaster oven. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgcountry00 Posted February 6, 2008 Report Share Posted February 6, 2008 Dayooper sends out a nice instruction sheet also Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LedHed Posted February 6, 2008 Report Share Posted February 6, 2008 Get a heat gun - it's alot easier to use if you want to try brushes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadman Posted February 6, 2008 Report Share Posted February 6, 2008 Tony,Take a look at out website at www.tjstackle.com under the powder paint section. We have videos that show you tips on powder painting jigs using a toaster oven. We set the toaster oven at about 375 degrees to preheat and let them heat up for about 15 to 20 minutes. Then we take them out one by one using hemostats or pliers and dip them in the fluid bed or jar of powder paint. You can paint about 300 jigs an hour this way. Make sure you get an oven thermometer to check the settings on your toaster oven. The dials are never that accurate. We also demonstrate on using multiple colors on a jigs as well. Cadman on this site is also an excellent powder painter that uses multiple colors per jig. He may have some good tips as well. If you have any other questions, let me know. Thanks, Benjamin Thanks for the compliment Benjamin Still undecided on powder paints. Have a question though. Can you use your toaster oven to heat the jig before painting? Seems that you could control the heat better. Don't know what temp. you need to reach prior.Thanks for your assistance. Tony I have a tutorial also that I can e-mail you. PM me your e-mail address. With all the info from Tj's Tackle, my tutorial and all the info from the guys here, you should have no problem powder painting. Although we may all use slightly different techniques, the results are the same. The rest is up to you to make your creations the way you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMI Posted February 16, 2008 Report Share Posted February 16, 2008 Another really good tool for setting powder paints is available in most craft stores and usually labeled as an "embossing heat tool". Crafty people use it for shrink-wrapping plastic around gift baskets and for embossing (which incidently is a very cool way to make raised lure eyes)...but it is also an invaluable tool for tackle makers. Here is what one looks like: It's great because it generates instant heat like a hairdryer, but doesn't generate any wind, so it doesn't upset glitter or push paint into ridges. I use mine for heating the bubbles out of flex-coat to finish my lures, for embossing eyes onto lures (you'll need a paint additive to do this...but it's a great technique and worth learning for lure making), for heating lead for powder painting, and for quick drying paints...and I find new uses for it almost daily! Best of all...these things only cost about $20 at most of the big box craft stores (like an A.C. Moore, Michaels, MisterArt.com, DickBlick,etc.) Hope that helps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian_Va Posted February 16, 2008 Report Share Posted February 16, 2008 Go to freecycle.org and get you a toaster oven. Theres always one being listed. I got mine in under a week. Got my tying lamps in a day, all free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgcountry00 Posted February 16, 2008 Report Share Posted February 16, 2008 Cadman thanks for that tutorial. changed the way I even thought about powderpainting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadman Posted February 16, 2008 Report Share Posted February 16, 2008 Cadman thanks for that tutorial. changed the way I even thought about powderpainting Glad to be of help. Hope your powder painting goes beyond your wildest dreams. Experimentation, practice and patience is the key to beautiful powder painted jigs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAWGHUNNA Posted October 16, 2009 Report Share Posted October 16, 2009 Any of you guys got pics or suggestions about building a rack to hold multiple jigs while baking the paint onto them and not have them bump the rack or themselves when removing them? I just bent four loops onto a piece of stainless steel wire that is almost as wide as the oven,and I hang the 4 jigs inside the oven while the wire is bent to slide over the top of the oven. I'm thinking of building a rectangle shaped or round shaped wire rack with more holding loops all the way around it that sits completely inside the oven ..... just wandering what you guys use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadman Posted October 16, 2009 Report Share Posted October 16, 2009 Any of you guys got pics or suggestions about building a rack to hold multiple jigs while baking the paint onto them and not have them bump the rack or themselves when removing them?I just bent four loops onto a piece of stainless steel wire that is almost as wide as the oven,and I hang the 4 jigs inside the oven while the wire is bent to slide over the top of the oven. I'm thinking of building a rectangle shaped or round shaped wire rack with more holding loops all the way around it that sits completely inside the oven ..... just wandering what you guys use. I built aluminum racks and used allthread rod to keep the hooks from sliding around. PM me your e-mail and I can show you some pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiTackleGuy Posted October 16, 2009 Report Share Posted October 16, 2009 I'm thinking of building a rectangle shaped or round shaped wire rack with more holding loops all the way around it that sits completely inside the oven ..... just wandering what you guys use. I too built a rack. I was originally going to use angle brackets and mending plates to hold the threaded rods but thought better of it because I recall reading somewhere that heating galvanized products is not a good idea. So after thinking about it for a bit I came up with a cheaper and easier solution: I took some threaded rod and shoved it through a disposable aluminum baking pan. They are cheap and flimsy until you get a couple rods in it. Then it's nice and sturdy and it costs almost nothing. I put a nut and washer on either side of the pan to "lock" the rod in place. Haven't tried it yet but I see no reason why it shouldn't work just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatman Posted October 17, 2009 Report Share Posted October 17, 2009 I just use an aluminum bread pan adn punch holes around the edges works great Fatman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAWGHUNNA Posted October 17, 2009 Report Share Posted October 17, 2009 Thanks everyone,you guys rule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
