Jimmyjigs Posted February 2, 2019 Report Share Posted February 2, 2019 How many of you hand paint eyes on your jigs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadman Posted February 2, 2019 Report Share Posted February 2, 2019 Although it would be less expensive to paint on eyes, I like stick on eyes. Since I sell my jigs, I don't think my painting skills would make my jigs look good. I like my jigs to look perfect and by applying stick on eyes, this works for me. However, for my own personal use, I don't use any eyes on my jigs. I never found that to be detrimental to my fish catching ability. Eyes on a jig to many fishermen is a big selling point. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjs Posted February 2, 2019 Report Share Posted February 2, 2019 I hand paint eyes using a drill bit set and then bake them on, but I am thinking of getting the freestyle mold to make some 'mooneye' jigs with the 3d stick on eyes just because I like the way they look. Get decent eyes by hand though, and when I botch one I just wipe it off and go again. Maybe fish don't care, but I do . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apdriver Posted February 2, 2019 Report Share Posted February 2, 2019 (edited) It depends on which jig and how much I want to dress the bait up. For instance, I use the Shad head rig jig for my umbrella rigs and I hand paint those eyes on those jigs. When I make these jigs, I do large runs of 50-75 jigs in several different sizes. I use a product from Columbia Coatings called water powder and mix my powder in it for my colorant. Dot the eyes on with an appropriate sized drill bit and bake. Edited February 2, 2019 by Apdriver 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjs Posted February 2, 2019 Report Share Posted February 2, 2019 I always wondered if water powder would work. Paint seems to bake in, but is powder water even better? Does it take a while to dry if you want to do two-colour eyes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apdriver Posted February 2, 2019 Report Share Posted February 2, 2019 (edited) I don’t know if it is better or not but was my experience using regular paint on top of powder the colors would wash out when you baked the eyes. With the powder water you can heat set the first color for ten minutes, paint the powder color for the eyes and then set the whole bait. The colors will stay true and not wash out. I’ll try to put a pic or two in the gallery. Not able to upload and attach to this thread. Tried several times. Added a couple pics in the gallery under jigs of two examples that have powder water eyes. I hate we have to jump through hoops to help someone out on this forum. Edited February 2, 2019 by Apdriver Content 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted February 2, 2019 Report Share Posted February 2, 2019 18 minutes ago, Apdriver said: I don’t know if it is better or not but was my experience using regular paint on top of powder the colors would wash out when you baked the eyes. With the powder water you can heat set the first color for ten minutes, paint the powder color for the eyes and then set the whole bait. The colors will stay true and not wash out. I’ll try to put a pic or two in the gallery. Not able to upload and attach to this thread. Tried several times. Added a couple pics in the gallery under jigs of two examples that have powder water eyes. I hate we have to jump through hoops to help someone out on this forum. Off the subject, but do you need a license to drive aps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Apdriver Posted February 2, 2019 Report Share Posted February 2, 2019 49 minutes ago, mark poulson said: Off the subject, but do you need a license to drive aps? Airplane, my friend. Takes an FAA license. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted February 3, 2019 Report Share Posted February 3, 2019 4 hours ago, Apdriver said: Airplane, my friend. Takes an FAA license. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmyjigs Posted February 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2019 On 2/2/2019 at 7:33 AM, cadman said: Although it would be less expensive to paint on eyes, I like stick on eyes. Since I sell my jigs, I don't think my painting skills would make my jigs look good. I like my jigs to look perfect and by applying stick on eyes, this works for me. However, for my own personal use, I don't use any eyes on my jigs. I never found that to be detrimental to my fish catching ability. Eyes on a jig to many fishermen is a big selling point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmyjigs Posted February 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2019 Cadman, I agree with you completely. Since I fish with all my mistakes I don't see the point of adding eyes. When I make them to sell I use medium paint markers after baking. Eyes are in 2 steps. Background usually yellow,let dry. Half round pupils in black. Finish with clear fingernail polish. I like the look. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MT204 Posted February 3, 2019 Report Share Posted February 3, 2019 Some of my jigs I use eyes not so much because they are eyes but I sometimes feel maybe that speck of glow in the dark is helping? Confidence baits? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBK Posted February 3, 2019 Report Share Posted February 3, 2019 3D or flat stick on are faster and really don't cost that much. I dot eyes on ice jigs and some of my walleye jigs but that's just because unless you epoxy coat over the eyes, those eyes will fall off eventually and someone ive given or sold baits to will complain. So they get dotted eyes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjs Posted February 6, 2019 Report Share Posted February 6, 2019 On 2/2/2019 at 6:05 PM, mark poulson said: Thanks for the pic. I might try the powder water. As for paint washing out I have that issue for sure over chartreuse, but seem to be fine over other colours. I bake longer, but at somewhat lower temp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwistedLargemouth Posted February 20, 2019 Report Share Posted February 20, 2019 I think its a great idea but it would be a pretty difficult project; I'm working on something similar im Trying to prind a design on paper, cut it out, put thin clear tape over it and TRY and find completely clear stick on eyes. But like I said give it a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
