[stream stalker]

My father in law and I pour our own jigheads. We use pro tec powder paint. Only problem is when I take the jigheads out to fish in rocky terrain, the paint seems to begin to chip off after only six or so casts into the rocks. What can we do??? Should we double coat? Maybe spray epoxy or polyurathane onto the heads after they are painted???


Any help would be appreciated...............thanks.


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[yankee jigger]

350 degrees for 20 minutes in the oven.Cures em nice and hard.

[cadman]

Like yankee jigger said, powder paint must be cured in order to get final paint adhesion. After that if you want additional protection, use devcon 2T 30 minute......

[willie525]

one thing you can do ,but is very limited to color vynal dip ,like for tool handels is dip the jig in it. the jig will not chip as much. be careful it takes practice and has strong fumes you might also want to try stan sloan powder paint it is very strong

[lilcraw]

Baking the powder paint is the key, I have made jigs for years and I hate to say there is NO PAINT that will last in rocks even factory made ones won't for long, although I have found that the epoxy paint from LureCraft is very tough with 2 coats and not to costly, good people there too, Shawn will mix any color you want, word of advise keep the hardener in the frig inbetween uses............Good Luck