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Hey guys, I understand how to paint jigs and know how to paint them a single color but am curious as how to add multiple colors or a mottled look? I'm aware of the Boss jig armor paint from fishingskirts.com and want to try it. Here are some examples of what I'm looking for I found on google images: Thanks and all help is appreciated.

6º F is all we've got between cured powder paint and small puddles of bismuth/tin alloy on the crumb tray of the toaster oven. Kurt Urban at CS Coatings informed me that "powder paint meeds a minimum of about 275º to achieve the chemical cross-linking for a complete cure." A rep at Rotometals agreed that when using their 281 alloy "that was cutting it pretty close." I had gone to casting bismuth/tin when Massachusetts enacted what I consider to be overly zealous lead regulations in 2012. And I continued to use CS vinyl paint to finish . . .drip . . .drip . . . drip . . . The result is fine but getting there is an extremely tedious process. So I decided to try Pro-Tec powder paint at 275º for 45 minutes. Hmmm . . . The alloy softened up enough to allow the wire weed guards to spread the head, the soft plastic bait keepers deformed and the amount of powder paint was too much. The paint was completely cured, however. I won't be whacking a jig head as hard on Quabbin's rocks as I did this one on a vise; the cured powder finish is more than adequate. But on what? I'm thinking pewter, specifically Rotometals R92, 92% tin/8% antimony. Melting temp is 466º which Lee Precision says "will melt in their Pro Pot IV." I knew that but had some concern about using it because Lee's instructions list pewter as a metal not to use in this melter. To make a full commitment to powder paint I'll need a fluid bed to fluff the stuff to apply a light coat http://www.barlowstackle.com/Powder-Paint-Fluid-Bed-P1009C134.aspx and a proper oven. http://www.eastwood.com/eastwood-bench-top-powder-coating-oven.html?reltype=3 If any of the more experienced jig makers care to offer input on the observations and ideas I've described above, I'd welcome it. WW

Ok so here is my question. I am looking to start making my own football jigs to combat the high prices at the tackle shop. My biggest concern is when curing the paint and this might be a really dumb question because of common sense, BUT. When painting and curing do you do this with the weedguards in or not. Like I said common sense tells me that since you have to head the heads up to apply the paint, then bake to cure you wouldn't paint and cure with the weedguards in. I have no tackle making experience, just the videos I have watched. Come to think about it I don't recall ever seeing a jig painting video that ever contained the weedguards while they were being painted and cured. Maybe that is my answer. What are your thoughts on this?

Im having trouble powder painting my jigs. Im using a fluid bed I made. I tried breaking up powder paint as much as possible but when I dip the heated jig into the powder paint, I get little pebbles of paint as well. Any tips of how to keep the powder from forming little peebles?