Trials Of "New-To-Me" Powder Paints

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It's interesting to see how newly painted jig heads look with their hooks fully dressed with tying materials. Below are some jigs that I tied last night. The heads are painted with powder paint purchased from Rosey's Powder Coating of Herriman, Utah.

Exhibit A: Olive Drab RAL 6022 50%+ Gloss

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Please pardon the leather "dust" on the trailer (tail). Aside from that, I like this jig and its "green pumpkin" colors. :)

Exhibit B: Silver Sand Metallic

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As for this color, the jury is out for me. It seemed to lose some of its sparkle during the oven cure. Perhaps, I heated it for too long of a time period. Rosey's web site suggests using this paint as a base coat application, which is a very good idea. I could then topcoat with a translucent candy color which might insulate and preserve the sparkle beneath. It's worth trying in my opinion. This textured paint looks really great when first applied..
 

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Nice looking ties. :cool: Those will do well.

The textured paint is interesting and have seen it before in paint websites but never actually on jigs. Wondered how it would perform. It lost the texture as it cured? Either way, it looks really good.
 

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Killer jigs Pup!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I like the silver sand metallic as is but I didn't see the before version so I can't say how much it lost when curing. Maybe you could simply dip in a glossy clear powder or protec pearl. I know a lot use the protec pearl white as is but if you put it over a base coat of white you geat a real deep rich pearl white so maybe pearl over top would bring out some sparkle but I think it is a fish getter like it is.
 

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Those jigs definitely look like they'll catch fish, Nice ties as always. On a side note, I need to pick up some schlappen feathers a.s.a.p....
 

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Thank you for your comments Everyone. :)

AtticaFish said:
Nice looking ties. :cool: Those will do well.

The textured paint is interesting and have seen it before in paint websites but never actually on jigs. Wondered how it would perform. It lost the texture as it cured? Either way, it looks really good.

AF, the paint texture is fine. I kind of like its bumpiness. Glad to know that the paint looks good to you. :cool:

smalljaw said:
Killer jigs Pup!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I like the silver sand metallic as is but I didn't see the before version so I can't say how much it lost when curing. Maybe you could simply dip in a glossy clear powder or protec pearl. I know a lot use the protec pearl white as is but if you put it over a base coat of white you geat a real deep rich pearl white so maybe pearl over top would bring out some sparkle but I think it is a fish getter like it is.

Thank you SJ. You have great ideas with the clear and the pearl. I may try those sometime. :cool:

Those were my first jigs painted with this powder. So as I paint more of them, I'll probably find that everything looks just fine to me. ;) In fact, last night, I shined a halogen flashlight on the jigs with lights out and detected quite a bit of overlooked sparkle. :rolleyes: :)
 
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