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Jigs, Spinnerbaits and Sinkers => Painting and Finishing Lures => Topic started by: Cannibul on 01/06/17 12:29 UTC
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Here's a powder coating method I picked up on a bullet casting forum.
Get a container that is a type 5 recyclable plastic it has to have a lid. Margarine container or the like.
Get some black Airsoft BBs from Walmart.
Put a some of the black BBs in the container, put a couple of teaspoon fulls of your powder choice in the container, put items to be powder coated in container,
Now put the lid on the container. Shake that thing for about 30-45 seconds. Open container and remove items. This will coat hooks and everything, but those can be wiped off.
Bake items to set the powder paint.
Not all colors work with this technique. You can do multiple coats. I have tested this method with jigging spoons and it works quite well with most colors.
This method is pretty inexpensive and doesn't take up a lot of space. You'll need a different container for each color. You can get some small containers in mltipacks at Walmart that work very well. Just make sure they have that number 5 in the triangle on the bottom.
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That's pretty cool. I'll have to give it a try
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Cool I'm going to have to try this out. What's the significance of the #5 recyclable plastic? Just curious.
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Also curious.
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Static electricity.
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That's what I first thought, but then talked myself out of that notion. That'll teach me to second guess myself. ::)
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From what I can tell, it's a recycling code. Polypropylene. Whats the relationship between static and polypropylene? Here's the effect of the friction but it's little understood.
The triboelectric effect (also known as triboelectric charging) is a type of contact electrification in which certain materials become electrically charged after they come into frictional contact with a different material.[citation needed] Rubbing glass with fur, or a comb through the hair, can build up triboelectricity. Most everyday static electricity is triboelectric. The polarity and strength of the charges produced differ according to the materials, surface roughness, temperature, strain, and other properties.
The triboelectric effect is not very predictable, and only broad generalizations can be made. Amber, for example, can acquire an electric charge by contact and separation (or friction) with a material like wool. This property was first recorded by Thales of Miletus. The word "electricity" is derived from William Gilbert's initial coinage, "electra", which originates in the Greek word for amber, ?lektron. The prefix tribo- (Greek for ‘rub’) refers to ‘friction’, as in tribology. Other examples of materials that can acquire a significant charge when rubbed together include glass rubbed with silk, and hard rubber rubbed with fur.
The triboelectric effect is now considered to be very close to the phenomenon of adhesion, where two materials composed of different molecules tend to stick together on contact due to a form of chemical reaction.[citation needed] This is very close to a chemical bond; the adjacent dissimilar molecules exchange electrons. And when one material is physically moved away from the other, the bonding forces we experience are regarded by us as 'friction'. The result is that excess electrons are left behind in one material, while a deficit occurs in the other.[citation needed]
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That is the way I do my powder coating. When you go to buy the air soft bb's lay the container on its side and roll it. Pick the bb's that stick to the sides as you roll it. The ones with the most static electricity. The ones I have are glow in the dark. I wear a jersey glove on one hand when I take the jigs out of the container, I use needle nose pliers to pick them up out of the bb's and grab the hook with my gloved hand. The jersey glove acts as a rag and wipes the paint off of the hook. While I am holding the hook l use a small paint brush to brush the paint out of the hook eye. Then bake them. This method puts a light even coat of paint on the jigs. I don't have to clean out hook eyes or brush guard holes doing them this way. The reloaders call this method Shake And Bake, if you are interested in searching some of there forms for more info.
Scotth
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I have tried that and it does work but it is far from perfect. I know some guys will only heat a lure just enough for the powder to stick and then bake to gloss but I've had the same problem doing that as I had with the shake and bake system. The problem I had is uneven surfaces will often come out of the oven with lead being visible as some spots aren't coated enough, maybe I didn't do it correctly or I used the wrong size container, I don't know but I've tried it with varying degrees of success and failure but to me my heat, dip, and bake is quicker with consistent results were as the shake and bake and half heat methods both left me with bare spots multiple times, enough to say I do better my way.
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Man could you post a video clip on this would be awesome
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I tried this method of painting several times on my small collar-less ball head jigs and was less than thrilled with it for the reason smalljaw gave. I think part of the problem one can encounter doing the powder coating in this fashion is that static electricity is a very "hit or miss" event. Lots will depend on relative humidity [or lack of]. I guess it comes down to what ever trips your trigger but for me I didn't like all the incomplete finishes and having to re-coat.
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Man could you post a video clip on this would be awesome
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I use it on cast bullets.
I tried it on some slabs just to verify it worked.
Some powders work much better than others. I've got a blue that's 100%. My florescent green is about 90%, yellow, 50%.
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From what I can tell, it's a recycling code. Polypropylene. Whats the relationship between static and polypropylene? Here's the effect of the friction but it's little understood.
The triboelectric effect (also known as triboelectric charging) is a type of contact electrification in which certain materials become electrically charged after they come into frictional contact with a different material.[citation needed] Rubbing glass with fur, or a comb through the hair, can build up triboelectricity. Most everyday static electricity is triboelectric. The polarity and strength of the charges produced differ according to the materials, surface roughness, temperature, strain, and other properties.
The triboelectric effect is not very predictable, and only broad generalizations can be made. Amber, for example, can acquire an electric charge by contact and separation (or friction) with a material like wool. This property was first recorded by Thales of Miletus. The word "electricity" is derived from William Gilbert's initial coinage, "electra", which originates in the Greek word for amber, ?lektron. The prefix tribo- (Greek for ‘rub’) refers to ‘friction’, as in tribology. Other examples of materials that can acquire a significant charge when rubbed together include glass rubbed with silk, and hard rubber rubbed with fur.
The triboelectric effect is now considered to be very close to the phenomenon of adhesion, where two materials composed of different molecules tend to stick together on contact due to a form of chemical reaction.[citation needed] This is very close to a chemical bond; the adjacent dissimilar molecules exchange electrons. And when one material is physically moved away from the other, the bonding forces we experience are regarded by us as 'friction'. The result is that excess electrons are left behind in one material, while a deficit occurs in the other.[citation needed]
I was going to say the same thing, but you beat me to it.
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LOL Denny.
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Please don't think I'm brainy😄. Mostly copied and pasted. That's easy.
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:D :D Blew your cover Apdriver....lol.
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I'm a heat and dip in the fluid bed guy now. But I may try this just to see.