If you are going to cast 1.5oz jigs get a LEE 20lb bottom pour but as already mentioned, the RCBS is really the cream of the crop but also the most expensive. Since you are going to powder paint, I suggest getting some Teflon base hole pins and a fluid bed, this will make powder coating your jigs much easier and the results will be flawless. To keep your color selection simple but effective when first getting supplies I would get black, brown, green pumpkin, white and chartreuse and if you are planning on swim jigs then drop the white and chartreuse, very simple. Now the best way to add glitter is to get extra fine glitter and add it to clear powder, Protec makes glitter coat you can buy but I make my own because I like to control the amount of glitter in the mix. 1 tbsp. per 2oz of clear is a good start, find a scrap piece of metal and mix up the 2oz of clear with the glitter and then paint your scrap piece the color you want and then dip into the glitter coat you have, if there is too much glitter, add clear, not enough, add more glitter, that really is the best way but write down the amounts so you can duplicate it. Don't use the fluid bed to apply glitter coats, the fluid bed suspends the powder and makes it look like liquid which is why it is called a fluid bed but the glitter doesn't suspend like the powder so if you put the glitter coat in the fluid bed you'll end up with a big spot of glitter on 1 little area of the jig and nowhere else. Good luck on the new venture and feel free to ask any questions, there will always be help here.
