Michboy11

Not the jigs themselves. The paint.

Well the reason i did a jig with such little paint on it, was more or less to test the toaster oven. To see if the jigs would melt either way and they did. I'm convinced you guys are right and its the toaster oven being too hot. I have a thermometer coming in. Thanks for the info guys. Nice to know this community will be so quick and helpful with a newbie.

thanks for the info guys, i went on amazon and bought a thermometer. I will check out the heat problem, if it is too in-consistent i will be buying a new toaster oven as the one i have is relatively old.

I'm sorry i should of elaborated more. I haven't been keeping them in the toaster oven, usually what i was doing is heating them over a heat gun for about 10 seconds or so and dipping them in a fluid bed. Nothing crazy, just a quick dip in and out and tap the access off. Then once im done painting the whole run, i load them on the wire hangar in the pre-heated oven and let them sit for 15 minutes. The reason i said little powder is because i can almost see the lead threw the paint, essentially testing to see if i was doing something wrong. I am going to go with the toaster oven hotter than i think it is. I just assumed that because it was set at 290 and the heating elements where coming on and off, that it was maintaining roughly that temperature. I have been using a homemade base but the cups i bought from TJ's. If you can send me your plans id be interested in trying it. At this point, i'm willing to try anything. I will PM you my email address.

Hey everyone. New to jig painting. Cant seem to get this curing thing down. I'm using a toaster oven. I leave it on the temp setting and let it run for about a half hour to make sure the temp stays constant. My problem is, no matter how much paint or little paint i put on the jigs, they always seem to drip. I've turned the heat down to almost 290 and it doesn't seem to matter. Do you guys have any tips or tricks for me?>