Flatfish Posted September 4, 2010 Report Share Posted September 4, 2010 I poured and painted a few swim jigs today that also use stick on eyes. I've stuck the eyes on and know that they need to be epoxied in order to stay on, but now I'm at a loss as to which way to go first..... If I epoxy the head next, I'll need to put a base pin back in the weed guard hole and obviously don't want the pin to get stuck. I reverse tie all my skirts so epoxying the weed guard in right now isn't an option. If I tie the skirt next, then epoxy the head and weed guard in, I'll have to worry about the epoxy running toward the skirt and ruining the whole thing. How do y'all do this? Do you just apply epoxy over the eyes and not cover the entire head? Any help would be appreciated as I'm kind of stuck trying to figure out the lesser of two evils here... Thx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basskat Posted September 5, 2010 Report Share Posted September 5, 2010 Is the head powder coated? If not you'll have to epoxy the entire head. You can then go back and use a drill it to remove the excess that gets in the weed guard hole. Use a little dap of super glue on the weed guard. I highly recommend using the powder coat. Much easier that going through all the steps of painting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flatfish Posted September 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2010 Is the head powder coated? If not you'll have to epoxy the entire head. You can then go back and use a drill it to remove the excess that gets in the weed guard hole. Use a little dap of super glue on the weed guard. I highly recommend using the powder coat. Much easier that going through all the steps of painting. Thx basskat. The head is powder coated, so is putting epoxy just over the eyes an option? I generally don't epoxy my jigs -- just powder paint and bake, but since this one needs eyes, it's creating this confusion for me. I've used D2T on crankbaits I've painted and know it makes a huge difference in the appearance of the paint, so I didn't know if the same would occur on jig heads with powder paint if I just hit the eyes with it. Since you mentioned the super glue on the weed guards.........I've been having an issue with some of them coming out when I've gone that route. I don't know if it's because I'm not getting them in fast enough, or not using enough glue or what. Is it common to have a few failures with super glue, or am I just botching the job somehow (I've been using the super glue gel if that matters). Thx again for your reply! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Prager Posted September 5, 2010 Report Share Posted September 5, 2010 (edited) I use Loctite Super Glue Ultra Gel (blue bottle) to glue on both flat at 3D eyes. After that, I clear coat the entire jig with D2T. Then I tie on the skirt. The last thing i do is glue in the weed guard with the same locktite. If I get any epoxy in the hole, I take a dremel to it. I learned that here. Now, if i could only learn how to fish! Edited September 5, 2010 by 152nd Street Baits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smalljaw Posted September 5, 2010 Report Share Posted September 5, 2010 If you are only doing a few at at a time there is a way to epoxy the entie jig and then when it sets up you can tie your jig but you'll only be able to do a few. What you do is mix the D2T and let it sit for about 5 minutes, when you go to apply it you'll notice that it is noticeably thicker but still workable, now apply it to 1 jig and hang it on a rack and move to the next jig, once you have done 3 or 4 go back to the first jig and lightly go over it with a clened or dry brush, this will smooth out the epoxy and remove any excess and it will be set up enough that itwon't run into the weedguard hole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
