Toaster Oven For Jigs With Fiber Guard Melting

[skeeterjeff]

I have been making jigs with fiber guards for more years than I care to mention. Since switching over to Powder Paint many years ago, I have placed a brass tube over the fiber guard to protect it from the flame from a bunsen burner. Once heated for about 15 seconds, I swish the jig into the paint and then dip it in cool water. I then take the batch of jigs up to the house and place them on the oven rack and heat for 30 minutes on 250° F. This method has worked perfectly on all accounts.

I recently purchased a toaster oven and tried using it to heat up some jigs for dipping in the powder paint. I first started with 250° F, since that temperature has worked for me in the past. After about 30 seconds, the fiber guard melted. I let the oven cool down and tried cooking a couple more new jigs at the lowest setting of 150° F and the same thing happened.

I returned the toaster oven and purchased a different brand toaster oven and I ended up with the same results. Started at 150° F and the guards melted into a ball of mess in about 15 seconds. I did not test the temperature with a thermometer, but plan on doing so when I get home tonight. Do any of you have experience with toaster ovens being used on jigs with fiber guards with any success? Thanks for any ideas or suggestions.

Skeeterjeff

[Jig Man]

I have had no success like you. So I glue my wg in after painting and curing.

[smalljaw]

Toaster ovens are horribly inaccurate, whats happening is the result of the way the thermostat in a toaster oven works, once it reaches temp it'll cool down until it gets about 5 degrees under temp but then it really heats up, almost 25 degrees over the temp setting. I've tried a few different toaster ovens and they all worked the same way so now I glue the weedguards in after curing.