milrtyme24 Posted October 16, 2011 Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 What's the best powder coating system on the market today for jigs, swimbait heads, spinnerbaits and stuff maybe a little larger. I know most of you use the badger like from tj's tackle. I was just wondering if the sears craftsman gun or the Chicago electric powder system, or the eastwood dual voltage system was any good. Or do theses systems spray to big of a pattern for what I'm looking for. When I say other stuff my son is into dirt bikes and wants small parts that will fit into an oven powder coated so I was just wondering about which is the best system but mostly it will be used for fishing stuff. Thanks for the help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smalljaw Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 For what your son needs to do the electrostatic system would be great but not for fishing lures. The thing is even with the badger air brush you still get overspray and will lose a small bit of powder but the bigger system you would have a ton of overspray not to mention it would be a single color deal just due to the size of the gun being used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadman Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 Smalljaw is correct. Our company has an electrostatic system for painting big parts. On these parts you need a place to clean and degrease them, hang them, a big enough gun to push volume of powder paint and an industrial oven. We make big steel panels and our electrostatic system is not made for jigs. You also have to have a vented recovery system for all of the powder over spray, The powder is released in a powdery mist and it goes everywhere if you don't have a vent sucking in the overspray. Finally you definitely need to wear a respirator and a clean chamber to spray big parts so you don't get dirt, bugs and junk on your clean parts. If you want to paint jigs stick with a fluid bed, small air gun for powder paint or just dip it into the powder paint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milrtyme24 Posted October 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 Thanks guys, exactly the info I was looking for. I already have a fluid bed and I will buy the badger air brush for getting different colors. I know you guys use the tap the brush method but I get to much powder on one spot and not enough on another spot. I was just wanting some different colors and some details. I guess to get the really good details you must use a real airbrush with like cs coatings vinyl paint for jigs that you use in an airbrush. Like your spinnerbait avatar Cadman I guess that is airbrushed, if that's all powder then you really are good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadman Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 Like your spinnerbait avatar Cadman I guess that is airbrushed, if that's all powder then you really are good. Thanks for the compliment. BTW the spinnerbait is all powder paint, and I wouldn't say that I'm really good, it's that I used to practice powder painting for hours on end. It is really all about practice and how you lay out and lay on your colors. It's no different than airbrushing. Now if I can air brush like I can powder paint, Then I would be really good. However I just don't have enough time to do everything. There are a lot of talented guys on this forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
