205pro Posted January 2, 2012 Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 Need advice I am new to jig pouring and painting.I have got my mold, weed guards and powder paint and now I am on to my weed guard glue or epoxy was just wondering has anyone tried hot glue to glue in weed guards it is just a thought. I plan on painting then installing the weed guard. With the powder paint does it need to be clearcoated kind of confused I did not think it had to.Thanks any advise will be greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadman Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 (edited) 205pro welcome to TU. I have tried hot glue and it does not work. After the glue dried and hardened, I put a jig in a glass of water, for 24 hours took the jig out yanked on the weedguards and they came out. That was the end of that experiment. I use two things currently for gluing in my weedguards. When I don't epoxy my jigs I use Loc-Tite gel super glue. When I epoxy my jigs I use (Devcon 2 Ton 30 minute) for my weedguards and for my jigs. I only epoxy jigs when I use 2d and 3d eyes, or when requested by my customers. The D2T does give the paint a really deep color. You will get other answers here as well to help you decide. Edited January 3, 2012 by cadman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da big tuna Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 (edited) Here is what I use . Hot melt glue will dry out and fail. You cant beat this glue, 3.00 dollars or so and 1 bottle will do a ton of jigs. I glue them in after i'm done with everything. 1 little drop and push the weed guard in. cadman, you beat me to it Edited January 3, 2012 by Da big tuna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
205pro Posted January 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 Thanks, lock-tite it will be help me with D2T what is it and where is it avaliable ? With the 2d and 3d eyes are they epoxyed on I am looking at a mold that has a place for eyes not sure that I was going to put eyes on the jigs but currious if the eyes will make a diffrence on swim jigs . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smalljaw Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 Thanks, lock-tite it will be help me with D2T what is it and where is it avaliable ? With the 2d and 3d eyes are they epoxyed on I am looking at a mold that has a place for eyes not sure that I was going to put eyes on the jigs but currious if the eyes will make a diffrence on swim jigs . D2T is Devcon 2 Ton epoxy, when you get this make sure it is the 30 minute the 5 minute will set up too fast. There is a lot of debate about eyes and if they really help or not, the way I see it is they don't hurt and it doesn't take much to put them on. For me, any bait that is moving I like eyes, and for jigs, I like the poison tail and I didn't notice any difference with or without eyes but the bait looks a lot nicer with eyes so I put them on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadman Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 D2T is Devcon 2 Ton epoxy, when you get this make sure it is the 30 minute the 5 minute will set up too fast. There is a lot of debate about eyes and if they really help or not, the way I see it is they don't hurt and it doesn't take much to put them on. For me, any bait that is moving I like eyes, and for jigs, I like the poison tail and I didn't notice any difference with or without eyes but the bait looks a lot nicer with eyes so I put them on. x2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
205pro Posted January 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 Thanks for all of the info I will find me some devcon and loctite and will be getting started soon thanks agin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
