black haze Posted January 26, 2012 Report Share Posted January 26, 2012 I have a ton of unpainted jig heads with weedguards in them that i want out, lol....Ive tried pulling them out with pliers, but not much luck.....Any other suggestions? Ive decided its kind of a pain to powder coat them with the weedguards in..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smalljaw Posted January 26, 2012 Report Share Posted January 26, 2012 I have a ton of unpainted jig heads with weedguards in them that i want out, lol....Ive tried pulling them out with pliers, but not much luck.....Any other suggestions? Ive decided its kind of a pain to powder coat them with the weedguards in..... Are these weedguards glued in or are they cast in? If they are cast in I have a method but it it isn't easy. The first thing you need to do is cut the weedguard flush with the head, then take a drill with a 1/8" bit and drill it out, that is the best I've found to take out weedguards that are cast in the head. If they are glued in you could do 1 at a time with pliers or vise grip but and easier way is if you know what kind of glue was used, you'll be able to find a solvent for it and then you'll be able to put the solvent in a snall bowl and add a bunch of heads and let them soak for a bit. This won't hurt the heads at all if you wash/rinse the heads after the weedguard is removed. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black haze Posted January 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2012 I bought a bunch of them from, Lure parts site.....so im guessing their glued,,,,,,Not really sure, i just know they are not coming out yanking on them, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzyGrub Posted January 26, 2012 Report Share Posted January 26, 2012 I was able to remove them with a little heat, heat gun to the head only, and then was able to pull them out. I thought they were the cast in type, because the middle brisstles pulled out first. But, given smalljaws comment, maybe they were glued in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadman Posted January 27, 2012 Report Share Posted January 27, 2012 Everyone here gave some good tips. Fuzzy never thought of heating them. Hmmmm. Now what I have been doing on glued in wedguards, I just pull them out with a pair of pliers. If they are poured in, they are a P.I.T.A to get out. I have always taken out the middle ones and then pulled the ones around the perimeter with a pair of pliers. However that is very tedious. I like smalljaws reply to the poured in place weedguards. If I ever get in that situation I will have to try that. Thanks..............Smalljaw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
