Ec 635 Hooks Discolored

[archeryrob]

I bought the EC635 hooks to go in the Ultra Minnow mold for fishing for stripers in the Chesapeake and they are saltwater safe. I poured the jigs and powder painted than and all was fine. Then I baked them at 350 for 20 minutes per the paint instructions. The hooks look more bronze, but not as dark as bronze. you can see hues of red and purple at angles.

Are these still saltwater safe? Anything go wrong, or are these still fine?

[flippinfool]

Nothing wrong with the hooks. They may be better protected now. This will sometimes happen with real chalky powder. Once heated it will sometimes transfer to anything near it or you may have gotten a very light dusting of powder on it. What your seeing is burnt white paint on the hooks. If you use pearl white this will not happen. It also happens with yellow chart.

Edited January 29, 2012 by flippinfool

[BLT]

After doing several thousand jigs from 1/16 to 8oz., I can say I have never seen that before. When you stick them in the oven to cure, is the powder "fluxed" over into a smooth surface already, or is it still rough looking?

I use a lot of those 635 hooks also.

[archeryrob]

I mostly did all white and Cart yellow heads.

The paint glosed nicely, except the few I too lightly coated and need to redo. It's my firsy powder paint batch, so I messed a few up, but all the hooks are discolored, but only after baking. Non-of the spinnerbait hooks, which have the same chrome look, did and color changes and where painted with the same paint.

[archeryrob]

I forgot to add. It was Pro-Tec paint. It seemed to either not cover well enough or just heavily covered and hid all the scale patterns on the jig. If this the paint, or the rookie getting the jog not hot enough, or too hot?

Edited January 29, 2012 by archeryrob

[smalljaw]

I forgot to add. It was Pro-Tec paint. It seemed to either not cover well enough or just heavily covered and hid all the scale patterns on the jig. If this the paint, or the rookie getting the jog not hot enough, or too hot?

I can't help with the hook discoloration but the painting I can, I just need some info. If the paint is going on too thick and you are dipping into the jar, that is the problem. Try using a little less heat and put the paint in a wide shallow bowl instead of the jar, the bowl will allow you to quickly swish the jig through it giving you a thinner coat but the best way is a fluid bed. Another thing is white and chartreuse are the 2 hardest colors to get on and still be able to see the scale detail on the ultra minnow. I have the ultra minnow spinnerbait mold, one of the best designed spinnerbait heads I ever fished by the way, I spray white powder on them and it still is tough, those colors are really dense.

[archeryrob]

The white and Chart yellow went on thick, when it was thing it was rough or looked like crap. Black also went on thick. The metal flake green went on great and the brown mostly did too. I am sure some of it was my fault and I am learning. By the time I shirt them or saddle hackle with deer hair or narabou, I doubt the missing scale detail or or think paint will matter much.