gdowney Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 I am having two problems that I am having and hope that someone can help me with. The first one is, I am using BOSS Armor Powder Paint. For some reason when I apply the powder paint I am getting dimples. I pre-clean my jig heads with Denatured Alcohol to make sure that they are clean after polishing the jigs. This does not happen to all of the jigs when powder painting but it is about 40%-50%. The other is, what is an easy way to remove the powder paint from the jigs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadman Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 On powder paint although I don't use that paint, I can tell you this. I your jig is not polished well and if you have cuts or dimples in the lead, it will leave voids in the paint job. Typ. example is if you pour a jig, and you have a pin hole or a small void from an incomplete pour. You can try this, as I've fixed many blems this way. I will assume the jig has already been painted and baked, and now you see a pin hole, like missing paint. Take and reheat the jig (don't burn the paint) make sure your powder is fluffed, and swish it through the powder paint again. It will gloss over take a look at it to see if the pin hole is covered, if not try again. This should solve your problem. If it does, you don't have to bake the jig again. Note: you will add layers of paint, however if you do this quickly, the layers will be thin. Also note this is for one color jigs. If you have multi-color jigs, you'll have to strip and start over again. Paint stripper will take off all powder paint. I buy the stronger stuff. I bought Zinseer from Menards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdowney Posted February 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 Thanks Cadman. I had to quit making jigs for a couple of years due to the declining health of my mother. I am now trying to restart again. I didn't know if the shelf life, if there is one may have been the cause or not. My powder paint is pushing two years old. I polish my jigs using a Dremel tool and coarse abrasive buffs. They do a good job but you run through them pretty fast and that can get costly. Could you tell me a better way of polishing jigs. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass100 Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 If you dip you jigs in the powder and then pull out the voids will be very apparent but if you dip and then swirl your jig in a circle it will fill all minor voids. If the voids are bigger swirl your jig twice. Give it a try you will be surprised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadman Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 (edited) When I say polishing jigs, I should clarify myself. I don't mean to polish them till they're baby smooth. What I do is this. Once all of my jigs are poured I then do the following. I cut off all of my sprues with side cutters. The reason I don't twist them off, like some do is because if you twist them off (depending on lead composition) you may get divots in the head. If you get a divot that is too deep, you will almost never polish (file) it out without taking too much lead off. Anyway once my sprues are cut, I then take a smaller pair of gate shear and cut off the remainder of the sprue left. Next I take a bastard cut half round file and round out the left over sprue, until it conforms to the jig body. If there are any other marks or nubs on the jig head, I file it down. That's it .When the jig is done, it is really not smooth, it has file marks from the file I used. However paint will have something nice to grip to, and also any and all powder paint I've used covers up the jig perfectly. As far as powder paint being old. I have powder paint over 10 years old. if you keep it dry , out of the sun, heat and temp changes it will be fine. I can't comment however on Boss Armour paint, since I've never used it. Anyway this is what I do. Everyone on here has their own method, so I'm not saying my way is the right way but it works for me. Edited February 28, 2014 by cadman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass100 Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 I have a very effective way for polishing all lead. I use a 5lb shaker (not a tumbler). You can get them from harbor freight. I have tried all kinds of mediums in it but the one that does the trick is zinc coated BBs. You can get the BBs from Walmart. I run my lead jigs, weights, etc. in the shaker for 10 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass100 Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 Sorry Cadman we posted at the same time. I do the same thing that Cadman does except that I throw them in the shaker at the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdowney Posted February 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 Thanks for the info. I will find a file and try it. The buff wheel works good and fast but costs to much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarverGLX Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 (edited) I use some of the BOSS powder paints and haven't had any trouble. They have been great paints for me. Many of BOSS's colors are not standard powder paint. I'm assuming that these aren't the colors like black copper chrome (copper vein) or any color ending in "crustacean" right? These colors are textured paints (leatherette and veins). If paint is applied very lightly they often won't have much texture which may give your 50% or so results. I use a dull spiderco knife to burnish heads before painting. Very fast and works great. It just smooths everything out instead of making lead dust as well. Edited February 28, 2014 by CarverGLX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdowney Posted March 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2014 So far it is brown, watermelon and green pumpkin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
