Do It Slip Jig Painting?

[curtisb]

How do I keep the hole for the line to go through clean? Or how do I clean it out after powder painting?

 

Thanks

[LimpNoodle]

I've never painted that particular one but I do paint egg sinkers and worm weights for use a spinner bodies.

 

I use toothpicks to hold the lead.  That blocks one end and I rarely have the other end plug.  If I do I use a piece of stiff wire to clean it out before I cure the body.

[Fatman]

Get some stainless steel wire and run it through the hole dip your slips, cure, cool and then pull the wires - hole is clean.  They're really no different than the lure body mold.  

[cadman]

I tried all of the above methods and they really didn't work well for me. So here is another method to try. Mine is more laborious, but I like the outcome.

 

#1 Stick a drill bit into the hole so the drill fits snug in the slip jig.

#2 Heat and paint the slip jig.

#3 Dip in cold water to cool and pull off drill bit and let it sit in water.

#4 Do all the of the rest of the slip jigs.

#4 When done, take all slip jigs out of water let dry.

#5 Check other end to see if there is any paint on it. If it is poke a steel rod to get the paint out.

#6 Take x-mas ornament hangers and thread through hole to other end.

#7 Hang on rack and bake.

 

This does have a lot of steps, but anytime I do these type of weights, they all seem to take a lot of time to get it to look good..

 

Good Luck.