gripnrip Posted January 23, 2017 Report Share Posted January 23, 2017 Hey everyone. I just started pouring some. So I am pretty green. I have 5 molds. Two of the molds are giving me fits. One is a Do-it Trokar screw lock football shaky head mold. The other is the Do-it Midwestern or "Ned Rig" mold. After pouring the hook will move around inside the lead. I was wondering if I'm doing something wrong or it just happens sometimes? My pot is the Lee's bottom fead. The other 3 molds are a weedless football head jig and a weedless brush jig. The other is a poison tail swing head mold. All Do-it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smalljaw Posted January 23, 2017 Report Share Posted January 23, 2017 The deal with the mid west finesse jig mold is there is only a small amount of lead on the hook. If you read the inside of that mold they recommend using a hard lead, I use a 60% soft lead to 40% hard lead for most of my jigs and it will work for that. You don't need to go out and get hard lead right away, if you can, powder paint the head and cure it at 350 for 15 minutes, that will lock the lead on the hook and keep it tight, that is the best way. Just so you know, this will happen even to store bought jigs from major brands, I have had flick-shake heads come loose as well light shaky heads, there isn't a lot you can do on lighter heads other than paint or epoxy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
21xdc Posted January 23, 2017 Report Share Posted January 23, 2017 I use a halogen lamp close to my hooks to keep them heated as I use them. This helps keeping the lead from shying away from the hook. A smidge of super glue will also help if your not going to paint them. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walking Dead Posted January 23, 2017 Report Share Posted January 23, 2017 Had this issue way back and found it was me. I was using needle nose and pulling the jig out of the mold by the hook instead of the sprue. Also think I was pulling them out too soon. Ensure the lead has set, grab the sprue, use drop out or a good smoking from paraffin and they should be good. Agree, the powder paint and bake will lock them in tight. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gripnrip Posted January 23, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2017 (edited) On 1/23/2017 at 10:46 AM, smalljaw said: The deal with the mid west finesse jig mold is there is only a small amount of lead on the hook. If you read the inside of that mold they recommend using a hard lead, I use a 60% soft lead to 40% hard lead for most of my jigs and it will work for that. You don't need to go out and get hard lead right away, if you can, powder paint the head and cure it at 350 for 15 minutes, that will lock the lead on the hook and keep it tight, that is the best way. Just so you know, this will happen even to store bought jigs from major brands, I have had flick-shake heads come loose as well light shaky heads, there isn't a lot you can do on lighter heads other than paint or epoxy. Expand I plan on powder coating the heads. So hopefully that will fix the problem. Thanks for the replies! Edited January 23, 2017 by gripnrip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
