Felder Posted January 17, 2020 Report Share Posted January 17, 2020 Is it possible to skip the "cure" bake when using powder paint and just epoxy/UV resin the jig heads instead? I'm using a fluid bed and most heads turn out well after the bake, but I'm seeing issues with others. If the resin/epoxy dries just as hard... seems like a good option (and a time-saver if using a good UV resin). I could also glue on the eyes prior to and epoxy/resin over them at the same time... two birds with 1 UV stone. Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smalljaw Posted January 17, 2020 Report Share Posted January 17, 2020 Yes, you can just epoxy over powder without baking it. I'm sure the UV will be fine as well but I've never tried the UV cure except for UV head cement from Loon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felder Posted January 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2020 Sweet, thx! BTW, love the YouTube channel! I’ll be posting some of my own soon as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasilofchrisn Posted January 17, 2020 Report Share Posted January 17, 2020 Personally I prefer to cure my powder paint them just clear coat the eyes in the UV. I'm using Alumi UV currently which cures in roughly the same time as a toaster oven cure. But the UV takes longer to put on and I had to build a UV light box to do a bunch of jigs at once. So even more expense. Check the price on the UV stuff. Mine was a bit pricey so I prefer not to use it unnecessarily. Granted I make much larger jigs than most people. But it shouldn't be that hard to get a good cure on your jigs in the toaster oven. Just need to trouble shoot it a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felder Posted January 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2020 Yup, perhaps I will. Just called Pro-Tech, who said 275 was the min temp to get the cure chemical reaction... extending the time to about 30 min. May try that. The issues I’m seeing are deal-breakers but noticeable to the perfectionist :). Thanks for the feedback! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjs Posted January 17, 2020 Report Share Posted January 17, 2020 I added an oven thermometer in the toaster oven after reading it here. The temperature in my oven is way hotter than the dial indicates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felder Posted January 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2020 Yup, mine’s a solid 50 degrees off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basscatlildave Posted January 18, 2020 Report Share Posted January 18, 2020 I don't make hundreds but all I do is paint and clear coat with E-Tex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
