charkins Posted February 4, 2007 Report Share Posted February 4, 2007 My son gave me a 3/8 oz hilts arkie jig mold with hooks and plastic y weedguards. My question is this. Can you heat the jigs with the y weedguard in place to powder paint? I don't have any pins like do-it has to mold without the guard in place. Any help on time, temperature, and procedure would be greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maximusgunn Posted February 4, 2007 Report Share Posted February 4, 2007 Charkins not sure about that mold but you could use a 1/8" drill bit for the pin. Some people do heat the head up with the guard in place, I don't like to though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadman Posted February 4, 2007 Report Share Posted February 4, 2007 Charkins, I am not a fan of pouring lead with weed guards in place. I know that guys do. By the way if any one does do this process PM me. Anyway. I found that you get better coverage, and better paint job(IMHO) if you pour the jig without the weed guards, powder paint the jig, drill out paint in hole, bake, epoxy weed guards in place. That's it. Like maximusgunn stated, you can drill out a hole in each mold to make a weed guard using a 1/8 " drill bit. When your done, get yourself 3-6 #30 (.1285) or #29 (.1360) dia drill bits, and use these as your guide pins for weed guards. The reason you use the.128 or .136 dia. drill bits, is that when you put these in the new holes you drilled with the 1/8" drill bit, and you close the mold halves together they won't keep falling out when you turn the mold over to pour the lead. An 1/8" drill bit doesn't exactly drill out a 1/8" hole. I don't know about Hilts molds, but I don't know if you can do the "Y" guard in the Do-It either. I thought only fiber guards. If you want, I have some DO-It mold pins I can send you PM me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
