Powder Paint Dripping

[charmerbaits]

So I'm new to powderpainting and when I baked my first bunch the paint dripped and tried to drip and left the heads with bubbles. What can I do to prevent this? What has caused it?

Thanks for any and all help.

Charlie

[dampeoples]

Too much heat, sounds like

[Old man in the boat]

Sounds Like you were working to hot.

[charmerbaits]

The directions on the Pro-Tec bottle said 20 minutes for 350. Is that too much? What should I turn it down too?

Thanks,

Charlie

[dampeoples]

What are you cooking in? Double check your temp settings with a thermometer.

My toaster oven needs to be set on 225 or so for 350, for instance

[dayooper]

Sounds like you may have too much paint on the jig as well. Definitely get an oven thermometer and put it in your toaster oven. Like Damnpeoples said, mine is 350 when the dial says 225. 350 for 20 minutes will pretty much work for all colors.

Thanks,

Benjamin

www.tjstackle.com

[Old man in the boat]

I paint by holding the jig in a torch then dipping. If I heat the piece to long I get the bubble thing happening as well as an overload of paint. I back 300 for 25 min. I also found the need for an independent thermomitor

[yankee jigger]

I went thru this problem in the beginning myself.

Wasnt heat,paint was too packed in jar.

I roll the paint on the table and let it get fluffy...

Heat jig,swish in paint but dont let it sit there.Bang jig off edge of jar.

My son and i have a 4 step process.

Heat

Swish

Bang

Hang

[doomdart]

Sounds like you may have too much paint on the jig as well.

not sure I have much more to add, but dayooper is for sure right. The cause of "too much" paint can be as the others mentioned....too hot, improperly fluffed paint (packed too tight), swishing for too long, etc. Bottom line is that you will figure it out with practice. The good news, the learning curve is short, so you won't waste a lot of jigs and paint.

[clamboni]

Found a solution, or maybe just a quick fix, for if you want to save the jighead after it drips while curing. Had to have a batch done for the next day and I had a few that had some small drips. Use a fine file to shape the paint until it's the right shape and thickness, just make sure you don't file through the paint and hit lead. Then just heat briefly, until the paint glosses over. I just used a regular butane lighter, only heat for a couple seconds. The white paint was even glossy before it scorched.

[charmerbaits]

Thanks for all the helpful tips and I'll try them out. Would it be beneficial to buy a fluid bed?

Charlie

[Old man in the boat]

How many are you doing? A fluid bed is great.......but if your only doing a few hundred then maybe just stiring the paint is just fine.

[charmerbaits]

Hopefully if things go well probably around 250 per week.

Charlie

[renie]

Fluid bed from dayooper will make your life easier I love mine.

[JIGNPIG]

I have to agree with renie. If you are going to make 250 a week, in vest in a good fluid bed. I also bought mine from dayooper. It works great with no paint drips. That comes from dipping in the jar and get to much paint on the jig. You could also try using a medium size round tupper ware container to put the paint in. Shake it with the top on then dip the jig in the paint. Fluid bed is the only way to go to do it right.