Flour. Glow powder paint question

[clemmy]

Hey all,

I came up with a new idea I'm gonna try, but one of the things I'll be using is the pro-tec flourescent glow powder paint. I've used powder paint before, but my question is are you guys doing a white undercoat first? And if so, are you doing white and then immediately the flour. glow then cure or are you reheating in between?

Thanks!

Clemmy

[Pickerel Pete]

Use a white base coat under the Glow.

You can go from white to glow if head is warm enough, if not you may have to reheat and dip.

I sometimes reheat and do a second coat of Glow, seems to work better.

Useing Glow over other colours as a base really depleats the original colour.

Hope this helps.

Garry.

[akriverrat]

how do you guys apply your protech glow paint? i havent tinkered with it much but i did throw it in my fluid bed once and man what a mess it made. it seems all my colors are working with the same amount of air, do you have to turn the air supply down with the glow?

[cadman]

Pickeral Pete, hit it right on the head. I always use a white base before doing light colors. Using white brings out the true color of all the flourescent powder paints. usually with one dip, especially the glo. I've tried clear glo over other colors, and it dulls the other colors like Pickeral Pete. However: if you put white, then glow, then other colors, it works very well. I have not used glo powder paint in a fluid bed, so I can't say.

[Pickerel Pete]

Cadman:

Never tried White, Glow then the colour before.

Will have to give it a try.

Thanks for the tip.

We also do not use fluid bed for Glow so don't know the results.

For the few that we do just use fluffed in a container.

Garry.

[dayooper]

I would definately use a white under coat for all glow paints. You get a more vibrant, brighter glow. The glow paints work well in a fluid bed. You may have to adjust the air flow to prevent dust clouds though. Check out our website at www.tjstackle.com under the super glow powder paint section and we have pictures of all the colors on jigs with and without a white basecoat. You can see the difference between the two.

Thanks,

Benjamin

[clemmy]

Thanks! That's exactly what I needed to know guys!

Clemmy

[LedHed]

Benjamin

Great info and a great web site. On your powder paint page, under charging tips; incandescent is the least effective for charging phosphorus. Also, a really good “charger” is a light flash used for photography.

[dayooper]

LedHed,

Thanks for the great compliment!!! My buddy apparently mistyped incandescent. I am currently developing a black box for charging the super glow lures on your way to fish. So far in tests, I charged them for 20 minutes and they glowed for 12 hours. I hope to finish it soon. Also, I have finished a downsizing kit for the fluid bed allowing you to use your 3 inch fluid bed base, but use 2 inch diameter cups instead. This way you don't need as much powder paint to paint your jigs with. I will get the site changed and the downsize kit up soon. Thanks again for your tips and suggestions!!

Benjamin

[clemmy]

Benjamin,

Not to hijack my own post...lol

But as far as your black box is concerned, It's my understanding that the time of exposure to light is largely irrelevant. It's the intensity and the wavelength that affect glow more. That's why, back in the day when mostly only ice fisherman used glow jigs, people used he flash of their cameras. Hi intensity, short duration. Several manufacturers make small hi-intensity led flashers or "tasers" to illuminate ice jigs now.

Hope this helps in your development,

Clemmy