Best Place To Buy Powder Paint?

[moguy1973]

Where's the best place you jig makers get your powder paints? I found black really cheap at harbor freight (1lb for $6) but I would like to get some green and maybe chartreuse also. Amazon has a bunch of colors but it's not Prime and their shipping is kinda $$$ for what they are shipping.

[Gavin]

Tackle warehouse, or anyplace else that offers free shipping over x amount. Jann's Netcraft, stamina tackle, etc. I can is probably a lifetime supply.

[Dutch]

I have bought several pounds from Pro Tec.

[moguy1973]

Guess I'll have to find $50 worth of stuff to buy from TW. Shouldn't be too hard right?

[gramps50]

I think I got some at Bass Pro, not large quanites, maybe 4 oz jars for a couple of bucks. Eastwood also sells it http://www.eastwood.com/paints/hotcoat-powder-coating/powders.html

[moguy1973]

I got 3 jars from TW. Purple, Chartreuse, and Green Pumpkin. Gonna get the big 1 lb tub from Harbor Freight along with a heat gun and then build my own fluid bath out of some PVC and an aquarium air pump. Should be good to go.

[dmorgan66]

I have purchased powder paint for jigs from https://www.powderbuythepound.com/. The best pricing and available colors I have found. I don't even use a fluid bath. I use a pair of large forceps to hold the jig head. I heat it with a hot gun, as mentioned above from Harbor Freight, and quickly dip it in the powder. Tap it on top of the jar to knock of anything loose. Then hang it on a drool rod to cool. It comes out bright and shinny. I then cure it in the oven. 350* for about 12 min.

[dtrs5kprs]

Try it without the bed first. I have a nice one and never use it. Thought it would be the answer to cleaning out eyes, but not so far. Actually slows things down. I can dip a couple hundred of the finesse heads in about an hour without the bed.

Powder by the pound is good for colors you will use a lot of...brown, olive gp, etc. Lure Parts is not far off in price. I am using their green pumpkin black flake on our finesse heads now. Pro-tec is probably the most consistent in terms of temp variances, makes it a little easier to use.

[Dutch]

Try it without the bed first. I have a nice one and never use it. Thought it would be the answer to cleaning out eyes, but not so far. Actually slows things down. I can dip a couple hundred of the finesse heads in about an hour without the bed.

Powder by the pound is good for colors you will use a lot of...brown, olive gp, etc. Lure Parts is not far off in price. I am using their green pumpkin black flake on our finesse heads now. Pro-tec is probably the most consistent in terms of temp variances, makes it a little easier to use.

I built my fluid bed several years ago and use it every time I paint jigs. If you only heat the jig head 'till it coats a fine dusty powder (not a slick finish), hold the head by the eye and give it a quick swish through the paint, you won't get any paint in the eye and the paint will be thin enough so there won't be any runs when you bake it.

[dtrs5kprs]

Think the beds might work better with the heat gun or torch technique. More of a volume issue perhaps.

With our little heads it is next to impossible to grab the eye when using an oven. Of course that is painting up to a few hundred at a time, and the Mustads in our heads have a short leg length so they do not stick up much from the head. They are pre-heated on trays in a conventional kitchen oven. Have used the forceps on eye trick for bigger heads and smaller quantities.

I also had real trouble with coverage. Paint just did not like to stick. have not given up on the bed, but painting too many right now to experiment much. Also a lot more mess, even when dialed in and "boiling" correctly.