Here is the last I got from CSI on the cure INFO. I will leave it as a sticky for a little while so everyone can get this.
Updated 3/4/2010.
. Alright I found the answer to my problem with the 10 minute thing. I am back to using my real oven and other than colors like Pearl which I do in the toaster oven. Also I am baking the rest for 11 minutes or maybe 12 on larger heads, say over 1/32 and this is to give time for the lead to heat up to the desired temp. You must check your over that you use with another temp gauge so you know what the temp in your over really is. There is magic as CSI calls it at the 400 degrees that makes a chemical reaction to make it hard. Also the longer you have your jig heads in the oven the darker your paint will become and I find this oh so true. I especially can see this just with my eyes on FL Red and the 11 or 12 minutes total time it comes out a great bright color, but longer some will turn a darker and not so bright and not so great IMHO!
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Cure time and Temp for Powder Paint
Recommended Cure Times and Temps From CSI (Component Systems Inc.)
White*- 25 mins. @ 356F
Yellow Chartreuse* - 25 mins @ 356F
Green Chartreuse* -25 mins @ 356F
Blaze Orange* -25 mins @ 356F
Black*- 25 mins @ 356F
Hot Pink*- 25 mins @ 356F
Flame Red* -25 mins @ 356F
White Pearl- 15 mins @ 325F
Clear*- 25 mins @ 356F
Bright Green*- 25 mins @356F
Yellow*- 25 mins @ 356F
Red- 10 mins @ 400F
Purple*- 15 mins @ 356F
Glow Overcoat- 15 mins @ 375F
Brown* -25 mins @ 356F
Blue- 18 mins @ 375F
Silver- 15 mins @ 400F
Gold- 20 mins @ 375F
Watermelon Pepper15 mins @ 395F
Watermelon 15 mins @ 395F
Pumpkin Brown 16 mins @ 395F
Smoke* 25 mins @ 356F
Green Pumpkin* 25 mins @ 356F
Dark Watermelon* 25 mins @ 356F
June Bug Flake 15 mins @ 395F
Root Beer Flake 15 mins @ 395F
Watermelon Flake 15 mins @ 395F
Copperhead 15 mins @ 395F
Red Bug 15 mins @ 395F
Ruby Slipper 15 mins @ 395F
Baby Bass Green 15 mins @ 395F
Dragonfly 15 mins @ 395F
Pearl Pepper 15 mins @ 395F
Sapphire Blue 15 mins @ 395F
Black-Blue Flake 15 mins @ 395F
Glitter Topcoat Colors* 25 mins @ 356
All Standard Glow Colors- 15 min @ 375
Transparent Candy Colors* 25 mins @ 356F
Standard Glow Colors 15 mins @ 375F
Super Glow Colors* 26 mins @ 356F
These colors may also be cured for 10 mins @ 392F to 400F…
Curing @ higher temperatures increase possibility of excess paint running off, especially in multi-coat applications.
I just got this new cure time and temps from Component Systems/CS Coatings
Thanks for sharing. How long would you add if you put them into a cold toaster oven? It’s too hard to heat it up then hang them without burning yourself. I probably need to make a rack that’ll easily fit in it after it preheats.
What I do is add one min to the time. Matter of fact I add time as well if I am curing different colors that call for different temps. I take the lowest one and like make it 17 min instead of 15.
I usually cure all colors the same. Granted i have a bread cooling rack that i flip upside down and put it on top of a cookie sheet incase i got too thick with the paint. I have noticed that white is a REALLY heavy paint and will conehead on you if you dont make sure you put on the lightest coat possible.
Okay first I’ll be the first to admit to being a numbnut!!! When I first started with powder paint several years ago (not telling) I used the regular stove and got a royal butt chewing from the head lady and a scrub pad and oven cleaner to make it perfectly clean (didn’t spill a drop).
So here’s a little tip on a cheap drying rack for jigs. Take disposable aluminum bread pans and determine the height of the pan to whatever toaster oven your using and BEFORE cutting it down to size make sure to leave a punch size rim over the height level.
You need this extra so that you can fold it in to the middle of the pan. When this portion is complete take a regular hand paper punch and go around this rim punching holes. As you powder paint your jigs you can hang them from the holes. When it’s filled you put it in and do your baking of the powder.
While that batch is in you can powder coat and get more trays loaded and ready to go. No drips inside the toaster and the pans are reusable.
I use gutter gards to hang my jigs, just bend down the sides so it will stand up. for more room cut a strip out of the middle of for more places to hang your jigs. we can coat 500 at a time like this and they are cheap at home depot
Do you “Spoon” on the powder paint or just sprinkle it with your fingers? Is the spoon lifted in the air to so you can catch any “overflow” of the powder paint? Tell Jessica hello.
Hey Shippy"try an eye dropper for the powder paint
stead a da spoon bud"more control"I know it sounds strange but wiowow"!like a pro"!!!
thank you 4 the info Skip…
i heat my jigs slightly with a propane torch at lowest fire possible around 3sec.then dip jig head in jar of powder paint directly then clean out the eye as paint sets.then on to the toaster oven for curring
I use pot pie pans to hold the unpainted jigs and put them in a toaster oven and set the temperature at 300 to pre heat them. After painting them I use a short bread pan with notches cut on the top to hold a short piece or all-thread to hang the jigs after painting them. To cure the paint I put the bread pans in a toaster oven and use these time tables for baking time.
1/8oz head 350 for 15 minutes
3/32oz head 350 for 15 minutes
1/16oz head 275 for 12 minutes
1/32oz head 250 for 10 minutes
Black, pink, & white colors 25 degrees cooler and two minutes shorter.
This is the best of our thread on power paint you did excellent jobs in all you guys it posted your comments I learned a lot from this I have never really messed around too much with power paint it was a little bit slow for me but maybe you will go back to it after reading this
I made a rack out of coat hanger wire that fits in the little pan that came with my toaster oven, I have 3 wires going across to hang jigs from, works great and holds a lot of jigs. I heat each one with a disposable lighter then swish in my bottles of color, I have worked out how long to hold each size and shape head in the flame. Then I clean out the eye by passing a wire thru, then hang on the rack. When I get all the heads painted or pan gets full I cure them in my oven at 275 for 30 minutes (all colors and sizes). I can also use the rack for hanging jigs on as I tie. I fish a lot of bridge columns and my jigs sometimes get banged into the columns a lot, my method of painting and curing has proven to be very durable.
I read one of these post and just used an aluminum pot pie pan,bent the end over and made holes along the edge.What a great simple fix to a dilema that I have been having.Great site.Very happy that I found it.Great information.
You guys have me talked into finally painting some jigs. I only make round head jigs as of right now as a hobby, but don’t paint them. I’m getting more and more into crappie fishing, so I want to get into painting them since I make them.
I have enough tips here as far as how to heat/cure them. I wanna know where is the best/cheapest place to order paints?
