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Even though this is not a way to paint your firearm builds it can help with small parts that need paint, most of all it works great for painting fishing lures like jigs.
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Got back into my shop a few days ago but it was because I needed some new chatter baits for fall fishing trips. I already had the lead jigs made but they needed to be painted which got me thinking someone might want an easy way to powder paint.

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This is the setup that I have had forever. I make all my own fishing jigs along with other types of lures. These are powder paint canister's, air injected to fluff up powder to get an even coating of paint. This all so saves paint. They are powered by an aquarium air pump fed through a manifold to feed up to four powder paint canisters.
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This lets you control the amount of air flow. I all so use valves on each canister to help with controlling the volume of air.
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I use a double feed air pump, but I don't think it matters if you have a single feed pump.
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A) caped bottom glued to seal
B) couplings use to create air space for inline ball fittings.
C) Coffee filter or brown paper bag. This keeps powder paint from falling into the air chamber. What happens is air builds up pressure to the point that air is pushed up into the powder paint chamber to fluff up paint.
D) This is the powder paint chamber. What happens when air is forced through the coffee filter, it causes the powder paint to fluff up looking like boiling water.
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It's hard to get a picture but inside the paint is fluffed up.
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Next step is heating up your jig head, I use a hot air gun because it is easier to control your heat. Then after dipping it in the powder paint, I pass them back over the hot air gun then hang from the hook end till dry.
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All ways paint more than you need so there are plenty to use for future jigs that don't need to be painted. While painting I did Arlie head and football jigs.
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Here are my finished Chatter Baits some company's call them bladed jigs.
This is a way to do powder paints on small parts getting an even coat of paint.
Powder paint dries to an hard finish but not hard enough for firearms. The paint is still thick and chips easy, just look at a jig after its hit a few rocks.

Hope this helps with powder paint home projects.
 
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