painting leadheads

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roger de dodger
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painting leadheads

#1 Post by roger de dodger »

anyone do it and what did they use? nail varnish ? spray? epoxy?
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doggie3131
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Re: painting leadheads

#2 Post by doggie3131 »

have used acrilic paints bought in an art shop,and covered them with yacht varnish! they will last a few months,depending how many hits they take.and you can get fluorescent acrilic paints as well.
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Re: painting leadheads

#3 Post by Dave Jolly »

the only way to coat leadheads properly is to use powder paint, the best is made by pro-tec and you can buy on e-bay, cabelas, janns netcraft etc.
hang the leadheads in the oven for about 5 mins at around 140c swirl in the powder to coat, and put back in the oven for a couple of mins then repeat. then turn the oven up to 170c and leave to cure for 15mins, then cool.
I usually put on 2 coats of white, and then 2 coats of my final colour.
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