I was painting some jig heads with the Pro-Tec powder paints tonight and was thinking how much of a pain in the arse it is to get the paint out of the eyelit of the hook! I've been using a bobbin that I heat with my torch and push it through the eyelit to get the paint out each time. I'm hoping there is a better way to deal with this step?

On another note I've noticed that the powder coat will crack or chip very easy if I happen to adjust my depth to deep and the jig ticks the bottom a little. I've tried doing multiple coats with the same results. The Vinyl paints just seem like a PITA as well since you've got to apply a base coat, then the main color coat, and then a seal coat but perhaps the vinyl finishes are more durable than the powder coat? I know one solution to this would be to just switch to the old pin and bead style jigs but I just plain like a painted lead head jig.

Please let me know what you've done to get paint out of the eyelits or keep it out while powder painting and what steps you may have done for durability of the painted jig head.

Thank you,

Drew