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Cleaning jig eyes. Any tricks?
Trakndwg:
I just painted up a bunch of different size and color jigs with powder paint and hardened the paint in the oven. Now I have a bunch of jig eyes to clean out. I have little jig pics but this paint is so hard the pics just bend >:(... Do any of you guys have any tricks for quick and easy jig cleaning? :)
reeleyz:
I always use the point of a hook. That works good for me.
OTIS:
I use powder paint on my jigs as well. The quickest way I have found is with a lighter and a paper clip. Open up the paperclip, heat up the end with a lighter, push it through the eye and wiggle it around. This prevents the paint from chipping around the eye. ;)
Dark Cloud:
The paint cleans out much easier if you do it before baking them...
Munson:
If you take a sharp nail clipper, push it over the eye of the hook to the shank, just below the eye. Squeeze it and twist the the clipper a half circle in each direction. This usually loosens up the paint over the eye. Sometimes, a light snip right across the hook eye is needed to flake the paint away. Saves the points on your hooks and leaves a clean eye.
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