powder paint ?

[NO MO BEGGEN]

hey guys i bought a jar of powder paint for my steelhead jigs and tried it for the first time yesturday. the paint it self works really well but after i dipped the jigs the hooks got very brittle and snapped like a toothpick can any body tell me why and what i did wrong

[joelsanders]

maybe too much heat?....

[huntingfool43]

Roger

Sounds like to much heat and then being cooled to fast.

[medic]

Rd..

Try heating them with a cigarette lighter. It doesn't take much.

Good luck.

Bill

[NO MO BEGGEN]

thks guys i did try the lighter last night and it seemed to work good only did 10 jigs going to try them out first before doing more kind of lery now. matbe i'll just stick to the paint brush.