Hey guys, my buddy and I are undertaking a little project. We want to start making our own custom glitter jigs and we were wondering if anyone has any advice on which adhesive holds up the best? These are again solid glitter and any feedback would be most appreciated. Thanks a lot! 
you used to put the glitter in clear coat that jig paint.. so you paint the jig white.. and then the color, and then the clear coat with the glitter. I used the stuff from Wausau.. I don’t know if this is the DEFINITIVE ANSWER.. but the way it has been done in the past..
Thanks for the help. Seems to be something that we’re doing mainly for fun and thought that it would be neat to come up with some original colors.
I don’t like the vinyl paints as they will eat your plastics. The glitter series of TEC powder paints are nice. I found a few colors I really like and they have a rock hard finish! 
The same vinyl jig paint you buy at fleet farm has a clear available and glitter you can mix in. I suppose any fine glitter would work. This doesn’t produce heads like the ones Dean has at Evert’s (those are bigger glitter pieces that coat the whole head), but they’re still pretty good.
I know there are people that like to make things for themselves…and that’s a good thing.
But glitter? The FW would have me down staying with Dean 24/7.
Two words….
BfishN Tackle
Much less wild glitter and it won’t chip off! This all coming from a guy that pours his own 
sinkers most of the time.
Glitter can be awful frustrating to use. And that clear vinyl paint is hardly heavy enough to coat glitter real well, epoxy products do a better job. Either way you’ll need to turn the jigs until the paint is dry enough not to sag or the epoxy has hardened enough to handle. For the few that the average angler will need, I’d just pick some up from Dean.
That’s what I’m talken’about!
…but I’m not trying to discourage you. 
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…but I’m not trying to discourage you.
I have poured and created jigs for a long time…it is fun and rewarding. However the Multi color, gitter, clear (chip proof) styles like the H20 Precisions and similar styles (with wire plastic keepers) cannot be recreated by a do it your selfer as cheap as you can buy them at Everts of BFT…I’ll add the Scenics to that list. It takes specialized molds, materials, and techniques.
That said…I would NOT discourage anyone from trying it and enjoying it…Standard collared, powder dipped, barbed jigs can be made for about 10-20c ea depending on hook quality and quantity. After the initial investment it gets better! 
But you can
I have also made my own jigs for years now and when it came to making “Glitter Jigs” I tried several times and gave up 
I quickly realized the quality of jig I wanted to produce just wasnt possible for me at home and I got SMART real quick and just purchased them from Dean @ Everts.
There are very nice and bright and the glitter stays on the jig.
But give it a try ,maybe I will learn something if you can do it and have a quality jig afterwards
Hey Guys, lets remember one important thing the guy who makes the original “glitter heads” @ Evert’s NEEDS TO EARN A LIVING TOO!!!! I doubt you’ll produce anything near as nice …..Just my thoughts..
For adhesive look at any type of epoxy, it should hold up well. If you want a cost effective way to get a little flash go get some glitter nail polish, works just like clear polish in place of head cement for fly fishermen.
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I don’t like the vinyl paints as they will eat your plastics.
All depends on what brand and what they are clear-coated with. But not always the case.
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Hey Guys, lets remember one important thing the guy who makes the original “glitter heads” @ Evert’s NEEDS TO EARN A LIVING TOO!!!! I doubt you’ll produce anything near as nice …..Just my thoughts..
I’m curious to know. Who did make the “original” glitter head? I’ve seen them long before I’ve ever heard of Bfishin. Hutch has had them down this way since the first time I’ve fished P10 over 25 years ago. He still sells them to this day.
You answered your own question. “Hutch” as far as I know! 
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You answered your own question. “Hutch” as far as I know!
Thats what I thought….
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