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Skandia Tungsten Jigs poor coating?

fisherman-andy

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Anyone have issues with the Skandia Tungsten Jigs color coating stripping & chipping away after minimal use?

After catching a dozen crappies and perch I notice the coating has chipped or stripped worn away 1/4 exposing the bare metal color. Thought it just just a coincidence and decided to pull out another one to use and the same thing happen after some use. For the price you pay per jig I think im now gonna look at some other options if this issue continues.

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cichlid_baby Enthusiast

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Grab the jar of clear nail polish from your wife's nail polish collection and put a thin coat on. Some people even use the stuff with glitter flecks in it to give it a little extra pop.

OMG... really??? If they can't figure out how to make a quality jig with a quality finish.. then they shouldn't be in the business... or.. my money will be spent elsewhere...

I'm not going to be repainting or recoating anything that I've already paid them to do...

Get it right.. or fade away.. that's how it goes.....

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eagle_3464 Rising Star

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I'm with Onafly....... I purchased a dozen at FF when they were on sale for $1.49 and coated them with clear glitter nail polish. I've caught around 100 bluegills on just one hook and the finish is just like new. I'll gladly put in a little effort for 1/2 price jigs.

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CAMAN Grand Master

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OMG... really??? If they can't figure out how to make a quality jig with a quality finish.. then they shouldn't be in the business... or.. my money will be spent elsewhere...

I'm not going to be repainting or recoating anything that I've already paid them to do...

Get it right.. or fade away.. that's how it goes.....

OMG...really!!! Calm down....go ahead spend your money else where...I don't care...but even the highest priced lures won't last forever...I've got a dozen or so Lindy and Northland and other expensive jigs that are completely bare I'm saving to recoat at sometime...

This was just a tip to extend the life of any painted lure...or change it up a bit...you can use any color...even that hot pink I hear you like so much... wink

And for the record I haven't had an issue with the 15 or so Skandia jigs I purchased on sale at FF, so I haven't bothered coating them yet with anything. Maybe a little chipping here and there but that is to be expected when you need to grab them with forceps.

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CAMAN Grand Master

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I have been using the skandia jigs. I had no problem with paint, but tonight I set a hook on a gill, and the hook snapped off. Has this happend to anyone?

Just learned this yesterday but apparently they silver solder the tungsten jighead onto the hook. After learning that I'd imagine if they put too much heat into the hook it will make the metal hook loose its temper or make it brittle, causing it to either break or bend too easily. I've heard people getting bad jigs from time to time, but I personally have never gotten one.

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I have been using the skandia jigs. I had no problem with paint, but tonight I set a hook on a gill, and the hook snapped off. Has this happend to anyone?

I bit on all the hype and purchased my first tungsten jigs. Bought 6 of them at 1.99 per. They are Skandia and the first one broke after about 20 gills and the second one broke when I tried to pull it loose from my carpet in my shack. I went back to my lead jigs after that! They should at least bend. The hooks seem to be brittle.

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