I am going to start pouring my own weedless jigs. My question is, which is stronger, a weed guard cast in the mold or one that is epoxied in after? There is no issue with the painting procedure just want to know which one holds up better.

I glue mine in with superglue gel and have never had one come out.

 

I put mine in last.  It is way easier to do all the other work to jigs (painting, putting on eyes and skirts) without having the weedguard in the way.

I will say that I have in the early days poured weedguards in place, and from the heat of lead onto the weedguard material it fused that weedguard in, which to me is stronger. However, I glue mine in like Jig Man and have never had one come out. Also you get a better paint job when you glue in your weedguard last and it's easier to put the skirt on first, especially when you hand tie your skirt whether wire or thread.

Most of the time you'll find casting them in is stronger but I use both epoxy and super glue gel and never had any come off so I'm not sure if stronger is better. The exception to that is a football jig mold I have, the 1/8oz cavity is made to use a 1/8" diameter weed guard known as the FG-30, if you cast it in it will fall out so you have to epoxy it in. The reason is there is very little of the weed guard actually goes into the head so there is very little lead to hold it in place, if you use the epoxy right it will bond the weed guard into the hole as well as the surround area outside the weed guard and it will hold better. That one mold is the exception, I have never run into another mold like that so casting them in may work for you.

Like Cadman said the problem with casting them in is painting them after. Like most people I use a fluid bed to paint my jigs with the Teflon pins to prevent paint getting into the hole. When I dip the head into the fluid bed I always get pain on the Teflon pin, so I would imagine you would get the same result with your weed guard.

Thanks everyone. Looks like i will go the glue route.