badfish03 Posted January 18, 2005 Report Share Posted January 18, 2005 coating it with epoxy? Poured my first molds last night a 7.5 inch stick type bait made from a 11 inch Berkleys power worm. Used an old VCR tape case to pour the mold into mad that thing works great! I can see storing these in a vcr rack with labels on the side. Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Posted January 18, 2005 Report Share Posted January 18, 2005 Probably not the best way but I haven't had any problems with my molds and they are nearly a year old. As soon as I demold I go ahead and slap a coat of Devcon on my molds. They still contain moisture but hasn't caused any probems for me. The surface is dry so the epoxy sticks no problem. I typically make a mold, coat it, and pour in it in around an hour or hour half. As long as the mold isn't too complicated I will slap 5 minute epoxy on it with no problems. You do have to store these so they can dry the first time but no problem. Do a search and you will find many "bake" their molds in the oven. I have before but my rush method hasn't had any problems either. I have only made probably 10 molds so far so maybe I will have some in the future screw up doing it this way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish_N_Fool Posted January 18, 2005 Report Share Posted January 18, 2005 I highly recomend baking iyour molds in the oven for about 4 hours on a low heat after you pull your mold out of the container. You want to do any touch up or if a two piece mold cutting of your pour holes before you bake it. It is as hard a bone after and almost impossible to work, but it will hold the sealer better if you bake it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
