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Monte,good points Painter, here is how I would do this . ( just how I do it, not that it is the perfect way ) 1st make sure your plastic is mixed up 100% - no settling in bottom of jugs use 4 oz. of soft, and mix with 4 oz. of med. in a pyrex ( thats 8 oz. of plastic in a 2 cup pyrex ) add 2 tables of fine salt add 1 table of softner - if you do not have softner - use all soft plastic no med. make sure your watermelon color is mixed well. I micro mine for 15- 20 seconds then skake for 1- 2 minutes now add the 12 drops of color now stir all ingredients well before heating heat for 1 min. take out and stir well ( use a metal spoon ) if it is still like milk and not warm heat 1 minute again ( depends on the power of your micro ) if it is starting to get warm then only heat for 30 seconds- take out and stir well use this 30 second heat ups till you get to apx. 275 degs. stir well after every 30 second heat up ( the micro will have hot spots in the plastic so you have 2 stir often ) after you get to- 275 deg. then go to - 20 second heat ups til you get to 325 degs or so. ( stir after each 20 second heat up ) now add glitter and stir well again - yes stir again - check temp - if its below 300 deg. heat 20 seconds and stir well to make sure the salt and glitter are mixed evenly from top to bottom of pyrex you should be able 2 pour sticks at 300 deg. (because there are no arms or legs on the baits that are small and need more heat so then the plastic would need to get thinner for small legs to fill ) now only pour 2 sticks then reheat 20 seconds or so check temp to be apx. 300 stir again pour 2 sticks , only pour 2 sticks at a time be cause the salt and glitter will settle before you can pour a third bait. hope this will get you going. Jeff

Assuming youve spent countless hours building this one of a kind crankbait this is how I personally take care of the off center wobble. First I take the little sob that ive meticulously carved for hours, proudly admiring what a bait guru I am, and stomp the bill right off the front of the bait. Second I would take my little picasso off the floor dust it off and throw it up against a brick wall. Lastly and the most fun is setting it on fire, so noone will ever see the evidence of what was 1degree off on the lip. Hope this helps. I sure feel better.