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  1. The Clearasol you use to dip the baits will firm up just like the swim bait.. DO NOT pour it back in the bottle..After it cools it will be a chunk . Save it for the next time you dip . When ready to remelt cut it up into small chunks and add a little fresh to it and remelt then dip again.
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  2. Hope it does the trick!
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  3. I've not seen that mold. However I have seen something close: https://www.btsmolds.com/trailers/twin-trailer
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  4. Im not a huge fan of Polytrans. I actually like the LifeTone better just wish you could get them in smaller bottles. as BobP said the Superhide White works great as a base coat though.
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  5. Here’s my latest jig Build. Robster Craw I’d love to know what everyone thinks.
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  6. The only Polytranspar paint I use is their Superhide White, which is the best color basecoat I have found. Contains lots of pigment to cover fast and dries quickly to a hard smooth surface. As far as colors go, I use any brand that catches my eye and haven’t had significant problems with any. I particularly like Wildlife Colors, which carries some nice flakes, pearls, etc.
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  7. Open them on each cavity, very carefully, and only take a bit of material before testing.
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  8. This gives me some ideas. The round-nose cutters are very expensive and lose their cutter edge, requiring servicing. The main cutter on my dup machines is a saw cutter, but this gives ridges. If I used a mill bit as a follower, I could skim off the ridges and add detail, also, the opposite positioning of the second cutter might prevent bounce, enabling a faster speed to be used. Thanks for posting Clemmy Dave
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  9. I also use the badger sandblaster to spray powder paint, as well as their very inexpensive external mix paint gun. Both work well. I use a hot air gun to heat the jig, dip it in a fluid bed for the base coat, back to the hot air gun to finish the melting of the base coat, and while it's still hot, spray with one or two colors of powder in the badger guns. Because the base coat is still melted, the powder sticks well, then back to the hot air gun to complete the melting. (I just spray over a garbage can, the countershading uses very little powder, I don't attempt to salvage it). This gives a nice blended countershading. I have several guns hooked up to an air distribution manifold so I can just grab the color I want to spray, then just heat cure and paint the eyes. Part of the trick with the sandblasters is to keep the air pressure low (about 20-25 psi), so the powder doesn't come out in a fog.
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