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I just pick the one that matches the rest of the color of the fish, or a more natural one. Wayne

Had a bit of trouble getting the pictures uploaded but I think I got it figured out. The fin is just resting there for looks I have not glued it on yet. I won't do that till after it is painted.

Found this mold on eBay and decided to give it a shot. This is a CNC machined mold for a jigging minnow. Something similar to a jigging Rapala or a shiver minnow. The two cavity mold came with 50 of the tail fins 25 clear and 25 red and 50 wire inserts. The wire inserts are merely a short piece of wire with opposite facing R bends in it. The tails are made out of some sort of rigid plastic. The mold information appears to be laser engraved on the front. This mold calls for a # 2 mustad popper style kink shank hook in the rear and has a hole machined in it on each side to accommodate a #4 or smaller treble hook placed on the wire insert. The handles have some kind of rubber coating on them. The mold makers name is Kent Desautel and my mold shipped from Minnesota. I ordered extra wire inserts and extra tails for this as he had them listed on eBay as well. He sent me a message saying he is looking to get into the custom mold making market. I messaged him back asking for his contact information and have not received it yet. But when I do I will let you know. I had a little trouble when I first tried casting with this mold. Then I realized I had forgotten to spray dropout in the mold. Once I did that it worked pretty good. The only thing I really don't like about this mold is the rubber handles are loose on the bolts that secure them to the mold. They were that way before I heated it up. As you can see the hinges are pinned with roll pins similar to how my Shawn Collins molds are pinned. This mold has much loser tolerances though and opens and closes to easily (loosely) for my liking but that doesn't affect the function of the mold. He did machine alignment holes and pins on the handle end, though with the hinge I don't know why those would be necessary. This is supposed to make an approximately 1 oz jig. With the alloy in my pot which is a mix of lead and a small amount of tin I got 1.1 oz and when cast in tin I got .8 oz. That is with a blank jig only with hooks and a fin stuck on just for looks and no paint or coatings. This mold sells on eBay for $150. I'll include some comparison photos with a new Shawn Collins mold that just arrived in the mail as well. Now I just need to get some holographic foil on these some paint and some eyes put in and test them out.

Ill 'll give this a shot. Try a twin injector with one color per side and the plunger bridge off. With the blending block in place start injecting the first color then start the second color while stopping the first color and finish out the push. Just MHO.

This mold can be purchased on eBay if you use the search feature look up "jigging minnow mold". If anybody is interested this mold makers name is Kent Desautel. It's contact information is: Kentdesautel@gmail.com Phone: (701)520-1872 I know some people are not happy with Sean Collins being hard to get ahold of. Though personally I really like Sean's molds and own over 20 of them. I know Bob at CNC mold and stuff does very good work and I have a couple of his molds. This just gives another option for those who may be looking for someone to make them an aluminum mold.

https://www.tackleunderground.com/classifieds/for-sale_25/presto-pot-mixer-r2119/

I pick red eyes on faster moving baits, like jerkbaits and spinnerbaits, because it gives them a red flash as they swim by at high speed.

Gulp is waterbased and not a plastisol at all therefore it will not process the same

my bet will be a Centrifugal Spin Cast Molds and some kind of static mixing and 2 cups so you add more and more red to the mix http://www.staticmotionlessmixers.co.uk/index.html

Any VMC dealer should be able to get them. http://www.nos-catalogues.net/vmc-fishing-hooks/pdf/bulk/2019/?page=36

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even large manufacturers this process would suck. Pie molds in general suck layed out round. I built a pie mold last fall, and laid it out square and got 60 cavities, were i could get 30 in round orientation. and it only takes 65-80 seconds to cycle were i don't have to spin, etc. Spin cast works in lead so well, because of its weight. and you can force it in tight spaces faster then it can cool. With a cooled mold and the same number of cavities he has in the video, Dave Mc could have shot 2x the baits with glitter and salt, laminated in the same time frame.

In my opinion repaints ( done right ) should cost more! with just the sanding and prepping time alone you really don't make much money, if at all. There is a night and day difference between a repaint and a new blank.