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I’ll say the did. Nice color combo too. I like it.

You can preheat your injector with a propane torch or a griddle. After you heat the plastisol, set the Pyrex on the griddle to keep it hot. Shoot your molds and evacuate the unused plastic back in your Pyrex cup and put your injector nozzle right in the cup with the hot plastic. This should keep your injector from freezing up and allow you to demold, draw plastic and shoot again. Put the griddle thermostat to high. 400+. Eventually, the plastic will cool enough to allow the injector to freeze and you’ll have to clean it out, reheat the plastic in the microwave and start over.

You betcha. It’s what I use.

I just received a dear customer letter from Skirts Plus explaining the current situation for them. Covid and all the related issues in the supply chain. They go on to say silicon suppliers have doubled their lead times and increased their prices up to 300% in some cases. So the shortage isn’t getting better and the prices are going up. Hope everyone has a pretty good stock.

After experimenting with pouring the lead with the weedguard in place, I’m not a fan. There’s a reason they made the base hole pins. The heat of the molten lead melts the fibers of the weedguard and flairs what remains above the head. It makes for funky look and presentation. Try contacting Cadman for some base hole pins that will fit that smaller cavity and order some small weedguards.

I think I have a couple of those Fat Albert molds Basskat. If you just want to shoot a bunch up, I’d be happy to send them your way for awhile. Mine are the six cavity models. I looked on Lureworks but that mold isn’t on there. Just wonder if a call to Leonard might get you one if you want to purchase. I dunno though.

Couldn’t you make a smaller pattern out of cardboard or thick stock as a master and trace that pattern onto your tape and cut it? That would give you some margins so you could seal it and provide some durability to the blade.

Here ya go Mark. Post your results! https://custombaits.com/index.php?topic=13596.msg102088#msg102088

Mostly gloss, Big E. I have ordered some stuff from Prismatic Powders also and it was top notch powder. Columbia has a Omni Black thats a color shift I need to get a pound of that looks really nice. I have had some luck with that kind of look before on bass. I always thought buy by the ounce was expensive when I looked at pound prices. Just my .02.

I have used Columbia Coatings a long time and like their product. They have good powders and sell by the pound. Just google them. Nice website.

I’m really confused by this. What are you saying…..really?

Here ya go, Brandon. Basstackle makes some good top inject swimbait molds specifically made to shoot laminates. Generally all the top inject molds that have an injection port for each cavity will laminate well with your dual injector. They cost more as a general rule, though. https://www.basstackle.com/631_Ring_Swimbait_5_Cavity_p/631-kj-5.htm Another is the Epic bait molds swimbait that has a different look and is a very nice bait and laminates well. I own both these molds. The Basstackle and the Epic mold. https://epicbaitmolds.com/products/5-6in-epic-preybait-hand-injection-mold

I think the SB Coat paint and a textured pad to roll on would get the results you are looking for.

I didn’t know Del but sad to here of his passing. I have a very nice ten cavity senko mold of his. Wish I had more of his stuff, really. Very talented moldmaker, for sure. Prayers to his family….

I received my package. Thank you for the baits. It reminds me of some little baits I put together for a friend that wanted them for some small river fishing in Missouri. I think the original builder called them Flashy Swimmer or something like that. I posted a pic of that little bait in the gallery but it was built as a double spin with a hand tied jig on it. Beautiful little bait but your is much more intricate. I know how much time I spent on those little Flashy Swimmers for my Buddy and know you put a lot of effort into building these. Lots of wire bending skills in these and they would be very difficult to mass produce. I haven’t fished them yet but plan to and will let you know the outcome. Thanks again for the beautiful baits and will follow up with some on the water experience.

Hi Bruce County. I would love to get one of your new 1-A 1-A lure designs. Not sure about all the ins and outs of patents but hoping you succeed in your endeavor. I will PM you my address and wouldn’t mind paying for the lure and postage. Kind Regards…..

At first glance, your wire size looks way big to me for such a small inline spinner. IIRC, .021 is what I typically use for this size. Another thing that sticks out is the Colorado blade. They just don’t spin well on an in-line. Try a French blade. You’ll have way more success. What size clevis are you using?

Looks like the China virus is hitting them hard too. Lots of out of stock items.

How many you want?

Not sure what that is about. I’ll try to clear out my inbox. Maybe that’s it.

^^^^^ Cashed a few checks on those over the years, haven’t you? Everyone can’t fish those like you do!

That is a beautiful fish.^^^^^^

Interesting old lure that I bet caught plenty of fish. Would love to see your modified mold. Please post pic.

Jazzatomo linked his Dropbox that has those recipes in a couple of posts up this thread. Can you open that link up?

Heck, just shake the snot out of it now. My gallon jugs are semi opaque so you can see if there’s any hardpack when you turn it upside down. Then you can let it rest a few days until you get ready to use it. Is it Calhoun’s? I do this without any ill effects.