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F M Bait Co
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Round worms with a taper actually have better action with less resistance in movement than a flat bottom worm. Think of it as a bullwhip.
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The Hotrunner Machine is awesome, but it took 7 months & our company attorney getting involve to receive it.
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Scents are only really effective if they're water soluble. Unfortunately, most scents contain oils & plasticizers that are not water soluble. You'll get some scent particle release but not as well as a full water-soluble scent.
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We use the Hot Runner Machines. Speed will depend on the size of molds you're using. Most of our molds are at least 12"x12" or 13"x13" & we can go through 5 gallons of plastic an hour.
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Try shooting as low temperature as possible & hold at least a 10 second pressure. We usually shoot our stick baits around 285 degrees.
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Chemionics has always been known for it's inconsistency. Figured they may have gotten better over the years, but they still have consistency problems. They sent use a couple of gallons of their soft & medium floating formulas to test out & it was useless. Baits made with the soft were falling apart demolding them & baits made with the medium were breaking apart even after a week of cure time. Both the soft & medium still didn't float even though they market the formulas to do so. MF, Lurecraft, BP(Polysol), Lureworks(Color Tech), & Calhoun are way better choices and you're getting it straight from the manufacturer.
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It may cost less to just buy trailers wholesale in bulk than making them.
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It sounds great but requires a large investment to be competitive. The upside is if you're selling wholesale, the excise tax is based on your lowest selling price.
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MF & Lurecraft make a floating plastic. BP/Polysol soft formulas float as well. Everything else we've tested is either a neutral buoyancy or slow sinking. Chemionics advertises a floating formula but it's more neutral & complete junk like the stuff they produce for Dead On.
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That sucks, would really like to find some of the 6" Ribbon Tail tail molds. Bought ten of their 6" ribbon tail molds several years back & really like a few of the tail molds.
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Just saw that Lake Side Molds is back in business. I wonder if they will be rereleasing some of their older designs.
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1. Depends on your cost, overhead, packaging, etc. Work out a good business plan & talk to suppliers about bulk pricing. Go as far as writing up and negotiating contracts.
2. Don't use names other companies use. If using off the shelf molds from the usual mold markers that everyone else is using, some of the newer ones are running in the grey area with their designs. Stay away from any of the mold makers in the Ukraine. Most if not all the ones they're machining infringe on U.S. patents. If you start designing your own baits & get molds machined, always consult with a patent attorney. This will save you money in the long run.
3. Talk to an accountant that specializes in manufacturing businesses & go to your local tax office. In the long run, it's always best to have an accountant to take care of everything. Yes, it's going to cost more but well worth it.
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When we use injectors, we'll use canola oil cooking spray to lube them. Vegetable oil cooking spray will work but may get sticky over time, canola oil don't get the sticky residue.
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Yep, Lureworks Green Pumpkin SP 156 is the green pumpkin brown Zoom uses.
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Try Print-A-Lure www.palmolds.com
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Unless it's water soluble, it's pretty much useless. Fish will pick-up a few scent particles when they grab the bait but that's about it. Oil base scent is there to catch the fishermen.
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BTS 706 is as close as you're going to get without infringing on the patent.
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We use clamshell packaging from eclamshell.com
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That first color is the original MF brown grape. Lureworks chameleon has more of a redish purple color for the base color.
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20 hours ago, Landry said:
I see no reason for a chamber if u r a hobbyist. It is great for making silicon molds but i simply heat up plastisol and let it sit so air rises out and then reheat for 30 seconds. There are no discernible bubbles left after that.
I agree as well. Really wouldn't worry about any bubbles, fish don't care & would never notice.
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Until they offer it at a manufacturing quantity & cost, is isn't worth it for me to try it.
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It shoots great! Has a lot of action with the wide ribbon but the down fall is that the wide ribbon tail catches a lot of air on the cast & doesn't go very far. If you're not making very far casts, then it's a really good bait.
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We use the old Bears Bait mixers. We have at least three pots & two mixers at each work station. You do have to shut them off when drawing plastic. Throwing plastic back in isn't a problem. What we do is wait toward the end of the run & throw all the plastic pieces back into the pot & let it remelt. As far as dual injectors, the bass tackle works with two pots sitting side by side.
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Which Manufacturer WIll Be The First?
in Soft Plastics
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Shouldn't be hard to modify an existing mold.