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  1. This. ^. I've been suing the same two pairs of sprue cutters from barlows not only for lead, but for my tin bismuth as well. I'm probably going on 20 years. Everything from 1/8oz up to 20oz. Although at times the bending back and forth with a pliers works pretty well too. When trimming lead with the Barlows cutters, the sprues just fall. When cutting tin, those suckers go flying! Usually one or two quick passes with a file, or a high grit sand paper should do the job. I pass the head over the sandpaper, or just pass an aggressive file over the jig or weight or whatever. One or two passes should not create dust. I think if you go nuts sanding and filing , then, yeah. You'll create dust.
  2. I made two different colors. One was blue craw with Pumpkin Brown added, and blue and a tiny bit of green highlight, with the bottom color a burnt orange. The second one was MF Crawfish with brown pumpkin added to deepen the color, and again the burnt ornage under color. The burnt orange was made with Lurecraft orange darkened with brown pumpkin and MF brown. Both types came out kind of nondescript. Took them out of the molds, tossed them into a water bath. and when I went to take them out I could see them in the water. how the colors both seemed kind of natural. One was a deep brownish, yet seemed greenish with the blue craw. The crawfish colored one seemed to be almost a deep olive. Very natural looking. In the water both colors looked so completely different. I'm pleased with my results, but feel I could improve the colors. Maybe a drop or two of straight green? I didn't use any glitter because I wasn't sure what color to use. Maybe brown? Copper? Orange? Maybe I'll do a motor oil craw, and add sparkle blue flake? I got time to play around. Yet. It's not like I've never had experiments fail before. I'd take photos but doubt if they'd come out showing what I can see, especially in the water.
  3. The top photo looks as though some kind of highlight was added.
  4. I may use blue craw with blue highlight for the top. And Lurecraft crawfish for the bottom. If that doesn’t work,then dark pumpkin with blue highlight. And the burnt orange underneath. RootBeer. One of the most popular colors and I don’t have that one. Never did yet I don’t know why.
  5. That probably means they’re not busy. I had long lead times from Angling AI. Bass Tackle. And others. You could order a Do It Essential Series molds d still wait 10days. My first order from FGF I was on the phone over an hour with them . Discussing the application of the bait I was making. The best plastic I should use with that mold. Etc etc. Waited about 2 weeks for my order. I recently ordered a FGF dual injector. Less than a week for delivery. Some companies are now charging a “convenience charge”. Convenient for them I guess. I’d rather pay the extra few dollars and order quality. Quality is always worth waiting for. That’s why I still order MF Plastisol. But… seems this thread has gone wayyyy off topic
  6. This applies to their molds because they make them on an as ordered basis. The name may seem funny but from videos I’ve seen of their operation I’m led to believe the name refers to the owners physical stature. Man I hated to be the one to say that. While I can’t speak to their plastic their molds and accessories are top notch. Don’t let the name fool you.
  7. We think alike, These are some of the colors I was thinking of using. I never thought of the DOP Grit for the underneath, but that's pretty much the color I was thinking. I just got a big order from DOP, now I'll have to send a new one. I was wondering how I could use the MF Motor Oil in. I have a good amount of the "old" color. Has just enoug sheen to maybe be used on the top part. I also have MF Crawfish. Which really is pretty much the same as Caramel. I do understand the regional differences, even the differences in species here in New England alone. I'm just trying to make maybe what you could call an "average" color, if one exists. My molds duplicate the Yamamoto Baby Psycho Daddy. And a question. Where do I find brown highlight?
  8. Had someone ask me to make them some crayfish baits. I'm at a loss as to what colors to use in a laminated bait to make as natural looking bait as possible. Looking for suggestions for colors, glitter etc. I can make the usual stuff the big makers sell, but I'm trying to make "au naturel". I'm thinking natural craw on the top, and some lighter brown under? Dark green pumpkin up top. orange brownish under? These will be used in northern New England rivers. If not natural, what colors would you make your crayfish baits? Or if not a laminate, what single color? I have Blue Craw colorant, but I've never seen a blue crayfish.
  9. Kind of like a fruit roll up! If I do go with some sort of grinder that roll would feed nicely into it.
  10. Never had this issue. I have gone down as low as 320 grit. But it takes a lot more glass to achieve the desired results. As far as the medium, I've only used virgin glass beads. Some baits I've used half salt and half glass. Those were mostly senkos. Now I hardly use anything. I like being able to see the glitter in the baits. And colors are better too. I only weigh some senkos, and a wacky worm bait. I typically fish my wacky worm weightless, unless the water is over10'. Then I'll use a weighted wacky hook. My 5" wacky worms weigh almost as much as my weighted senkos. I've even been toying with the idea of using tungsten powder.
  11. Trying to duplicate Berkley Power Bait Camo. Not having much luck. Tried the recipe in the cookbook but it comes out looking like mud. I want to make 7 1/2 in ribbontail worms which is all I use. I can easily buy some. But I have enough supplies to make enough to last till the end of time. Anyone else male these? Or this color?
  12. Harbor Freight. 25 lbs for 39.95 of 80 grit
  13. You need to use beaded glass. Adds weight nicely. I buy 10lbs. at a time. I add same as salt. I take 6oz of plastisol and add enough glass beads to raise the volume by two ounces. Softener needed but makes a nice floppy wiggly stick bait. And casts like a rocket. The glass will score your injector, but after years of use mine is still fine and functional. I replace O rings maybe once a year. For glass beading I use 70-100 Ct
  14. Great! Thanks everyone! Now y’all have me searching websites for motorized or hand cranked grinders for cutting my pucks. Tell me again how pouring my own is saving me lots of money. I do see a couple cheaper hand and powered grinders and may consider one. In the meantime I’ll keep my scissors sharp.
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