Gardnaaa
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3 hours ago, bryanmc said:
What temp are you pouring at? The cooler the plastic, the better the glitter will stay suspended.
At the moment 350° just cause that’s what it says on the packaging. And as far as the glitter goes I’m planning on ordering some from lureworks. But shipping is high priced to just ship glitter lol. So I’m waiting until I have a decent sized order to place. What size glitter do you recommend starting with?
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3 hours ago, Jig Man said:
They look good. You might want to do a quick stir between pours so your glitter stays mixed up.
It’s cheap glitter from michaels. It sinks instantly. I stir between pours and literally pull the butter knife out right before I dump it into the mold. I also think since the mold is pretty thick and takes longer to set up the glitter sinks into the bottom as it’s curing. I’ve only done 2 with glitter so far, and 1 regular without, plus I had 2 failed attempts.
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2 hours ago, Curt - RI said:
@Gardnaaa The baits look great!
In the future, however, all photos need to be posted in the gallery section of the site, unless they are being included in a post to demonstrate a specific technique or ask a specific question.
Please keep this in mind in the future
Oops sorry! I’m still finding my way around the forum. Thanks for letting me know so I know for future reference! Thanks for the kind words everyone. Tight lines!
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Hey guys, I’ve been following threads and peeking around the forum for a couple of weeks now. I finally got everything in to make my first open pour mold, which was an epic molds epic pud. I didn’t mix the plastisol up enough my first time, and I literally waited a half hour for it to set up, and never did. Just an ooey gooey mess. I finally got it down and took a picture of my first 3 successful runs and wanted to show you guys because I’m proud of it lol. All comments and criticism are welcome. Thank you everyone who have helped me so far, and all the extra information that was provided on here was great. Stay healthy everyone.
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I’ve read very good things about the ones at bass tackle, and I’ve also read good things about a company that’s only on Facebook called quality injectors. I just ordered mine through them. $65 plus shipping for an 8oz.
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Well I can’t help much because I’m just getting started as well. Everyone here has been great and very helpful. I ordered 3 different blends of plastisol, a bunch of colors, an open pour epic pud mold, just ordered an injector and a 10 cavity core shot senko mold. I have almost $500 invested and I barely have anything. It’s expensive to start for sure. Your best bet is buying second hand CNC aluminum molds. I’m not on Facebook but I have read that there are a lot of soft bait making groups that specifically sell second hand gear. Plus there is a classified section here on the website as well. Good luck!
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Right, it makes sense. Obviously you would want more action. I’ll have to play around with it to find the sweet spot. Thank you guys!
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Awesome thank you! The way you would make it a little more durable is less softener and a harder plastic right? Thanks for the recipe my friend.
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I will probably shoot mostly plain until I get the hang of it. I was just trying to see what everyone else does before I start.
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Hey everyone! Just ordered a fat guys fishing 10 cavity core shot senko mold the other day. I have 0 experience making baits yet. As I’m waiting for my stuff to come in, I figured I’d get the other things I need. Do you guys add salt or softener to the dead on blends for senkos? I have worm, swimbait, and craw/tube blend. Thanks in advance, I appreciate the help big time. -Zack
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I just ordered the 10 cavity core shot senko mold. They have a Labor Day sale going on.
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I was wondering the same thing. They have a 10 cavity core shot senko worm I was looking at.
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Are you guys using a vacuum chamber to remove the bubbles?
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So are these issues mostly with the floating blend? I bought 3 gallons of the black bucket blend. So hopefully since it’s meant to sink I’ll have better luck. Who knows. Whenever I get molds and try it out I’ll give an update
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Oh man not good. I hope it works out. Just because I’m getting started and everyone on YouTube says how great it is and how it’s worth the money, since it’s more expensive then a lot of the other ones out there. And that guy worlds worst fishing on YouTube swears by it.
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6 minutes ago, Canga~ said:
a lot of people love dead on so im sure it will be ok if done properly, i tried bait plastics before DO when baitjunkys stopped being available, and didnt see a reason to try anything else. at that time the prices were similar with shipping and everything, bait plastics free shipping is a pretty new thing. the groups on facebook are pretty evenly split between DO and BP, with a few using lurecraft, lureworks and MF
search facebook for the soft bait making groups, if you havent already (there is a few of them), tons of good information in there and most people are willing to help and pretty active in the groups.
Awesome thanks again!
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4 minutes ago, Canga~ said:
i havent used DO, but make sure you mix it well (when you think its mixed enough, mix more) and make absolute sure it gets over 350 on initial heat, probably 360 to be sure. it *should* come out fine, most of the issues i have read about through facebook groupls involves those 2 steps not being followed.
that being said bait plastics new 242 is the best i have used (doit essential (JUNK!!!) , baitjunkys medium (good stuff!), bait plastics old BJ blend 200 (was ok) , bait plastics 212 (good stuff!) and now 242.
Awesome! Thanks for the tips. I took a screenshot on my phone to hold onto this. I wish I would have tried bait plastics. I like the free shipping over $39. the shipping on the order I got today was $30. I was reading this thread having a heart attack after I already unpacked my order lol.
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I really hope this isn’t the case. I was going to buy the bait plastics but ended up buying 3 different gallons of Dead on. I’ve never made my own baits, I’m just getting started. Now you all are freaking me out because I just got it all in the mail today. I’m going to follow this, I don’t have any molds or anything yet.
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Awesome this will help me a bunch! Thank you so much!