Rpc Posted April 25, 2019 Report Share Posted April 25, 2019 So I’m about to make a mold of a catfish lure I made. I’m having doubts and I don’t wanna pour and waste my silicone before I get a second opinion. I’ll upload pics of the master. I was going to two a 2 piece mold like u see done using clay and building up the first half, pouring, removing clay and pouring 2nd half. Due to the whiskers I put on the catfish I was going to split the mold in half’s vertically on the mold instead of horizontally. Now I’m thinking I’ll have an ugly seam line along the sides of the bait instead of the top and bottom where it doesn’t show as much. Wondering if I keep the edge super clean I can avoid this problem. If I flip it and do it horizontally I will struggle to demold the whiskers and I’ll have to use a lot of extra silicone on the sides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rpc Posted April 25, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2019 I can’t get a picture to upload. If u can’t follow my crappy explanation without a visual pm me on Facebook Ryan painter customs haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apdriver Posted April 25, 2019 Report Share Posted April 25, 2019 I can’t help with the mold issue but have been successful by posting a pic in the gallery and then hyper linking it to your post from the gallery. The forum is much more megapixel restrictive as opposed to gallery. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landry Posted April 27, 2019 Report Share Posted April 27, 2019 I have done this a lot. I would go for a seam on back and belly of bait. The whiskers may break off when you remove it but that won’t matter as you can always clone your mold with a resin later (which I also have done). If you have not used silicon to make a mold before - send me a message if u have other questions... good luck. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
