[squigster]

I bought some quick grips today and clamped them to the Netcraft molds and it held together well. Out of 12 baits 5 turned out without voids.WHooo Hooo only wasted half my time today. I now understand $5.99 for a mold and why it is a bad idea. The injector looks in the catalog like it would hold a fair amount of plastic but it is only the size of a pill bottle and cools off pretty quick (Clogged injector 40% of the time that you have to clean out as the rest of the plastic sets up inside the tube.) It isnt worth the $10 in my opinion. I tried different pressures and flows but it didnt seem to matter. I will not buy any more and have learned my lesson. Its a shame because the grubs turn out almost like a Kalins 4" grub. I tried pouring the molds with superhot plastic and just using the injector to push air through it as someone had suggested. This will not work with their injector due to it lets air bleed out of the plunger. I then tried gluing an O ring around the plunger. What a mess that was. I then found a big injector my kid used to use for his medicine and even with an o ring glued to the base where it seals against the mold you could not get enough pressure to push the plastic all the way though to fill the tail. I then got the bright idea to try the injector on a few aluminum molds and it left voids all over the baits most of the time even though I preheated the molds and pushed slowly. I hate to pour baits with a pan and if it is intricate I might as well forget it. Chalk it up to another lesson learned. Thanks for all of your opinions and suggestions. Back to buying grubs I guess ...