[scbassman28]

I made my first pour tonight. Did not turn out good. I have calhoun 1207 plastic. I added some softener to it. I think that I should have left that out. The worms were really soft and sticky even after sitting for 30 minutes. Anyone else have this kind of experience with this. If so what should I do?

[Delw]

how much did you add? what else did you add in to the baits? salt scent ect ect.

If your trying to pour a bait with out salt and its sticky sounds like either way to much softener or you didnt shake the plastic enough.

if you had salt in the bait then you may have added too much softener for the salt you put in or you didnt shake it up enough.

important thing is did you shake the plastic up well enough and How much softener did you add and what else did you put in the plastic, with out that its only guessing games

[daveh]

if your just making worms i would leave out the softener. add just a little salt or no salt so it will still float off the bottom.

[mark poulson]

Dave,
I just watched your "How to Pour" tutorial and it was excellent! I haven't poured anything since I used to pour surf sinkers thirty years ago, mainly because I had never seen it done or explained, but now I feel comfortable giving pouring plastics a shot.
I'll probably start by reusing a few pounds of worms that I have in the garage.
Any suggestions regarding reusing old plastics?

[captsully18]

Mark, I have never had good results melting old worms just as they are. If you are gonna use them, add some of them to fresh plastic after it has reached pouring temp. Every time I used just the worms the resulting baits were extremely hard, expecially if I happened to mix worms from different companies. Never know the formulation that various co.s use in their baits and mixing them may cause most of the problem. But, what do I know, I'm just a good ole Ky hillbilly.

David

[mark poulson]

David,
I have a ton of torn up Robo, Yum, Zoom, and Yamamoto plastics. What kind of plastic should I buy to use as a starting base?

[captsully18]

Originally Posted by mark poulson

David,
I have a ton of torn up Robo, Yum, Zoom, and Yamamoto plastics. What kind of plastic should I buy to use as a starting base?

Mark, I would start with a soft plastic from most any of the companies, maybe even M-F super soft. Try about a 50/50 mix ( 4oz. soft plastic and add worms [cut into short lengths to aid melting] to reach 8oz. or 2oz. plastic up to 4oz. Then you can adjust to suit your taste. I would not mix the various makes, but try each one to see how they come out. jmho

David

[captsully18]

Hey, I should add that perhaps Delw, Nova, or one of the resident experts may jump in here and correct me if I am wrong. Hope they do, I would like to read what they have to say on this topic.

David

[mark poulson]

Thanks David. I'll give it try, and let you know what happens.

[HJS]

scbassman28 - Can't help you out there. I'm still remelting old plastics.

Mark - So far I'm using only old plastics to make new plastics... mostly because I really like hobbies and REALLY like to save money. I had been saving old and damaged plastics for several years, segregated to color to avoid bleeding, knowing full well that I would eventually get into pouring my own. My first self-taught attempts at making molds and pouring plastics was an abysmal failure. Then I found this site and all is good now.

To make a long store short... using scissors, I chop up old plastic, into bean sized chunks and put them in my melting container and place in the microwave. I start with 20 second burst of full power eventually dropping down to 5 seconds as the plastics approach pouring temps and all chunks are totally melted. Takes a couple of minutes. Stir briefly after each power burst. Too much time at full power and the plastic will suddenly burn looking like a marshmallow that fell in the campfire.

The vast majority of my old plastics are either Bass Assassins or 9" & 12" trolling sassy shads. Also, I use pretty much only 3-4 colors. So my variety of plastic types is very simple. When melting, I keep the 2 types separate. Big trolling sassies are a little harder formula than Bass Assassins.

I'm almost out of old plastics and may actually have to purchase a jug of virgin plastic to continue my newfound passion. Don't bother me with the fact that I now have a 5 year supply of new poured plastics... I gotta keep pouring!!!