[redg8r]

I know that's confusing.

I spoke with a smoothon rep who told me the gallon order (pictured above)
totals 20.7 lbs. Which I'm guessing is 2 gallons. Liquid weight varies by the density of the liquid, so I can't venture a positive answer.

[Delw]

they look like 1 gallon buckst to me. and the weight jerry gave sounds about right 9lbs per gallon on RTV plus bucket weigth of around a lb. remember though its sold by weight so it might not be completely full.

[Kajan]

Ma' thanks, Ya'll cleared dat up LOL Looked like each bucket was 1 gal, and might not be full. They did not explain well.

[gunnie3035]

If your not pouring a boat load of molds I wouldn't buy a gallon of each. It does have a limited shelf life once it is opened. I'm not sure what the shelf life is, but I've let it sit for a month or so w/o any problems. I think they sell a pint sample pack for $22-$25. You can pour quite a few molds from the sample pack if they are not too thick.

[redg8r]

I'm not sure if they have changed their policy over the years or not, but they used to only allow a single sample or trial purchase per person.

I got around it by buying a trail kit on their old shopping cart & when they recently switched over to a new cart system, all records were lost/incompatible, so I ordered another one.

If they have indeed changed that policy, good on em, but I know that their distributors stock those same kits on the retail shelves for hobbyists.

[Kajan]

Yea, I am gona try that brand and get that ammount. I will need to get more. My lures are fairly large, after first pour, I set the timer to 7 min. then I can take lures out and put in ice water. So they are decent sized plastics. Fishing here we use bou'cou' lures, so, I want enough lures that I can make few hundred in short time.

[King Bait Co.]

I was at work today and was stocking my silicone that are tinners use and I noticed that we have RTV in a tube. I wonder if I could make molds with it. The only problem I could think of was its brick red. I don't know if it would stain the plastics or not. It is for high temp 500 degrees and is flexable after it sets. I may try it next week I forgot to grab a tube today on my way out or has anybody tried that RTV yet?

[Spike-A-Pike]

If it's made by Dowel Corning, it works great for sealing the engine bay and insulation blankets for jet engine "hot sections". The stuff we used soft cured in 1 hour and fully cured in 12 hours and stayed flexible at least 24 months and peeled clean with a minimal effort.

[King Bait Co.]

The name on the tube is Red Devil High Temp RTV Silicone.

[Kajan]

This is what my molds look like