[rsinyard]

Two other things you could try. One is smoke your mold with a candle and the other is turn your mold upside down on your lead pot and let it get hot. I pour the poison tail jig and I had this same problem. I switched to a very soft lead, smoked my mold and turned my mold upside down on my lead pot and let it heat up before pouring. I don't have a problem anymore. Also I think practice has a lot to do with it as well. I have been pouring for over a year now and finally getting comfortable with what I am doing.

[JIGNPIG]

Holy cow you guys talk about adding wax to the hot lead. I tried that and almost burnt the house down! Haven't used wax since! Anyone that's new to pouring just be very careful when adding wax to hot lead. Have a fire extinguisher handy!

[Jig Man]

Originally Posted by TCCustom

I pour a arky style jig to make my chatter Style baits, I use a lead that has a little tin in it. When I pour ball heads I have no problem, but when I pour the arky jigs I get a lot of unfilled cavity in the shank, sometimes only in one of the three sizes, other times two will pour ok and one want. I can't figure it out so I just pour and re-melt what doesn't work. Will adding wax help this out.
Im new here and just started pouring these jigs.
Thanks
TCCustom

I have had that same problem with a spinnerbait mold. For it to work properly, I have had to smoke the mold, and get the lead as hot as possible. Sometimes I have even had to heat the hook shank for a good pour.