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  1. A few months ago I bould a couple hundred stainless chatterbait blades on ebay at a pretty good price. I need to buy more now, but I am not able to find them. Can anyone help me ID the ebay vendor? I think they were not in the US. I believe they were sold in lots of 50 pc.

    I would be thankful of any help.

    Stephen

     

  2. I have been using alumilite´s ALUMIRES (RC-3) TAN for a few years now, buy it by the galon Kit. They are out of stock and they do not have a restock date.

    I bought a galon Kit from Reynolds that works ok, but it is 30% more expensive ($130 vs $100).

    Are there any comparable (price abd performance) resins out there?

    Stephen 

  3. On 8/20/2013 at 1:45 PM, ArdentAngler said:

    Very nice, I asked a machine shop who specializes in making lure molds....they told me $2000-$6000 for a two piece lure mold! Guess it takes many hours to draw up a lure on the computer that's what drives the price.

    I bet print-a-lure (facebook) could do that for you for a fraction. He does custom soft-plastic moldes for a coupld hundred $

  4. On 10/22/2016 at 9:19 PM, rixon529 said:

    Worm oil is DINP (diisononyl phthalate) or DOP (dioctyl pthalate), both of which are a pthalate used as a plasticizr. I think this is a point of confusion what with all the talk of "pthalate-free platisol", etc.

    It has been mentioned in the past that "pthalate free plastisol" is kind of a gimmick. People want/like to hear that those bad carcinogenic pthalates are absent from the plastics used to make lures, but fail to realize that the other products that are added to the pthalate-free plastisol actually DO contain pthalates (colorant, softener, hardener, worm oil) and those products are therefore putting the pthalates back in.

    Hate to contradict, but Worm Oil is not DOP. DOP is used to make Plastisol (along with a couple of other secondary plasticizors) but also in plastisol is a specific type of mineral oil that is compatible with the PVC resin.

     

  5. The Zoom shortage (and other large US operations) is due to COVID factory shut-downs and reductions. This raw material shortage is much more recent, related to refineries in Texas being shut down due the winter storm. Actually, prices for raw materials came down for a few months prior to this. My larger customers have all been complaining about back-orders with all fishing products except those coming directly from China. In Mexico, retailers have been venturing into private-labeling Chinese Products rather than importing from the USA in the last few months.

     

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  6. Generally, Hardener is just plastisol minus (or greatly reduced) plastisizers and a little more stabilizer. It is white because the PVC resin has still not been melted. It should turn transluscent (just like plastisol) once heated.  You can add it before hating or afete it is hot. I find it easier to mix when added to hot plastisol. It is also possible to add powdered PCV directly to plastisol to make it harder if you can get your hands on it. You have to be careful not throw off the balance. My 2C.

  7. I have been making soft plastic baits for 20 years. Never used a de-gasser. If you are heating in a micro-wave and are anal about micro bubbles, it probably makes sense. I find that heating 1-2 liters in presto pot and making mostly dark baits there is no need. It appears that heating from the bottom up and drawing plastic from the bottom makes bubbles irrelevant. my $0.02 

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