MuskieBait

I am pretty new to this game as well. Where is the best place to get this worm oil I hear about, and do you just paint it on with a brush, or wipe it on with your finger right before you pour? My molds are epoxied...but a few tiny spots still show up dull

Just put epoxy on the first mold last night. It is nice and shiny and smooth this morning. I used devcon 30min 2-ton epoxy...Was that the right 30min epoxy to use?

I let it go 90 min...came out of the box nicely. I had more run under the bait than last time but that was my fault and I know what i did. It was nothing a few extra min with the x-acto could not fix.

The biggest one, I am afraid, I will be mixing in a large rubbermaid container. Do you think 75 min is enough dry time before i take it out of the mold box??

I put the last mold in a small room in the house and turned on a space heater. That seems to have helped a bunch. I just poured another mold. 14 cups of water and 20-22 cups of plaster. I am going to let it set for 75 min before I unscrew the mold box....wish me luck.

Is spike-it paint the same as the lurecraft "color tech paint"? I just need something I can dip a paper towel in and give a little color to the top and bottom of a bait poured with alumisol. Lurecraft quit carrying the colors I always use, for some reason.

Does POP ever become rock hard? I baked mine last night at 200-225 for about 2 hrs. It still had steam coming off of it when i took it out. It is really solid now, but i can still scratch it with my fingernail.

How do I go about using the Devcon...squirt some out onto waxed paper and paint it on with a paintbrush? Should I use devcon for the mold cavity and modpodge for the rest of the mold?

my mold, which is for the smallest of the 3 baits I will be making, is 9 inches long, 5 inches wide, and 2.5 inches deep. the final and biggest mold will be nearly 16 inches long, 6-7 inches wide, and 4 inches deep.

Thanks for the info guys. I did manage to make one mold. I ended up using 3.5 cups of water and 5.5 cups of plaster. It stirred really well and was a pretty good consistency when I was satisfied all the bubbles and clumps were out. I let it harden for an hour before i Unscrewed my mold box and removed my "template". Did a little trimming with the x-acto and it is now in the oven at 225, with the door cracked. I still found the POP mixing odd. Yesterday I mixed 2 cups water, and 4 cups plaster and it ended up being totally runny. Today's 3.5 cups of water should have taken 7 cups of plaster, but only needed 5.5. The only difference is yesterday's plaster was in the smaller 4.4lb cartons and i just gave up today and bought the 25lb bag. I am certain by the time I get to the largest 2 baits I want to make I will be mixing plaster in a washtub so I will use the 25lbs. basskat. I am familliar with Devcon. Do you use the 5 minute epoxy? Do I need to re-bake the mold after using the epoxy or Mod Podge. When you say the mod podge wears off...what happend when it does? Will that ruin my mold when I pour into it, or will my bait just come out with a matte finish?

Do I bake the mold with the mod podge applied or bake it and then add the mod podge? Slammingjack, what is DWP? Thanks for all the help guys!!

Once it has "set" and you like how it is, do you then let it continue to air dry or do you bake the mold? Also is there a company I can send some soft plastic baits to and they can make me some molds that I could pour into?

I have watched the tutorials on here and a couple others on Youtube about mixing POP. All the videos say 2 parts POP to 1 part water. I just tried mixing 2 cups of water to 4 cups of POP and the mixture was nearly as runny as plain water, even after 3 min of stirring. Then I kept adding POP and all of a sudden it set up and I had basically ruined 3 pounds of POP. Is there a different ratio I should be mixing at? I am trying to make a mold of a 9" long, 2" high bait if that makes any difference