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  1. The carrot has been sold, but the fork tail molds are still available. Are you interested in just the fork tail?
  2. Yea, all swim bait molds are available. Send me a message and we can work something out.
  3. They are still available. Sorry for the delay. Not sure if you’re still interested. If so, send me a message and I’ll ship them to you.
  4. I have multiple molds, injectors, and dual injection adaptors for sale. All lightly used. I'm willing to split items up if you don't want everything. Items include: Two (2x): 6 inch jerk bait mold. Each mold has two cavities. ***COST $55 per mold. Four (4x): 4.5 inch split tail swim bait molds. Each mold has four cavities. ***COST $40 per mold. One (1x): 3.5 inch Do-it Molds carrot stick mold. Sold with lamination plate. The mold has 10 cavities. ***COST $50 Two (2x): 4 ounce Injectors with dual injection (multiple color) system. ***COST $180. Conversion kit can be sold separately for $100, with each injector for $40. Buyer pays shipping. Shipping will be calculated based on buyers location and weight of shipment. Let me know if you have any questions.
  5. I've been trying to get a bright chartreuse tail dip on my dark soft plastics for a while (tried base coating with white), but just can't seem to make it work very well. I know it can be done, because Kelly Wiggler Lures does it perfectly (see attached). They have been chartreuse dipping dark colors for forever. Anyone know how/what they do/use to get such a good tail dip?
  6. Hey everyone, I recently bought a top injection mold from Basstackle and have been shooting with Bait Junkies, now Bait Plastics' hard formula. I cannot for the life of me get a bait to shoot without there being air bubbles at the top/head of the bait. It's infuriating! I haven't violently stirred the plastisol or sucked up any air while pulling plastisol into the injector, but it happens nearly every time I inject. The reason I know I'm not doing this is because I have another, side inject mold from a different company that shoot perfectly every time. I've tried purging the injector prior to shooting and that didn't work. Anyone have another idea on how to fix this issue? Is it the mold sprue that is the problem. I can't help but notice that the side injection mold that shoots perfectly has a wide sprue opening where it meets the body of the lure, whereas the Basstackle top inject mold has a very narrow sprue-body connection. Could air be getting trapped at that choke point and not be allowed to escape? Any advice you have would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for your time and help.
  7. Frank, that would be perfect! I was thinking about some sort of cheap metal funnel, but that is EXACTLY what I hoped existed. Awesome! If you wouldn't mind sending it to me, I could really use it. I sent you a PM so we can discuss further. Thanks for all of the other suggestions, folks. I really appreciate the amount of interaction on TU! This community is incredibly helpful!
  8. Hey everyone, I recently got a new mold where the sprue hole is pretty narrow...too narrow for my current injector that I purchased from Do-It to fit in. As I don't want to by a new injector for this new mold, I was wondering if anyone has found some sort of sprue adapter piece that would allow me to use my current injector, but funnel the plastisol into the narrower sprue hole? Any information you have regarding this would be greatly appreciated.
  9. Hey Jig Man, love your flashing lamination plate. Did you just pick some flashing up at Home Depot and cut to your specs? What did you cut the flashing with? Looks nice and smooth.
  10. Thanks for all the information folks! I'll give all these suggestions a try.
  11. Hey folks, I am having an issue with my chartreuse-dyed plastisol getting darker as I reheat it in the microwave several time. Here's the rundown: I start of with DO-IT plastisol and dye it with DO-IT 2X chartreuse dye. I then pop it in the microwave until phase change...it looks great! I inject my first rounds of lures and they turn out perfectly. As the plastisol cools in the Pyrex, I have to reheat to keep it from becoming to viscous for the injector to suck up. As I reheat the plastisol, no matter how careful I am with the temps, I always have the problem of the chartreuse darkening over time. It never truly burns, but the just doesn't have that chartreuse pop like the first couple shots had. I've tried adding DO-IT plastisol stabilizer but I don't think that does anything. The only thing I can do to help mitigate the issue is keep adding more dye, which helps, but does't do the whole trick. I was wondering if anyone has had this same issue and found a way to fix it? Is it the brand of plastisol I'm using? Is it simply the nature of a dynamic heating source like a microwave that is too hard to control? I would love to fix this issue if at all possible. Any information you have would be greatly appreciated. Thanks ya'll! Tight Lines
  12. Thanks for the detailed response. That was very helpful. I'll give those suggestions a go. Cheers
  13. Hey everyone, Paul Brown Lures are extremely effective hear on the Texas Coast. Aside from being well made, I think a big reason for their effectiveness is the large eye that is painted on the sides of each lure. I have attached a picture of one of the lures for reference. It looks as though the eyes are painted, as they clearly are not the typical adhesive eyes found on other lures. They protrude from the sides of the lure, and almost feel as though they are just globs of some kind of paint. My question is, has anyone tried to replicate this type of eye and had success? I'm wondering what kind of paint was used to create this. Any information you folks have would be greatly appreciated. Cheers
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