[Kelly Wiggler Paint]

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? 

[Bubbles Bubbles Bubbles!!!!]

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.

[Injector nozzle adapter]

12 hours ago, Frank said:

I got this from Jacobs baits many years ago and don’t use it. If you think it will work let me know and I will send it to you. 

 

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! 

[Injector nozzle adapter]

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.  

[Aluminum injection mold laminates?]

On 1/17/2018 at 2:10 PM, Jig Man said:

I build laminate plates for my molds.  I build them from aluminum flashing that at buy at Lowe's.

I shoot a color (either belly or back) take the mold apart pull the plate, pull the color I don't want, put the mold back together and shoot the other color.

 

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.

[Chartreuse plastisol getting darker]

Thanks for all the information folks! I'll give all these suggestions a try.

[Chartreuse plastisol getting darker]

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

[Paul Brown Lures Eye Paint]

Thanks for the detailed response. That was very helpful. I'll give those suggestions a go.

 

Cheers

[Paul Brown Lures Eye Paint]

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

[Custom CNC Machinging]

Hey folks,

Does anyone happen to know any custom CNC machinist that make custom soft plastic molds? I have a few ideas in mind regarding a custom design, but am having trouble locating someone that could work with me in the CAD and CNC realm. Any information you have would be greatly appreciated.

 

-Southernmost

[Dyeing Tails]

On 10/5/2017 at 8:48 AM, McLuvin175 said:

Read the above post and check out the attached picture. You need to use paint and not a dye. Spike-it/LureWorks has a variety of solvent based paints that will work (Worm Paint, SB Coat, and VPI). Just remember laying down some white as a base coat first then coming over with your final color will make the color bright and give it the pop your looking for on dark colored baits. You would want to dip tail colors as it is much easier and faster than trying to airbrush.

 

 

Just bought some Spike It Lure Paint, and gave your suggestion a go. Looks fine on light lures, but for some reason, the dark colors look really splotchy. I think the slightest amount of oil on the lure ruins the effectiveness of the paint. Have you run into this problem? Your lures in the picture you send look flawless. Mine did not turn our anywhere close to that.

[Dyeing Tails]

Hey folks,

I have been scouring the internet trying to find a way to decently dye the tails of my paddle tails. My main concern is not being able to effectively dye dark colored lures and make them have a nice chartreuse paddle tail. I have tried Spike It which works very nicely for light colored lures. I have also tried K. Wigglers, which does indeed dye dark lures chartreuse, as they use some sort of silicone rubber, but I get terrible bubbles trapped in the dye, and the lure just looks bad. 

Had anyone had success with other ways of dyeing their tails? Spike It has that spray paint stuff, but they don't make it in a bright chartreuse color. Would airbrushing be the way to go? 

 

Thanks in advance for your help.

 

-Taylor