RSNeely Posted February 9, 2015 Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 Those that run a business, do you sell baits made from your scraps/re-melted plastic? I've heard mixed answers and was curious if it looks any different? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallmouthaholic Posted February 9, 2015 Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 The runners and sprues in CNC ,hand injection molds consume a great deal of plastic.You can successfully re-use them if you add new plastic and are willing to experiment by adding new and varied colorant w/flake. Cut them up into small pieces before melting again. Mechanical stirring is necessary while re-heating. Solid colors are easy but laminated sprues required cutting in half w/ a knife.You'll have some mixing of colors inside the sprues but separate them and treat the predominant colors individually. White and pearl hues are the toughest to re-use due to heat degradation of the colors.That said,they can be re-used if not overheated w/ the 1st use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSNeely Posted February 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2015 Anyone else want to chime in here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gone2long Posted February 15, 2015 Report Share Posted February 15, 2015 Don't see the need for all intents and purposes the above statements are accurate and to the point that's why 127 views and no one chimed in cause there isn't much to add. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassinfool Posted February 15, 2015 Report Share Posted February 15, 2015 I use remelts as much as possible just to save myself some money. If they don't turn out nice I just add a lot of black haha. Smallmouth pretty much covered everything else for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgecrusher Posted February 15, 2015 Report Share Posted February 15, 2015 Yes, some colours come out perfectly well, and some don't a matter of learning what will work. I find glitter bleeding is a bigger issue than the colour itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayaksticks Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 I do from time to time. I tried posted a pic of the re-melts I just did today but for some reason it wont let me? But they were scraps from 5 different colors that I re-melted into some grub, shad, and lizard's. Posted pictures of them up on my Facebook page and was instantly blown up with people wanting some of them. I always though put the disclaimer out that they are from scrap re-melts and that once the color is gone that it probably won't ever be exactly reproduced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
