Thread: easy molds

"""get you a tuperware container just larger than the baits your trying to make. glue your bait top side down to the bottom of the container, put in as many baits as you want but leave 1/4 inch between them. make SURE the in tire bait is glued down. """

What glue are you using to secure rubber to plastic, then easily released?
thanks in advance
NP64

I use super glue to hold down the bait then spray lightly with pam. your mold should pull out when ready and your baits will still be glued down. you can then make another of the same mold if you want

Thanks for this post Crappieday. I would like to try making my own jigs and this sounds like a good way to make some without having to spend lots of money just to play around making them. I will never make them to sale but on these cold winter days it looks interesting.

crappieday, I was wondering if you could make a plaster block and make an tube mold like the one I have made a drawing of here. You can have a slide bar that raises and lowers and you lower it down like it is in the picture and pour in or inject slowly around the insert rod and then raise the rod too pull them out when they are dry. Looks like it would be faster than horizontally dipping. Do you think this idea would work?

A few personal things about Plastic pouring.
1st Crappieseeker that looks like a good idea but Horiz Dipping as descriped by the expert Bojon is simple fast and does not have to have complicated expensive molds.
Check it out on TU when you get a chance .... I think your idea would work to a certain point.

About open pour molds .... the guys that can really hand pour an open mold are real experts and their work can be exceptional ( the looks of the lure and fish catching ability) .... FAR LESS SKILL is needed for pouring a closed 2 pc mold .. generaly speaking ... working with more than one color in a closed mold is where a little more skilled is required ... and in all of this you need to understand the properties of the plastisol you are working with .... With colors ... write down the formulas if you want them to be the same next time (unless you have a memory better than min ... what was I talking about ?? Oh plastic pouring).
Its all a lot of fun and you can get carried away to the extent of making your own molds and how you fish them.

Have Fun !!!!! Rememeber that Beauty is in the sight of the beholder (that is the way it goes I think ??? Memory again )

Later
JSC

This is true but another thing to consider is the size of the molds being hand poured, I have yet to see anyone pouring 1 to 2 inch crappie baits by hand. I have some hand pour molds for worms and they do fine. I like the fact I can pour 2 and 3 colors with them but for a full round bait that you need to pour more than a few at a time with injection is the way to go. Some injection molds you can open up and hand pour one side of the bait then close the mold and inject the rest of the bait. It all comes down to what your making and how much you want to spend.

A multi-core injection mold would be the way to go You could hand inject several at a time for standard size crappie tubes proably 20-30 at a time in a small 12 " mold.

"""Mix up some fiberglass bondo resin"""
WallyWorld has, BONDO lightweight body filler. Is this the same stuff or will it work? I picked up a large 7lb tub w/hardner.