Thread: Air bubbles in finished bait

Would you take a picture of your mold on both sides and post it and I can tell you more. You most likely do not have the proper Air Vinny.

Originally Posted by snake River

Would you take a picture of your mold on both sides and post it and I can tell you more. You most likely do not have the proper Air Vinny.

Could you please give me your email? I will send you the picture.

I am going to try to help--
Do not shake up your mix, I roll my gallon jug around with out shaking, slowly.
From there on- do not stir your hot mix briskly, do it slowly.
Make sure your mix is fully heated.
When you shoot your mix, be sure and add a little pressure on the downstroke end, not much just a little final push.
This should fix your problem.

Originally Posted by trypman1

I am going to try to help--
Do not shake up your mix, I roll my gallon jug around with out shaking, slowly.
From there on- do not stir your hot mix briskly, do it slowly.
Make sure your mix is fully heated.
When you shoot your mix, be sure and add a little pressure on the downstroke end, not much just a little final push.
This should fix your problem.

Thanks for your help. In this time I did absolutely all. I wasted gallons of plastisol and always the same problem. I'm very unhappy and desperate because I don't find a solution. I will try to do your recommendation. Thanks

Originally Posted by Charly2020

Could you please give me your email? I will send you the picture.

Sent you a PM

Common mistake that most guys make when they first start out if they do not shoot a little bit of the plastic out of the injector before they shoot the mold always shoot a little bit out before you shoot the mold this will push what air you have in the end of the injector out. And of course a lot of the molds out there do not have proper cross venting one of the things you want to make sure when you buy a mold.

It looks like there is a vent issue with that mold. I won't mention the name of the company but I have 5 molds of a particular bait from that company and 3 of them do the same thing as your picture shows. In my case I have tried every trick I know including contacting the company 2 or 3 times about the issue. To their credit, they sent me 2 replacement molds. One of those shoots good but the other one still has the same issue. Go figure. LOL

I have 50+ different bait molds from several different mold makers and I only have problems like you are having with 2 different style bait molds from that same company. I would contact whoever made the mold and tell them about the problem you are having. It could be that you just got a dud mold or maybe it's a design flaw that happens with all of those same molds. Anyhow, I finally gave up finding a solution to my mold issues and just accept that those baits will have bubbles in them. They still catch fish but it's still frustrates me that the molds don't shoot like they should. I hope you have better luck then I did finding a solution to your problem.

I would think maybe opening up the vents a little with a Drexel tool or something might help....but I am just guessing