No dip n dye needed here

Incredible fade. Nice job.

Beautiful work.

Is this done with a hand pour mold, and allowing the yellow to cool a little before pouring the olive?

3 hours ago, fshng2 said:

Beautiful work.

Is this done with a hand pour mold, and allowing the yellow to cool a little before pouring the olive?

you mean chartreuse and green pumpkin? lol

15 hours ago, ipt said:

you mean chartreuse and green pumpkin? lol

 

How silly of me.

I should have at least got Chart right.

If it ain't Chartreuse it ain't no use!

On 6/29/2017 at 1:11 PM, fshng2 said:

Beautiful work.

Is this done with a hand pour mold, and allowing the yellow to cool a little before pouring the olive?

It's a injection mold. I pour the green pumpkin into the spru hole and inject the chartreuse.

14 hours ago, wishn4fishn said:

It's a injection mold. I pour the green pumpkin into the spru hole and inject the chartreuse.

Those are beautiful baits!

Do you mean the injected chartreuse pushed past the hand poured GP and gets to the bottom of the mold?

Edited July 2, 2017 by mark poulson

Those look awesome !

8 hours ago, mark poulson said:

Those are beautiful baits!

Do you mean the injected chartreuse pushed past the hand poured GP and gets to the bottom of the mold?

You are correct Mark

1 hour ago, wishn4fishn said:

You are correct Mark

Wow, that' terrific!

What temps were your plastics?  

Did you do one cavity at a time?

So many questions, so little time!  Hahaha

Edited July 3, 2017 by mark poulson

3 hours ago, mark poulson said:

Wow, that' terrific!

What temps were your plastics?  

Did you do one cavity at a time?

So many questions, so little time!  Hahaha

Don't know the exact temps but I like the color I'm pouring a little thicker so it doesn't just run into the cavities. I do this with a two cavity. It has one cavity on each side of the spru. 

6 hours ago, wishn4fishn said:

Don't know the exact temps but I like the color I'm pouring a little thicker so it doesn't just run into the cavities. I do this with a two cavity. It has one cavity on each side of the spru. 

 

Well, however you do it, you are a magician!  I can't get that idea out of my head, so I'm sure I'll try it myself soon.

Thanks.

 

On 7/1/2017 at 11:50 PM, wishn4fishn said:

It's a injection mold. I pour the green pumpkin into the spru hole and inject the chartreuse.

 

I'm totally going to try this. Been trying to figure out how way to get this effect with an injection mold. Your results are amazing.

One more thing you usually have to make the outside color quite a bit darker than normal because it's just a skin coat and the inside color  will come through

 

2 hours ago, wishn4fishn said:

One more thing you usually have to make the outside color quite a bit darker than normal because it's just a skin coat and the inside color  will come through

 

 

I'll be happy if my second color even fills the mold.  I usually struggle with trying to get past colder plastic once it begins to cool in the mold.

Do you heat your mold?

3 minutes ago, mark poulson said:

 

I'll be happy if my second color even fills the mold.  I usually struggle with trying to get past colder plastic once it begins to cool in the mold.

Do you heat your mold?

No heat. I start with a cold mold. It goes pretty easy.

Just now, wishn4fishn said:

No heat. I start with a cold mold. It goes pretty easy.

 

Thanks.  Wednesday looks like a pouring day.

I wasn't able to get that effect.  I think it's because my molds are injection molds, with offset sprues.

9 hours ago, mark poulson said:

I wasn't able to get that effect.  I think it's because my molds are injection molds, with offset sprues.

My brush hog mold has one cavity on each side of the spru. Single cavities work good.  I've done it on 4 cavity molds but ya have to use a old piece of spru to block some cavities.

10 hours ago, wishn4fishn said:

My brush hog mold has one cavity on each side of the spru. Single cavities work good.  I've done it on 4 cavity molds but ya have to use a old piece of spru to block some cavities.

I'll give it another shot, but I'm waiting for it cool down a little.  100+ here yesterday.