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i dont heat any molds, and in fact i try to keep them cool rather than warm. Denting happens when the supply of hot plastic solidifies before the bait cools. then as the bait cools and shrinks and doesn't have anywhere to draw fresh plastic from and dents. most of the times it is the gate area in an injection molds that does this.

Real shad colors base coat white pearl white belly and sides the a light coat of metalic blue sapphire(folk art paint) thinned 50/50 future floor wax add tw drops of gliserin down back and shoulders of bait createx fluorescent raspberry over the top of the blue fading so as to leaving a touch of blue showing on the lower edge steel gray folk art paint thinned as above sprayed thru fine netting over the back and sides fading into the raspberry leaving a slight line of raspberry showing below the gray(when done right the colors will fade from blue to gray as you look at the bait giving it a shiner/shad fadeing) put some gold paint lightly on gill plate and strip along lat line of bait just so it shows up (not to thick a little gos a long way in the finished bait) spray black very very light around eyes so when you add the eyes thay pop... add the spot of black behind the gill plate and above the lat line of the bait finish with a light coat of pearl white over the whole bait to give it some shimmer