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Haven't been here in quite a while but haven't stopped making baits and trying out new ideas . Here is a picture of a 3" smooth sided full round spade tail grub I created . It has no rings on the body like most other similar grubs available in an effort to look more lifelike . Colors pictured are smoke , green pumpkin , and green pumpkin , orange flake . I poured these in a silicone mold I made using hard masters .

I may try this just to see if alcohol would soften it. I don't care about dull because I could always shoot it with clear SB or dip it. But I think I could also just spray over it like you both mention.

So I love to make YouTube videos and here is my latest and how I have started making vulcanized rubber molds. Yes, there are a couple of issues that are easy to fix (better master, proper hook size) but I am happy so for... Ned Rig Mold

The Loon one was the one Ihad posted a while back..Nathan

If it really is paint for soft plastic baits it will come off with the top layer of plastic too. My idea is just paint over what you have now with a fresh base color and repaint over that.

great post. I prototyped a soft plastic over 7 years until I finalized it. About year 5, I was dating a health nut and she had me question the fumes and liquids. Originally I had watched a very popular well known lure maker say the fumes were completely safe.. whatever, or at least I know now. I took a test to see how much plasticizer were in my body from skin contact and fumes. Of those that have ever taken the blood test to measure this, I scored in the 93 percentile. That means that I was within the 93% in highest accumulation of plasticizer in blood compared to everyone that's been tested. I started detoxing immediately. At some point I'll retake the blood test. I do have some minor health affects from it but it will probably be more of a long term test to see what's really happened or not. Plasticizers are endocrine disrupters so it could really show up as anything, not just cancer although cancer is an possibility. I will say that I lost 15 lbs during the time I was working with the plastic weekly, and since I detoxed I was able to put 10lbs back on. Do I still work with baits, yes, but I adhere to similar practices above.

Have you been able to find other sizes? I found 2.5 x 3.75 x 1 HERE Sorry it took me a while to get back to you!

Red Silicone Mold Rubber 9"x 1" for Centrifugal Spin Casting Lead and tin Alloy https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07F2JP7Q8/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_yo0pDbXCBWJKX