dampeoples

mmmm, beer

Get yourselves some MSDS sheets on ANY clear you get, especially the Urethane clears. Is is NOT to be played around with, and really shouldn't be sold to inexperienced people like us. They contain icocyanates, not sure on the spelling, but look it up. It's deadly, is absorbed in through lungs, nose, even your SKIN, and no, just gloves are not enough. It's tough stuff to handle. If I am not mistaken, there is even some in Dick Nite, at least according to the definition of Polyurethane according to Wikipedia Use what you want, but please protect yourself, I don't claim to be completely safe, but I try, as I need to be around to finish watching my kids grow up, and you should too.

I am not sure the paints you're referring to work that quickly.

Yeah, LC just started carrying it I noticed. Never tried the UpperHand scents myself.

http://www.fishingskirts.com/ I have not used them yet, got enough skirts for a long, long time, but have heard good reviews about these folks. Might try there.

Fixed.

Can do that with a Lee pot as well, if you do some searches, I've seen some pretty nifty stirrers posted here.

Ozark Tackle was selling pots once, you can check there

They make circuit breakers for marine use. Switching to blade fuses will work if you get some rated for marine use. I would leave well enough alone. If the TM is your only problem, then the breaker should fix that, and the upgrade will just be time spent.

Top the mold off once it starts to sink. Don't wait so long on the laminates to pour the second color.

Yes, booth or no booth, he should be wearing a respirator. He does at least wear gloves.

I do not like to see it either, and for the guys that can't figure it out, they end up quitting because they sell baits, but never have any money! I never understood the sell it cheaper than the store mentality. Seems that so many are doing it, they've unwittingly gotten the public trained to buy on price, not quality, they missed the point of offering handmade premium tackle altogether.

They do make a clear

I wouldn't go any lower than your price minus the bag cost, as you will not get any retail business out of that deal with no packaging

Ryan is dead on, sometimes all the extra stuff just gets in the way. You seem to be unsure as to if you have them sold or if your deal is gonna happen, etc. My suggestion would be to see what you can do without adding anything extra, except for maybe molds, you can never have too many molds, then see where it goes from there. If you're gonna be a hand-pourer, be one, if you want to sell bulk baits, that's a different ballgame!

I suppose you'd have to ask ChadK if that answered his question or not, it seems the purpose was to know how to go about doing a thousand baits a week.

That's a killer story, Sonny, glad everything turned out great for you.

I got mine, some of them say they need to be manufactured, I know the one's in the box did, might want to check on that

Yes

Give Ben a call or email, I bet he'd get larger quantities for you. The one's I tried were different in how they flowed in the bed, some did ok, some blew powder all over the bench, some volcanoes. Adjusting the pressure helped some, but some were beyond help. It's entirely possible to get good even finishes with the other brands, I personally did not enjoy fighting it, as I do not like to powder paint, I would rather use an airbrush, but lots of folks do not mind, or spent more time on it than I did That and I was never a large user, at $10 a jar I would still feel I got my money's worth out of it.

I think your idea is sound, but rather than wait around for someone to show you how, pick up a block of wood, a knife, and see what happens. The first bait you make doesn't have to be the best looking thing on the planet, hell, it doesn't even have to work, but from that experience, providing you still have all your fingers, you'll begin to understand what you're reading online, and apply it to your design, build your skills, then come back and teach us. Take your CAD designs, your airbrush artist and such things and put them on a shelf for now, if you truly don't know anything about woodworking, you're not gonna learn them overnight, and you'll have more failures than success, but sticking with it will get you somewhere in the end. Good luck, one thing you can do is find a woodworker in your town, look to flea markets and such for those guys.