Garneau Baits

Longhorn, use lurecraft clear soft plastic paint. coat the eye socket let it dry, put the 3d eye on then brush some over the eye, dry and dip. the glue reacts to the plastic if you don't do that. Ted Garneau

those baits are airbrushed and possibly hand painted like Tubeman said. The pearl and pink one-- I would dip only pearl with some silver holo flake in it utill you get to just about the thickness you want. then I would airbrush or hand paint the pink on it, sprinkle by hand a bit more of your silver holograph flake on it then dip it in clear plastic. Give that a try.

Don't forget about your 10% excize tax, the gov. wont. If your just selling to your buddies for cash you wont have to worry about that.

thanks for all the info guys.

Thanks for the info cintaskevin. do you have the 2 color injector? what size do you use?

not to get off topic--- but how do I get my old Website off my Sig in my posts. I went into my settings and changed it,(I thought I did anyway) hit save and my old web add keeps coming back.

I did talk to Bear today. He said you would probably have to modify the tip. I just wanted to see if any TUers were injecting Bob's molds with any success ( high percentage turn out rate). Also I am really intrested in knowing if anyone has been able to use Bears 2 color injector on Bob's 4.2 and 3.5 Split tail molds. thanks 152nd I will go look for that thread on Bears site.

Hawg-- Got ya now. Let me know how it goes. I would think it should work

HawG, So you do have Bears 2 color injector? If so, i'm interested if you can shoot 2 colors into Bob's split tail mold and post a pic. Thanks again, Ted

I was wondering if anyone is using Bears Hand injectors on Bob's molds? If so how is it working out for you? and does the 2 color injector work on Bobs molds also? Thanks, Ted

I'm not sure Del just told me that they are a bit different now. I think there is like 1 or 2 less ribs in the new molds. So I just want to have all the same molds.

I'm not looking to make any money on them. Actually I would be happy getting my starting bid ($75)per mold which would be a loss. Del is making me a bunch of 10 cav molds and they have changed a bit since the last ones I bought from him and that's the only reason im selling the 4 - 7 cavs I have. That being said I wont feel bad if they get bid up above what I paid for them. I'm not forcing anyone to bid what they want.

A lot of people don't know where to buy molds, and don't know how much it cost to get one. I'm about to put 4- 7 cavity stick molds (dels) on e-bay and I hope they get bid way up, it wouldn't hurt my feelings.

I take it you are dipping them. If you are you want to make the paddle thicker. That gives it more resistance against the water as it flows past it and makes it swim better. I use half hard and half soft plastic in my formula. The way i get the paddle thicker without making the rest of the bait to thick is, when i dip to the paddle I take the paddle out of the plastic just barley then i dip it again. Have the paddle facing away from you and when you start to take it all the way out make sure you lean the paddle back towards you for a few seconds so the plastic flows back down the body of the bait and not off the middle of the paddle then straighten it out. hope that helps

Thanks Mike, He has a big learning curve going against the KVD's of the sport, But hes a good stick and isn't intimidated when hes on the water. Watch Bassmasters this weekend hopefully they mention him and show the boat with our name.

Thanks Brian we are pumped about the exposer that Luke is going to bring to our co. this year look for the boat on ESPN2 this year.

I am happy to announce the signing of Elite series pro Luke Gritter to our pro staff. He is the youngest angler to qualify for the Elite series this year. He has a nice write-up on the Elite series home page. It was on the front page all day, till the end of todays weigh-in. It was cool seeing his Boat with our new name on it (Garneau Baits) on the front page. heres a link to the article ESPN - At 21, Luke Gritter living dream on Elite Series

Nice, Bait Mike I will have to post a pic of mine when I get my rods done.

I use stainless steel ejector pins that a buddy gave me and they work great.

Bass1, you need to use a airbrush that has solvent resistant seals in it. I use the MAC tools airbrush--- it looks like the Iwata TR2 I have 2 of them and they work good for me

Boderbasser, I use it and it works great. I use 1 part paint to 2 parts thinner, no retarder at all i want it to dry quick. I use a airbrush with a .50 tip. I clean my brush with store bought lacquer thinner. I don't like the fact that their thinner is as much as the paint. Check out this swim bait and tube i did with the paint. Fish on, Ted Garneau

Im not cutting a bunch yet im waiting on my pot's. Tubeman will have to answer that ?

go here if you want a good pot. im buy 2 12 quart pots from them today $530 each http://www.ritehete.com/stainlesssteelpots.htm