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IM NOT GOING TO LET THIS POST DIE!!!! I have never posted this many times before on the same post so I feel I have invested to much time to watch it slowly go to PAGE 2. HORSE CRAP ITS STAYIN ONE MORE DAY. Frank... your resin will bubble your paint if you paint your part right after you cast it or you dont give it time to cure.. It takes time for it to cure. I have had this talk with alot of guys in the past about this...then I remember a talk with Mickey at 3:16. One time told me he heats his baits up before he paints them...At the time I wasnt making baits but I did put that in the memory bank. I use to wait 2 weeks before I painted them just for fear of the bubbles. But I have found the best methond is this.. Put them in a oven set at 150 to 200 degrees for about 1 hour or so. I believe your gasin out the resin. or helping it cure.. plus it seems like the next time your baits get in heat they hold up and dont bubble because they were already that hot before.. Just my theory and it has worked for me so far. The Rookie

My bad Husky I dont know how to reply on this new site without quoting a old post.. I was trying to refer to using epoxy to fix the holes.. Screw it all in general.. I found a new way to fix them... FOIL THE DAM THING! and paint it. YOUR DA MAN HUSKY! Sorry about the wrong post or bad forum ED IT CUT! MY BAD! The rookie

If you have pin holes. the best way I have found to fill them is this step by step process. Dont get me wrong husky method will work. I just hate sanding epoxy. seems like it gums up my sand paper faster than bondo glazing putty and primer. Here is my method I use to fix minor pin holes from air bubbles in resin baits. First you really cant see them by the naked eye until you put primer coat down. I have some casted baits that I swear are SUPER CLEAN until I prime them.. then IM PISSED! Cause now I know all the extra work I have to do to clean them up. 1. Prime bait wait for primer to dry good. 2. Spread bondo glazing putty all over the bait. NOT REAL BONDO.. GLAZING.. NOT THE RED STUFF YOU BUY AT AUTOZONE etc either.. YOU want the 2 part mix. I like this stuff to do my glazin My link 3M PIRANHA PUTTY CLICK ON THE MY LINK BUTTON.. I like this product because it goes on thin and runny! Which helps get into those tiny pin holes much better than other bondo glazing products I have used and it is very easy to sand. 3. Sand the bait the bait with 360 grit.. some will say 400 or 600 grit.. but the 360 gives you more bite and less work.. your going to prime it one more time and paint it later you will not see sand marks if you sand lightly.. you want smooth surface.. I also wet sand in my CATTLE DRINKIN TEST TANK in my garage to keep down the dust! 4. Prime it again... see if you have smooth finish yet. if not repeat steps again.. usually I can do it once but sometimes after I sand I still have a few pin holes that just didnt fill so I have to repeat it again. 5. Ok after a couple of times of repeating steps 1 and 2. you should have a clean surface and your ready to paint. Some do the bondo glazin first than the primer.. but I have found the primer helps you see the pin holes better and it saves you a step if you prime it first then glaze it! Good luck hope this helps. The Rookie

WINE CORK! alot of Wine Cork!

Husky, I get these tiny little air bubble I swear you dont see until you start to lay some paint on the bait... THEY DRIVE ME FREAKIN NUTS O!!!! and IM ALREADY NUTS O!!! Do you put your resin in a vaccum after you cast it cause I have been thinkin that is the only way to solve this problem. but then you need a resin with a longer pot life and more molds to do productions... or you can just using glazin putty and sand like crazy.. Thanks for all the info your giving bud! Im learning from your post as well and I have been messin around with this stuff for 2 years now. I still havent broke down and done a 2 part mold like some of you guys have. I never could figure out the best way to go about it! 1 part molds just seem easier.... TIP FOR YOU MOLDING GUYS!!! When you pour your RTV over your bait to cast! pour the RTV VERY SLOWLY!!! I like to put a little bit directly on the part with a paint brush..it seems like your molds come out alot better and cleaner if you put a small amount of RTV on the blank your molding... alot of instructional video say let the RTV COVER THE PART AS YOU POUR IT!!! DONT PUT IT ON THE PART LET IT RUN OVER THE PART BY ITSELF!! FALSE FALSE WRONG ADVICE DONT LISTEN!!! WARNING!!!!!!! THAT WAS THE WORST ADVICE ANYONE EVER GAVE ME!!! COVER THE PART FIRST WITH A LITTLE BIT OF RTV then SPREAD IT ALL OVER THE BAIT WITH A BRUSH.. After you do that!!! then pour the rest of your RTV IN AND FILL YOUR MOLD!!! TRUST ME TRUST ME TRUST!!! You will have alot cleaner molds... but you will still have air bubbles from the resin.. I have some PERFECT MOLDS and still get tiny air bubbles I have to fill or fix! The ROOKIE "If live to play and my work is play when do I really get to play"

THOSE ARE OUTSTANDING A-MAC! Great looking baits. I Love the fin on top.

You lucky LKN4DDB..cause Im confused...I just call Rowhunter and he explains all the scientific words I dont understand to me...infact he told me about that new word I learned other day and I post about it.. I believe the word was HUMIDITY! I use to call it a 3 underwear kinda day.. or man I got swamp butt today..cause when it was that hot I had to change my underwear 3 times....Humidity wow..you learn something new everyday. Ok on a serious note..Husky has a ton of experience and knowledge doing this molding thing so if anyone is trying this out for the first time.. Husky is da man on this subject! As to what kind of resin I use.. Now Im going to get a little phil a sock e call! The answer to your question is not the resin I use. The question all of you should be asking is what kinda stuff am I putting in my resin to make it float? All the resins I have tried are strong and very durable. We are the ones that make the resin weak because we added microballons in it to make it float. Look west and you will find your answer to this complex system. 4 10 I mean 10 4 good buddies! THE ROOKIE

Bob is right.. makes cutting your lip slot a whole lot easier. But if you forget to do this and still want to cut a level lip slot.. Another quick opinion is styrofoam. Normally you find some in a packaging box of a purchase you made for your house or something... It is level and you can push your bait into the foam and make yourself a handy dandy quick and easy jig! If you have a band saw which I do.. you can push your bait towards the saw after you level it in your foam jig....... YOU DIG!!!!! The Rookie

The tempature you cast your baits has alot to do with it too! Resin expands more in hot humidity days in the summer and a whole lot less in the winter. I feel the best time to cast your parts is at Night or during cool periods in a controlled enviroment..

Are you talking about Knockoff King! or Strike King.. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!

Ok Im going to ask it.,. cause I know someone else has to be thinkin the same thing.. WHY? In my opinion which means absolutely NOTHING!!! REMEMBER THAT IS THE KEY TO THE REST OF THIS POST!!!! here is how I would go about doing it. You could make a stencil that fits perfectly in the grooves and block the old paint and shoot your new color...HAVE FUN making it! and I will to you if you actually do that! Personally I would dip it in paint and then before the paint dries... open up your mouth and stick out your tongue.. THEN GENTLE LICK YOUR BAIT! WALLA!!!! you done.. You could take the paint on your tongue and transfer it to a new bait and SAVE MOTHER EARTH at the same time... now that would be original artwork their! Only you could match it because of your tongue print! Ok ok.. I had my fun.. hope it works out for you. I would go with the tongue trick first! Do a video of it and you might make it on 1,001 ways to die show on Spike TV. If your offended by my advice.. Im sorry.. believe it or not.. Im actually considering the TONGUE trick myself! Not for the scale effect idea you came up with... but Im thinkin it could look cool on a bait! You could name the pattern the BIG LICK! With a motto of " Fish hard and carry a BIG LICK! ..... What's the last thing a REDNECK SAYS BEFORE HE DIES!!! HEY YALL LICK THIS!!! The Rookie.

I GOT a QUART SHIPPED TO ME YESTERDAY!!! Holding on to it like Gold.. But I been thinkin about...SELLING 1/2 OZ portions in Mason Jars for a 10 SPOT! or 1 oz for 15.... (if you really think Im a serious you have not read very many of my post in the past!) The Rookie

I think Shawn Collins is busy playing backup quarterback for the Redskins.. WHY DONT YOU GUYS at HI-TECH Buy a AD...if you want to COME ON THIS SITE AND PROMOTE SOME MOLD MAKER. Cause that is what it looks like your doing!

That sucks Dick

Happy Birthday! PETE... sorry Im late on the reply. HIP HIP HURRAY!!! HIP HIP HURRAY!!! Your only as old as you look and as young as you feel... and this can change day to day not year to year! The Rookie

You do not need them make your own mold it is very simple to do.