mark poulson
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I bought a one cavity swimbait mold from the guy in the Ukraine, and it pours just fine. I just have to spray it with PAM between pours, so it releases easily.
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Could you use a cooking spray?
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If worm oil is essentially softener, will it cause the tubes to be softer?
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I gave up trying to do fine detail with an air brush, and just add fine lines and accents with a solvent-based sharpie now. I heat set the sharpie, and then shoot a coat of Createx clear over it, also heat set, before I add my top coat, so the sharpie doesn't run.
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X2!!
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Man, I hope you got the extended warranty! Heal fast, and stick 'em soon!
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I use Zap glue, because I can get it in larger bottles.
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Try two coats of runny super glue instead. It soaks into the balsa and makes it harder, plus it's lighter than epoxy.
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Hey Ben! Good to hear from you again.
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I've found that, the more hardener you add, the faster it sets up, but the more brittle it is. It also doesn't bond as well with the thing I apply it to if i add too much hardener. So I rely on the runny super glue to insure a good bond. Before I top coated it with crazy glue, I had filler over rattle chambers pop off. Once I started top coating with the runny glue, no more pop offs. So I do it to everything I bondo now, just to give it that added strength and hardness.
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That's what I use.
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Well, it was a nice idea while it lasted. Hahaha
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Like FrogAdict suggested, try Drop Out.
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I'm guessing the philips screws is so you can use a screw gun to open and close the mold. I think it would be much faster than wing nuts.
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I've done that with baits that have eyes that I glued into them, to put a coat of clear over the eyes to make them smoother. It holds up pretty well.
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When I use bondo as a filler, after I've sanded it to shape, I apply a coat of runny super glue to the bondo. It soaks into the bondo, and makes it both harder and stronger. I do a light 400 grit sanding last, in case there are any imperfections in the glue.
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Rodney, First of all, good luck with your wrist. We beat the hell out of our bodies when we're young and immortal, and don't know any better. I will continue to use a dust mask, and a box fan behind me, blowing out an open garage door. It's not perfect, but I don't get technicolor boogers.
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If I did want a matte finish, I'd put on several layers of gloss, and then knock down the gloss with a scotch brite pad. But matte looks glossy as soon as it is in the water, so I don't bother.
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I just caught my first bass on a Predator Baits knockoff. They are as advertised, and came to me quickly, too. Great action, easy to paint, and, obviously, doesn't require skill to actually catch fish.
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I've found that the long chain polymer molecules that produce a gloss finish are also the strongest, most durable, for baits. When I buy a bait that has a matte finish, I immediately coat it with a gloss clear, to protect the paint. Otherwise, the finish will be trashed after one day of fishing.
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Which mold is that?
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Cheapest soft plastisol brand /supplier!?
mark poulson replied to Fisch Tales's topic in Soft Plastics
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Cheapest soft plastisol brand /supplier!?
mark poulson replied to Fisch Tales's topic in Soft Plastics
Do they sell your plastic in one gallon jugs? Is the glitter they sell yours as well? -
I use one of these, and it's a pain to get the saran wrap and rubber gasket lined up right every time. Plus I'm getting skinning after only one month, even though I use Bloxygen, so I'm thinking of trying one of the pickle jars I have in abundance, thanks to my youngest's love of dills.
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A simple painter's dust mask will work fine for water based paints like Createx, because there are no solvent fumes.
