Frank

They have a .125 also. That is about the smallest I have seen.

Look up Basstackle.com. He has them from 1.5 to 7.5”. Usually get them in a week or so.

Would be pretty hard to hand pour a tail and ribs that thin. Why not just use the ones from here that are close to what you want.

Dave nailed it. I have been doing this for a long time now. Let others bag and market them.

You can see it in a video on you tube. Look up franksrooty2 then find the injection press one. No I don't have the mixer, for me it's not needed. I go through plastic so fast it really does not have time to settle. Remember now I do have one of the first ones so it's a little different in looks but the base is all the same. Hope you find it informative and if not just ask away on this thread.

I have one and yes it would all be required for how I use it. I don't heat the plastic in the press and use the Pyrex to transfer plastic from the microwave. It should come with a thermometer but you should be able to check the plastic once in awhile to make sure all things are good. You will need gloves as the whole press gets hot. I don't use safety glasses so that's up to you. If you choose to not have the other tools available then when you reheat it will take awhile. Remember it only holds a quart so it won't last long.

I use a small spray bottle and give the plastic a couple of sprits and bag. They get real slippery doing them first then packaging but the end result is easier to achieve. I don't put it in the bag at all.

Not sure if there could be a guide. To many variables with products. I know. A lot of people are saying to get the temp up to 350 and let it cool to 310 or so but I never do that. I heat it up to 320-330 and go with it. With some plastic if you get it up to 350 it will start yellowing fast. You never mentioned what plastic you are using but some are much more heat tolerant. I was asking about the temp probe cause using the one in the press that goes through the base where the heater is works great but with such a high starting point it could over shoot the desired temp easily due to the mass of metal. It take a long while to cool also. Is it possible to heat your plastic in a microwave then treansfer it to the press. This way works great for me. What I do is preheat the press and let it settle at the desired injection temp. Then add the plastic heated in the microwave. Takes much less time and will help with the yellowing.

So are you using a Jacobs injection press? And are you talking about the probe that goes in the base? Again it seems you are getting to hot.

Also did you mix it completely. If not it may seem sticky.

put 646 in the search bar and it will bring you to one of the sizes. He has a bunch of them.

Not sure if it has ever been proven to hurt so why not add a few drops to your plastic.

I am talking about the ones who make plastic for the bait makers. Not a company that uses bait makers as a alternate form of income. The company's like Spikeit ,Mf and lure craft. They supply a lot of us with products that are very dependent on consistency. Hate to say but most of the issues with bad batches and inconsistent product is user error. But most of us have had a problem or two but someone here can usually explain how to fix it.

Well it can be but say for example you get Spikeit injectasol then yes it has air in it. But if you buy pourasol it has been vacuumed out, this is the same product. Then let's say you aggressively mix your pourasol you could introduce air back in but not as bad. If you get into the habit of doing it your sefl then the end product should not change. That being said buying plastic from a company that makes it and not a reseller is a safer bet. Get it from one who moves a lot of plastic in this industry and you will surly get a real consistent end product. Cause if they don't care about consistency they will not sell as much as someone who does.

I like to call it less expensive cause the final result is real close. Spikeit is another one to look at. You may have to put all or most of them under a vacumn to get bubble free plastic but the savings keep growing after the first drum. Because you will have to purchase a vacumn system of coarse.

Get green pumpkin 156 from Spikeit and you will be there. Zooms color is all over the place but this one has a real Brown look to,it.

Call Bruce

Don't let the price difference fool you. The end product will be just as good. Every plastic has good and bads but they all end up making a great bait. Spikeit plastic is great and they actually make it there so there's no repackaging involved. They make many varietys of formulas for anything you need to make. If you don't have the ability to vacumn out the air in it but the pourasol and you will get less to no bubbles. As for the question about adding softener you can but it would be much easier to buy medium try it then maybe compound it from there.

The ones in the states are busy busy and we lost a couple. The guy from baitmolds seems to have a real talent for this stuff and if he is not that busy it may be his best choice.

Someone who's looking for an exact mold of a bait will not be happy with a flat on top of the bait. Maybe it's just me but there are some real close looking worms out there if you just look. Looks the treat worm from Basstackle in full round and you will see what I mean.

The two gallon will be fine for you. Once you vacumn it and it settles you can add more and do it all again till you have enough. If I had a two gallon pot I could get about 1.5 gallons ready a quart at a time this way in the same pot.

Sorry no one addressed your post. Yes you can but the gallon container will need to be 1/4 full so it does not over fill. Best bet is to get a smaller pot say 3gallons and just put it straight in there. Having a five gallon pot setting around all the time takes a lot of room. I shoot a lot of plastic and a 4 gallon is just fine. Most of the guys here could get away with a much smaller pot if you work it out and think about it. You don't have to get all your plastic done at one time just what you need at the time. So if you use four cups and microwave it then you can vacumn more when it is in the microwave as that will take much more time than vacumning. I vacumn everytime as I need. Having it set around vacumned does not do any good if you have to mix it up again and maybe introduce more air. It won't be as bad as the first time but it's there. Maybe it's cause I use a drill with a paint mixer on the end. And yes if you have a pump for doing a/c on a car it should work as long as it is in good working order. If it does not grow like the first picture you will need to rethink your pump.

Well in this case you will need a pump that will make the plastic let go of the air and look like the picture in the first post. This will not happen till it gets to 29.4 inches of vacumn. What ever your guage says does not matter cause it won't happen till then.

Define smooth this looks like a sand cast mold.

Venturi pumps will only get to about 26 inches of vacumn. Not near enough to get air out of the plastic. As for the large pots I use a four gallon one with at least two gallons in it but have a secondary container that catches anything before it get to the pump. That is where I release the vacumn when it is done so I don't have to keep bending over. I can also add more plastic to the pot by using the relief valve on the big pot to suck up more and keep going till the pot has about 3.5 gallons of usable plastic in it. There are plenty of way to get this done just have to be creative.