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X2 the injection molds are awesome and no cutting tails required. Nothing wrong with dipping though the trick with vertical dipping rods is that you need enough plastic (approximately 4 5 inches deep so you would need a deep narrow container for your plastic, now horizontal dipping only an inch or two and you can easily do two or more colors, i'm not sure if its still around but someone posted video on here on how to horizontal dip do a search hopefully its still around.

No, cool I just thought you had a special reason but I see your point trying something different.

Question, I thought that formula was for hand pouring and for small appendages why inject? Just trying something different?

I can tell you one thing for sure get rid of that cup and get yourself a used microwave and a pyrex cup you will get better results, when buying the pyrex check all the cups on the shelf for the ones with the most narrow pour spout they are not created equal. Read all safety recommendations and have at it I'm sure you'll be pleased with results and if you can liberate that mold from MonteSS I can attest that it makes a great bait.

There are many posts regarding senko recipes and they basically all contain salt and softener, and do yourself a favor and search the color recipes as they are pretty good and you'll save yourself allot of time and plastic getting them right.

All I did was make a sled out of an old plastic cutting board and attached a couple pieces of wood to it as a fence works great and doesn't require modifying all my molds.

Yep agree with the rest nature doesn't make things perfect that's a Good looking mold just seal it and start pouring.

Hey Roy the answer to your question really involves practice, practice, practice a couple of things to look at, not all Pyrex cups are created equal check to see that you have a narrow spout and try to pour only half of the capacity of the cup i.e. if 2 cup then only work with 1 cup of plastic, running your plastic as hot as possible and try to pour higher up above the mold it tends to give you a narrow stream.

Just drop a nut or two in your colorant bottle and shake away.

If I'm not mistaken many printers inks are soy oil based, no?

Call or post your question to Kevin @ basstackle he can prolly do that with little trouble.

Correction to the above post: Basstackle refers to this mold as a grub mold. Bears Baits refers to it as a K-Grub and is the one I have.

Well I just went on their web site and if you are talking about the single tail grub pictured that is the same as a kalins grub, Basstackle has that mold and is referred to as a K-Grub. I have that mold and I love it.

Sure does look like a lurecraft worm think I even have that one myself.

All good info so far here's my take on hand pour versus injection: Both have their place in your arsenal I would recommend an injection starter kit from one of the above mentioned companies, get the mold that you will fish the most as you will immediately feel the results of your labor. I would also buy several hand pour molds of easier types of baits (no thin appendages here) as they are cheap and will give you years of useful production as you stated you wont be selling or doing volume. If you dare go ahead and buy one or two with more difficult features to understand the quirks of plastic but I would not recommend it be your only choice. Colorants come in many sizes but I would start off with the 1 oz sizes it sound like a small amount but it goes a long way and here you can determine what colors suit your taste before buying larger amounts, this also goes for flake same deal. As for what colors I would stick with pre made colors i.e. june bug, black, watermelon and the like then when you get the hang of it you can always blend your own colors, my point is you don't want to learn everything at once. Again as stated search the do's and don'ts section and search the web for YouTube videos on the process there are a ton out there from many folks on here. Have fun and good luck look forward to some pics! Very important: make sure you read the safety requirements and suggestions for safety on here as I assure you we have all learned the hard way and this stuff can hurt you if not respected.

My only suggestion would be if you have to use a solid material for the master then I would use rtv as a mold material if you make your master out of a soft material then mold material can be hard.

Absolutely no reason why you should not report to the better business bureu do it online he'll get the point when enough complaints are lodged.

Can't tell you what size they are now but I made my own so no worries about the valve if you ever require it in the future you can simply tap the pot and install the valve yourself.

I read that oil based pastels work well and because they're oil based they blend well with the plastisol.

Basstackle has a good selection customer service is awesome.

Most seem to dip as it makes the head thicker and you can fool with color combos that way as well, not sure if smooth is proprietary but you can ask the mold maker to create a smooth tube if its not infringing on any patent.

I'm not positive as I don't have that mold but I believe you have to split the tails with a tail splitter for that kind of money go get yourself a few of bears tube molds as you do not need the extra step of splitting tails. I'm quite sure it comes with a rod for each cavity though. At the bottom of their website its provides a link for the tail splitter if you decide to go that route.

Make sure you have a line dryer especially if your in humid conditions as you may be adding moisture to your plastic at least make sure you drain your tank regularly.

I should clarify yes the above statements are true as it comes to adding salt I personally don't like large crystal salt as I feel it weakens the bait and is more prone to settle giving uneven results I do not pour sticks with the common ratio of 1, 1/2, 1/4 salt to plastic I only add small amount in tablespoons based on the color I'm working with.

Well this one is easy colorants come in transparent colors smoke is simply black colorant in a low volume check lurecraft or bearsbaits website they have color charts showing their colors you will need ultra fine salt and use less of as salt will make transparent colors opaque.