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The glitter isn't different from side to side, it's from end to end. Its visible from the tail end but not the front (sprue) end. I started pouring cooler and it seems to have gone away. Delw and Dave, now you got me thinking what if there was a way to charge the glitter and then use a magnet to change the orientation of it in the bait. You wouldn't have to pull all of it to one side, just get it to turn so that the cut (thin) edge was facing out. Since the only part of the glitter thats really visible is the large flat side, the glitter would be almost invisible. Thats what happened on my baits I think, I was pouring too hot, and pouring super slow because I was getting shrinkage dents in the baits. Since there was such a small stream of plastic and glitter going into the mold, the majority of the glitter ended up oriented in the same direction as the plastic spread out to fill the mold. I didn't realize that I was pouring too hot (really need to get a thermometer). Thanks for all the help. I've never seen a bunch of guys so willing to hlp each other out. You guys are without a doubt the best bunch of people I've ever delt with. Well, I gotta go check with the engineers at work and see if they've ever tried to change the orientation of the metal flake in the material while its being molded. (The company I work for makes plastic material for auto manufacturers)

I'm pouring out of a pyrex cup. I pour with the mold standing up and leave it standing until I lay it down to take the sticks out. I usually leave them in the mold for about 3 minutes, sometimes longer depending on whats going on around the house.

I couldn't get my pictures to crop to the right size so I tried to put a couple on photobucket. If I did it right, this should be the link to them. Pictures by fmesler - Photobucket They aren't overly dark colors and the black sticks I've poured with red flake don't seem to have the same problem.

I just started pouring a couple weeks ago, I'm pouring sticks with dels mold, using the recipe from dels site. My problem is, sometimes the glitter ends up facing mostly the same direction. If you look at the bait from the sprue end, you can hardly see any glitter, just a few pieces here and there. But, if you look at it from the other end, you can see all of the glitter. Any help would be appreciated, I tried searching the threads for this problem and didn't find anything like this, which surprised me cuz every other question I've had, I've found an answer for. Thanks.