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Used Flex Coat High Build Finish on my blank to cover the thread. Let it sit on an 18 rpm rod dryer for around 3 hours, then let it sit for over a week, about 8 or 9 days. First time I used it, it started raining. Next thing I know I notice the finish turning a cloudy color and then I can peel it off. What did I do wrong?? This sucks cause now I got to cut it all off and try again. Thanks for any help.

Haven't done that, but I'm also having to stir like crazy because of the salt. I'll try that next time and see if it makes a difference.

I forgot to add I'm trying to make stik baits so I'm using salt too.

Alright guys I'm doing great with the mic, but I finally got me aluminum mold and I'm having problems with it. It pours great, but I get alot of imperfections in the worms. Like small indentions and spots that look like air bubbles popped. I tried to preheat the mold and still got them, is my mold getting to hot you think? Seems like the more I pour the worst they get. Thanks for all the help. I'm hooked now.

Well it was like being struck by lighting, it just hit and man did it work!! I got a Pyrex glass and a mic and I poured 8 straight sticks that all matched had the same salt, came out perfect! THANKS A MILLION! Couple things I found out by using the mic, plastic will smoke. Before when using the hot plate I thought smoke meant it was to hot and I would back off the heat, when really that meant I was close to a good pouring temp. Also reheating plastic in the mic, is so much easier than a hot plate. So I would say that anyone going to get into pouring, if your about to give up because the hot plate ain't working , try the mic and your confidence will sky rocket. Now I have to work on some better ventalation, the fan in the window just didn't cut it. I'll post some pictures, right now its time for bed. Got to be up bright in earlier to go test them stiks out on lake. Thanks again for all the help , I almost gave up.

I blended up some table salt and tried it and had no luck pouring it, as only I stik came out. I guess I didn't get it hot enough, although it started to smoke alittle. Is smoke a sign it is burning? or is it ok to have some smoke? Well just to try something new I melted some plastic down and made a clear stik, no flake, color or salt. They came out perfect, although it had alot of bubbles in it. So is there a brand of plastic that is easier for beginners? I'm using LureCraft plastic right now. Thanks again for all the help. I need it.

I believe this is part of the problem as each of the 4 worms had a different softness to them, I ordered some salt from ozark a few nights ago to try. So when it gets here I'll give it a try. I have only experimented with one salt so far, so maybe this is where I'm going wrong. I'll try it tomorrow night after work and see what I come up with. I really enjoy trying to make them and reading and researching about them. I do alot of bass fishing and make my own BuzzBaits and Rods. I wanted to get into plastics, because I have found that Senkos keep going up in price and everytime I turn around someone is discontinuing a color I use. Thanks for the help and I'll keep you up to date on my progress.

Thanks for the quick responses. I have burned alot of it trying to learn I know, because for the first couple of pours no matter what they turned out the same color no matter what color I put into them, so I figured that meant I had to be burning it. Also I'm pouring in a garage so its cold during the day, so I go in at night and cut on the heat, so it takes awhile to heat up in there. I'm using regular table salt, could that be a problem? Also I'll be ordering a infared gun tonight, thanks for the tip! I've got a 300 bucks wrapped up in this so far and haven't really got no where. I mean its not that I'm not tring, I spend hours reading stuff on here and tring it. So maybe its a temperature thing, that will be my next go at it. Also I have a stainless steel pan that I have been using, and I also tried the small pans from lurecraft. Thanks again for all the help. Hopefully I'll be able to get the hang of this. Thanks again.

Just started pouring and have set on this site for hours at a time reading. I get great ideas and get excited and then go out and try to pour and get so frustrated I have to quit. I have a hot plate because I'm kinda not to sure about the microwave thing. I'm tring to make a stik bait using salt. At first I had problems pouring and would never get salt in my bait and it would be left in the pan, did some reading figured that out. Also I made a nice POP mold using info on the site. Right now I have a problem with getting the plastic to stay at the right temp, could this be because I have a heat controlled hot plate? It kicks on and off depending on if it is on low or high or somewhere in between. My other problem is when I pour the baits out of the 4 I pour in the mold, none of them turn out the same color this is all out of the same pan. One will be light, one dark, and so on. Thanks in advance , I'll keep reading post and hopefully figure this out someday:?. I've used about a quart of plastic and have about 3 or 4 good worms to show for it.