JoeDobs

Try doing what Longhorn mentioned above. My rtv molds sweat out oils from the rtv mix itself. Try either washing as Longhorn said, or just use a soft lint free cloth and wipe out the cavities and give it another try. This has worked for me. Joe

I have made a few rtv molds myself. All of them seem to "sweat" a littlebit. I was told by Alumilite that it is the oils in the rtv "sweating" out. I thought that maybe I hadn't mixed the rtv enough, but it looks to be a common thing. I did some searching and found that some people will throw their mold in the microwave for a few minutes to get the oils to come out. I put mine in the microwave anyhow before my first pour, and then take a soft lint free towel and wipe out the inside of the mold cavities. I haven't had any problems with dimples since I started doing this. Hope this helps Joe

Does anyone have a recipe for Saltwater Assassin's "Chicken on a Chain"? I'm fairly new to pouring and have limited coloring, and plastic at the moment. The darker part of the bait is what I'm in need of help with...it looks to be a darker greenish color with a hint of brown maybe(with small red flake and large black flake). Here is a list of the colors I have right now; Bears: red shad red, black, and lime green, LureCraft: white, chartruese, bubblegum, flor. pink, strawberry red, and violet grape. I tried using one drop of red shad red and worked up to 20 drops of the lime green to 2oz of bears chemionics 3000 plastic, but its too dark. It has a dark almost forrest greenish color. I'm running very low on plastic, so I have had to stop the experimenting untill I order more plastic. If anyone knows of a color that bears or lurecraft has available that's pretty close, it would be a huge help. Or, if someone knows a recipe for this particular color, it would also be a huge help, as I will order the colors needed when I order the plastic. Thanks for any help in advance, and thanks for all the info and help that I have received from this site. This site rocks!!! P.S. Sorry for no pics of the "Chicken on a Chain", or my attempts at it. My camera has decided not to cooperate! Joe D.

Thanks for the tip Nova. If I get a little bit of extra time tonight, I'm going to try it out. I just started pouring a couple months ago and I'm very appreciative of this site and its members, like yourself. This site has saved me a lot of headache. There will probably be some kinks I run into as I move into the more advanced lures, and its nice to have a site like this. Thanks!

I'm fairly new to pouring plastics and I've been trying to add rattles while pouring. I've tried pouring up to about half of the cavity and then dropping a rattle in, but the rattle just drops to the bottom. So I tried pouring half, letting it start to cool and solidify enough to hold the rattle, and then pour the rest to encase the rattle. The problem is that I get a visible line on the surface of the bait. I thought that maybe the plastic was getting too cool in between placing the rattles and finishing the pour, so I popped the pyrex cup back into the microwave and heated it back up to a pretty thin consistency and then topped off the cavity....Still got the line in the bait. I pretty much wouldn't care about the visible line separating the two halves, but I can pull the two halves apart without much effort. I didn't find this out untill I stuck one of the baits on a jig head, the head split in half. I thought maybe it was something with the plastic, so I tried melting down some store bought baits and got the same results...only difference is that the store bought didn't split in half as easy. Am I doing something wrong??? I'm using Lurecraft colors and Lurecraft plastic in the saltwater, salt/medium mix, medium, and supersoft...tried with all 4. Tried first with 1/8" X 5/8" glass rattles and then 1/8" X 7/8" plastic worm rattles(thought the plastic ones might float...didn't). Heating the plastic in pyrex cups in a microwave, using hanle off of a long metal tea spoon to stir, and pouring into a PoP mold sealed with 50/50 glue/water mix. I also preheat the PoP mold prior to first pour in the oven. I don't use any sort of mold release or anything in the cavity. Any info would be greatly appreciated

Thanks for the reply! I didn't think that the DWP was acting right, but didn't know if I was doing something wrong or not. It took about 2 hours before the second try hardened. I'm gonna let it sit till I can get to it tomorrow, and then pop it in the oven for about an hour to get rid of the moisture. Looks like it might work, as it is much harder than the first try. I'm still going to pick up some DWP from a different place and try it again. Thanks Pike! Joe D.

I'm having some problems with DWP and don't know if I'm doing something wrong, or if I might have gotten a bad batch. I wanted to give this stuff a try because is seems that a lot of people on here prefer DWP over PoP. Anyhow, with the first mold I "tried" to make, I used ice cold water and added the DWP to the water a little at a time untill I had a consistency of pancake batter. I used permanent double sided tape to anchor my bodies down and poured the DWP into the mold box. Then tapped the box some to let any bubbles out, used a small paint brush to gently brush over the lure bodies to remove any bubbles that might have been on the lure surface, and let it sit. Here's where the problems began. It seems that after sitting for 10 to 15 minutes I get a film of water that surfaces on top of the DWP. I didn't know if that was normal or not so I let it sit till the next day. The water eventually evaporated from the top overnight. I didn't get to touch it til the next night (24 hrs later). When I separated the DWP from the box (top half of a Glad plastic container upside down), which didn't take hardly any pressure at all, the DWP basically broke in half and crumbled up. It wasn't hard, it had a soft enough texture that I could dent it with my finger nail. So, I tried again today. I thought that maybe the first time I had too much water, so I mixed it quite a bit thicker. Not so thick that I couldn't pour it, but thick enough to have to help pouring by pushing it from the bowl with a spoon, and then use the spoon to spread it around and level it out. I took my time and mixed it longer to ensure that the water wouldn't rise to the top...So I thought. I still tapped the box and lightly brushed over the lure surface to remove bubbles. I let it sit only to see that after 10 to 15 minutes water began to rise up to the top again!!! I took some paper towels and soaked up the water and I am waiting to see if it "sets". I have a feeling that its gonna do the same thing. Isn't DWP supposed to set fast? It's already been about 45 minutes and it still hasn't hardened. Has anyone else had this issue with DWP? Does anyone know if I'm doing anything wrong. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Joe D.