Midsouthbassaddict

You can buy RTV silicone and make a good soft hand pour mold with it. In my experience, they give a bait a better finish than POP, too. You dont have to worry about chipping the mold. I just like those benefits. I know you can buy RTV silicone kits online but I'm not sure about hardware stores, would be worth looking. They may have it.

If I had to guess he probably leaves it open. Thanks for the replies, I'll have to give it a try.

I mean I know plastic stretches well but that has got to be at least a 3x increase in width from tail to body. Do you think it would stretch that much and not tear some of the tail? By the way, I am sure both you and Carolina have much more experience with plastic than I, and I am not challenging that. I just like to double check and confirm before learning things the hard way!

I do see all of that, but the tail of the blade is skinnier than the body of the blade. So my intuition tells me that the body of the blade will split the Swimbait the whole way down through the tail.

I saw a couple of videos today here on TU by a member, "Frank", of himself dipping Swimbaits. Great video by the way. I think that dipping would be a great way to produce some nice Swimbaits because of the sheer cost of some of the injection and even hand pour molds. I get the general design of the dipping apparatus (blade shaped like a fish and a Colorado blade tail), but when you are done with the dipping/painting process, how would you remove the blade from the belly without seriously damaging the bait? I understand the concept of a hollow belly with a split belly very well. I just don't see how it would work if the blade and Colorado blade are connected. Or even if they aren't. Thoughts? Also, what would be the best material for the blade of the dipping apparatus and what is the best plastic to make Swimbaits? Thanks. In case you wanted to see the video...