plt Posted December 2, 2007 Report Share Posted December 2, 2007 I Was Wondering If Any Tu Members Have Tryed To Make A Mold From Live Bait That Is Now Dead. I Now Have The Little Guy Froze But Wondered What To Do To Prep Him To Make A Mold From Him. I Have Already Made Many Molds But Never Tryed This? Thanks Again To All The Tu Members For All The Advice. Anthony Trenshaw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nova Posted December 2, 2007 Report Share Posted December 2, 2007 There was a TU member that was doing this a while ago. Sorry but I can't remember his name. If you do a search you might find the posts. His main thing was frogs. www.novalures.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmik26 Posted December 2, 2007 Report Share Posted December 2, 2007 Charlie Little is the master at this. http://www.tackleunderground.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7016&highlight=charlie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plt Posted December 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2007 thanks jmik26 thats one i had not viewed but i still am wondering if you should coat the bait with anything, that was one point that i didnt catch or missed,the bait iam using is 4 1/2" placastomas that was chasing my wifes guarami's in her fish tank,cant have any bullys in the hood.Charlies tutoral gives me a great start.thanks anthony painter lake tackle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwampBaits Posted December 2, 2007 Report Share Posted December 2, 2007 Don't quote me on this, but I think Alsworms made a two piece mold out of a bullfrog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmik26 Posted December 2, 2007 Report Share Posted December 2, 2007 frog http://www.tackleunderground.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7004 minnow http://www.tackleunderground.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7191 If you click on a members name you can do a "find more post by" and read ever post that Charlie was in, might find omse info in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsworms Posted December 2, 2007 Report Share Posted December 2, 2007 Don't quote me on this, but I think Alsworms made a two piece mold out of a bullfrog. Unfortunately, no. Mine were made by Charlie too. I spoke with him during the summer about making some more, but he's completely out of the business now. Who knows though.......he might be starting to get that "itch" again. Couldn't hurt to ask him. BTW......great guy. I'm sure he would help if he can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vodkaman Posted December 3, 2007 Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 I've been messing about with alginate, doing face casts for another project during the last few weeks. It may well be a good solution to this problem. Alginate starts off as a powder, similar to PoP. Add water to make a thick paste and apply to the fish, all over. It goes off very quickly, under 3 mins, so you have to work quick. Once it is set, it is a very soft rubbery material. If you are making a mould of a larger fish, you may have to reinforce the alginate jacket with modrock (a PoP impregnated cloth). With a sharp knife, split the jacket down the middle and remove the fish. Close the split and seal, with modrock, or wax, or glue etc. Make a pouring spout at the nose and fill with plaster. This will give you a plaster master. Once the plaster is fully dried (oven), any seams or faults can be sanded away and/or filled. From here you can proceed how ever you want. Alginate and modrock are readily available in craft shops and are very cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickcalderone Posted December 3, 2007 Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 Vodkaman saves the day! ...again! By the way, how are those face casts going? Did you remember to put the breathing holes in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vodkaman Posted December 3, 2007 Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 Comming along nicely, learning lots. I have made a few novelty rubber nose door stops for amusement (gelflex), they work great! I should add that alginate is a 'one shot' medium. It deteriorates after a few hours as it dries out. So, the plaster stage has to be performed in the same work session, not the next day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nova Posted December 3, 2007 Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 I noticed that you didn't respond to the "breathing holes" statement. Did you forget them; lol. Didn't the arms and legs flailing around surprise you? lol Just kidding. www.novalures.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwampBaits Posted December 3, 2007 Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 I noticed that you didn't respond to the "breathing holes" statement. Did you forget them; lol. Didn't the arms and legs flailing around surprise you? lol Just kidding. www.novalures.com LOL that's good stuff Nova... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vodkaman Posted December 3, 2007 Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 Originally Posted by nova I noticed that you didn't respond to the "breathing holes" statement. Did you forget them; lol. Didn't the arms and legs flailing around surprise you? lol Just kidding. Yes, and he damn nearly crashed the car as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadawgs Posted December 4, 2007 Report Share Posted December 4, 2007 I believe I read on here a while back where someone got drunk and tried this with a shad, but only managed to cook it. I think they said they couldn't enter their garage for awhile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redg8r Posted December 4, 2007 Report Share Posted December 4, 2007 I've been messing about with alginate, doing face casts for another project during the last few weeks. It may well be a good solution to this problem. I second that, Alginate is water based & doesn't exotherm (heat up while curing) if it does, I cant tell. You can do the initial (negative) mold in alginate, then cast that (positive) mold with additional alginate (it doesnt stick to itself once cured) then you have a soft master (positive) to cast a rigid (negative) mold using plaster or water putty. 3 steps, but the first 2 can be done in 15 minutes. If you want a flexible mold (RTV) then substitute the second cast with plaster, then in turn cast that one with RTV, resulting in a flexible negative. Hope that don't confuse anyone, I almost confused myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
