Laydog Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 Last night my first order from Del came in so I ran to the garage and started playing around. I mixed the colors I was looking for along with the glitter and heated the plastic on a hot plate until it was about 325 degrees. I stirred in constantly and poured the plastic right into the mold. (5 1/4" stick from del) Anyway, they came out MUCH better than I was expecting for my first pour. However, on the pouring end they were hollow about 1" down. I poured about 12 worms and only one wasn't hollow, but I don't know what I did different on that one worm. Any thoughts or tips would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike-A-Pike Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 What was the temp of the mold? Could have too cold to flow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GARVINBASSMAN Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 i would assume two things 1. your poured to fast, slow down a little 2. after pouring the cavity i always go back and top it off a little. pour all four cav. then go back and top them off the air has to escape somewhere and the top is where it goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nova Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 I'm going to assume some thing here. The molds you used are a 2 piece and you have to top off the pour before the plastic sets. As plastic heats it expands and as it cools it shrinks. www.novalures.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basseducer Posted December 21, 2007 Report Share Posted December 21, 2007 Nova is right, if you watch it you can actually see it get sucked back in. However, there is an upside. The cavity makes it easy to insert a small cylindrical weight before Texas rigging or a weighted straight shank hook for an exposed hook. But my favorite is when pouring a transparent color, setting the main color aside and topping off with chartreuse, red or black. This gives you a nice bloodline for the first inch and a half or so. TJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nova Posted December 21, 2007 Report Share Posted December 21, 2007 Acually, if you leave the spru on the worm you can make a topwater popping worm. www.novalures.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stratmanv Posted December 21, 2007 Report Share Posted December 21, 2007 Has anyone tried Nova's idea but turning it around to see if the spru acts as a swimbait tail? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nova Posted December 21, 2007 Report Share Posted December 21, 2007 You would have to cut the top half of the spru off to make the paddle. If you didn't the tail wouldn't wiggle. It's not really my idea. Either BPS or Cabela's had it out some years ago. I think they called it the popping worm. www.novalures.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senkosam Posted December 21, 2007 Report Share Posted December 21, 2007 A sure fire way for cold molds is to pour 75-80 percent of the cavity; let cool a little; then pour the rest. The tops will be solid almost everytime. If one or two are not, I cut off the hollow portion, put the lure back in the cavity and pour the the rest, topping off any contraction back into the hole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
