clemmy Posted February 7, 2004 Report Share Posted February 7, 2004 Okay, understand that I have yet to pour a single worm, so take this with a grain of salt (be it lure crafts, floured or popcorn ) But I read alot about how lee pots scorch and change plastic color if you're not careful, and I thought why not use a double boiler? It wouldn't really work for pours, but if you are just dipping tubes, a double boiler like they make for making hard candy should work pretty good, and there'd be more consistent temps and no scorching... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubeman Posted February 7, 2004 Report Share Posted February 7, 2004 Clemmy, it wont get hot enough. I have gone through many ideas/trial and error. If you want to dip tubes on a small scale, get yourself a good sized microwave and a few 8 cup pyrex style bowls with the handle. You can do 30-40 tubes out of one bowl when its topped up. As salt goes you can use any you like, the finer the grain the better. We use non iodized salt as it smokes less when you first add it in. You must stir after every dip to get good salt content in the tubes. I generally reheat the bowl after every run of 40 as it gets to thick and your tubes will get too thick as well. We use Calhoun plastisols as they suspend salt a lot longer that LC. The process is quite easy, although labourious at times....we did 1200 crappie tubes last night, I was glad to see the last one done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
