TBaits Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 Forgive me if I have missed this somewhere, but has anyone altered their POP molds with a dremel or anything to change of the bait? The POP molds I have are all copies, but I would like to give the baits my own special touch. Anyone done this? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluegrasslover Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 Forgive me if I have missed this somewhere, but has anyone altered their POP molds with a dremel or anything to change of the bait? The POP molds I have are all copies, but I would like to give the baits my own special touch. Anyone done this? Thanks! I used a dremel to change the tail on a 1 piece fluke mold and it worked ok. It worked fine it's just my skill level is not all that so it turned out so so. Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nova Posted March 5, 2010 Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 Forgive me if I have missed this somewhere, but has anyone altered their POP molds with a dremel or anything to change of the bait? The POP molds I have are all copies, but I would like to give the baits my own special touch. Anyone done this? Thanks! I've tried it and didn't like it. I ruined too many molds doing it. Why don't you carve a master from wood or make one out of clay and then make a mold of that? www.novalures.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piscivorous Pike Posted March 5, 2010 Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 done it often, I make a lot of molds, keep a few. Maybe my hobby is just making the molds? I often use dremel bits and hold them in my fingers and hand rub out dents, bubbles, features,etc. I do not use power very often because it grinds so fast. I have bunches of stone, diamond and toothed cutters that I drag on the POP to cut it away. I many times have had to enlarge apendages I could not get plastic to flow through. Recently I delibertly made a jointed lure with joints smaller than they should be and enlarged them a little at a time and kept making more baits to see how the action changed. I have made frankenstein lures by gluing pieces and things together the joints leave ridges and I usually sand these out by hand. I have cut in scales and eyes and body features too. After cutting the pop I re-seal them None of these by any means were saleable commercial grade, but the fish dont care, they are for me. I have learned a lot about working with the POP this way. It is cheap I buy it 25# for about $15. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longhorn Posted March 6, 2010 Report Share Posted March 6, 2010 I've done that myself and also took an old mold and turned upside down and carved a completely new cavity from scratch with the dremel...I got some keeper baits just messing around doing that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
