blanx Posted May 23, 2011 Report Share Posted May 23, 2011 I would like to see what others are doing. I have molds of every kind and want to know how you change your formulas depending on each type of bait. I have use soft plastic. are you pouring the same plastic for most of them or do you change it up for each type of bait? When pouring the different baits listed below do you use Salt or no salt, softener, hardener or floating additives? Stick bait: U tail worm: Lizard: Brush Hog: Tube: Beaver: Craw: Frog: Swim Bait: Fluke: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveh Posted May 23, 2011 Report Share Posted May 23, 2011 I would like to see what others are doing. I have molds of every kind and want to know how you change your formulas depending on each type of bait. I have use soft plastic. are you pouring the same plastic for most of them or do you change it up for each type of bait? When pouring the different baits listed below do you use Salt or no salt, softener, hardener or floating additives? Stick bait:stick bait recipe med plastic,softener and salt U tail worm: med plastic Lizard:med plastic Brush Hog:med plastic Tube:hard plastic and i dip them twice Beaver: med plsatic Craw:med plastic Frog: med with a little hardener Swim Bait: med plastic Fluke: med plastic with a half cap of hardener. i use all lure craft plastic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longhorn Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 I use Calhoun's soft for everything with no additives except salt when making colors like salt and pepper. If I poured senkos I'd follow the standard recipe for salt and softener. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Boy Baits Posted May 26, 2011 Report Share Posted May 26, 2011 Stick bait: Medium Calhoun-heavy salt U tail worm: Soft Calhoun-no salt Lizard: Soft Calhoun-small amount of salt Brush Hog: Medium Calhoun Tube: Soft Calhoun Beaver: Medium Calhoun- medium salt Craw: Medium Calhoun- heavy salt Frog: Hard Calhoun- No salt Swim Bait: Medium Calhoun- hardener Fluke: Soft Calhoun-medium salt Just what I like to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cintaskevin Posted May 26, 2011 Report Share Posted May 26, 2011 Stick bait: Lurecraft Super Soft - Salt - Softener U tail worm: Medium Lurecraft -no salt Lizard: Medium Lurecraft -no salt Brush Hog: Medium Lurecraft -no salt Tube: Medium Lurecraft -no salt Beaver: Medium Lurecraft -no salt Craw: Medium Lurecraft -no salt Frog: HMedium Lurecraft -no salt Swim Bait: Medium Lurecraft -no salt Fluke: Medium Lurecraft -no salt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerworm Posted May 26, 2011 Report Share Posted May 26, 2011 thats the nice thing about this hobby is there are so many choices you CAN actually make your own!! you can ask and get everyones opinion and advice but it all boils down to what do YOU prefer to use?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveh Posted May 26, 2011 Report Share Posted May 26, 2011 (edited) thats the nice thing about this hobby is there are so many choices you CAN actually make your own!! you can ask and get everyones opinion and advice but it all boils down to what do YOU prefer to use?? he asked so i told him what i use and others did the same. could help him out so instead of telling him good luck start experimenting we gave him a starting point. not everyone is as smart as you PW. lol that`s what`s nice thing about this fourm people helping out others not just saying good luck with that. wish i would have found this forum way before i started pouring. would of saved me time and money. ask all you want and the long time pourers will try to help. i have helped a lot of beginners. gave out my phone number to a bunch of guys and helped them become great bait makers and saved them time and money. so if you don`t want to give a little adivice why be on here. dave Edited May 26, 2011 by daveh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blanx Posted May 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 great info here thanks all who posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerworm Posted May 27, 2011 Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 i was giving words of encouragement dave to be his own person and not follow the pack; to be creative and to hopefully make some awesome stuff why would that be frowned upon? do you think picasso asked for advice or that blind painter from the early part of the 1900's, no they did it on their initiative and didnt follow the normal way of thinking. is that so bad to be different than everyone else? i have always encouraged people to make the products they want how they want and everytime there is someone who thinks that is wrong that they should all be the same why is that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHK Posted May 27, 2011 Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 I use Soft with salt and softener added for stick baits, and reg soft with very little salt added for everything else. i was giving words of encouragement dave to be his own person and not follow the pack; to be creative and to hopefully make some awesome stuff why would that be frowned upon? do you think picasso asked for advice or that blind painter from the early part of the 1900's, no they did it on their initiative and didnt follow the normal way of thinking. is that so bad to be different than everyone else? i have always encouraged people to make the products they want how they want and everytime there is someone who thinks that is wrong that they should all be the same why is that? forget the fact that the original poster came in here and asked what formulas most people use so that he could get a starting point. You would figure you would want to encourage someone just starting in this hobby and give them a starting point so they can make a few great baits and build the confidence to start experimenting. not everyone knows everything there is to know about pouring baits like the great PW i wish i was as good as you LMAO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nedyarb Posted May 27, 2011 Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 Sorry for hijacking the thread, but I only have hard and soft calhouns plastic. Can I put 1/2 hard and 1/2 soft to make medium? Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHK Posted May 27, 2011 Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 Sorry for hijacking the thread, but I only have hard and soft calhouns plastic. Can I put 1/2 hard and 1/2 soft to make medium? Rob you will have to play with the ratios but yes you can just mix them together calhoun does indeed have a med compound as well. i havent seen it for sale for a while though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nova Posted May 27, 2011 Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 The easiest way is to get yourself some softner. It will come in handy when you make sticks or heavily salted baits. www.novalures.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
