J lure Posted December 10, 2011 Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 (edited) I know there have been many posts on this forum for people looking for a super stretchy plastic and trying to figure ways to modify the plastic to make it stretchy. Well I was one of these guys looking for the same product. I have came very close to finding a product like so. The material is a two part liquid combination ( I think silicone ) that you mix part A and part B together. It's called ecoflex 00-30, it stretches like a rubber band! I tried this product and it works well but not fast by any means! It takes several hours to cure. Just my two scents..... Product Info: Ecoflex® Rubbers are platinum-catalyzed silicones that are versatile and easy to use. Ecoflex® Rubbers are mixed 1A:1B by weight or volume and cure at room temperature with negligible shrinkage. Rubber also cures without a "tacky" surface. Low viscosity ensures easy mixing and de-airing, or you can choose to mix and dispense using our convenient dispensing cartridges. Cured rubber is very soft, very strong and very "stretchy", stretching many times its original size without tearing and will rebound to its original form without distortion. Ecoflex® Rubbers are water white translucent and can be color pigmented with Silc-Pig® pigments for creating a variety of color effects. Edited December 10, 2011 by J lure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSC Posted December 10, 2011 Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 Thanx for the info. If you work with it some let us know how it turns out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J lure Posted December 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 I did use it and it turned out well... It was very simliar to the soft plastic and had a lot of movement! The trick is to mix the two parts togther very well, I mean really well. I used a two peice injection mold but the material is almost as thin as water, so after the four hours it took to set up I had to do some triming since the material went all through the venting. So I think it would work better with a open pour mold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painter1 Posted December 10, 2011 Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 Is the purpose of the stretchy material to add durability to the bait or does it have another purpose? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J lure Posted December 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 To add durability. I was looking to make my baits last longer and then I wouldn't have to make as many baits. Just seeing what other options were out there to play around with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerworm Posted December 11, 2011 Report Share Posted December 11, 2011 there is a place in WA that was making an additive for their own plastisol to make it stretchy but havent heard anything from them in a couple of years and the products were very very inconsistent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J lure Posted December 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2011 Any other info on this company or what they were trying to add to thier plastic? I rather just make a few baits that will last me a long long time, rather having a thousand baits stay in the water for a long long time.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carolinamike Posted December 11, 2011 Report Share Posted December 11, 2011 Guys I think you're way off in trying to replicate this formula because the stretchy plastic is not liquid. It is a hopper fed material that has to be extruded under extremely high pressures. The reason being this material loses heat very quickly. Therefore, products cannot be produced in the same manner as regular plastisol. Also this material and process is patented out the butt and the folks that do this are very very protective of their product. So keep that in mind when you're posting about stretchy plastic on the forum. But remember this product cannot be poured. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J lure Posted December 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2011 (edited) Here is a link for he video.... http://www.smooth-on...MNa0&autoplay=1 Maybe it's not a stretchy plastic, its a stretchy silicone! It starts at 5:20. Edited December 11, 2011 by J lure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cami Posted December 12, 2011 Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 Hi J lure, Cami is speaking. Here in Italy we are really curious about the "hookability" of RTV silicone Ecoflex: does it resist to hook point and what about cuts? What happens, if a Ecoflex silicone worm is in contact with a plastic PVC worm? Does Ecoflex resist to sun rays, I mean when it's really hot and the bait is closed inside a box? Thank you in advance for your information. Bye. Cami Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
