fish4all Posted June 19, 2012 Report Share Posted June 19, 2012 I realize this is likely been addressed here more than once but I can not find a topic on it so I have to ask. I just started injection molding baits. Is a lot easier than I thought it would be but I always think things will be more complicated. I plan to get a sampler salmon egg mold from basstackle but I wanted to ask a question before I do. I want to pour individual eggs and then put different colors in the cluster mold and inject the final color. I am pretty sure it is possible to get the Plastisol to inject past the parts in the mold. The big question is will the new stick to the old? I don't want to glue them together on an individual basis. I figure I would start with bigger molds and baits before moving on to multi color eggs on the ends of the skirts basstackle has. Am I wasting my time trying to get them to stick or will it works that way? http://www.basstackl...ctCode=401-1-49 That is the mold if it helps. I would pour all the eggs and then cut the different colors out and put them in the top cluster mold to inject the final color. One of thing, what is the best way to block off one part of the mold if I don't want to pour that part every time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish4all Posted June 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2012 Well the eggs are 1/4 inch in the cluster mold. Looks like 1/4-1/6 of them will contact the injected plastic if I was to put in whole eggs. Maybe cutting them down and making them smaller, maybe even in half, will help the cooled down eggs stick and stay to the new injections? May be a try it and see. I really want 3 colors in the eggs, the combination of my 3 colors have been deadly in chenille jigs and flies so I figure the same color combo could work in an egg cluster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish4all Posted June 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2012 Doing multiple colors at once may be something I will look into down the road. Melting 3 colors at once and sucking them up into one injector than shooting the mold would make some really cool color combinations for sure. I am probably trying to do something that is not gonna work but you never know if you don't ask. That cluster mold has 6 eggs in it and making it so that each opposing egg is the same color just sounds like a winning combination. Isn't gonna hurt to try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish4all Posted June 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2012 Too complicated for me yet, lots to learn and lots of experiments to try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Posted June 20, 2012 Report Share Posted June 20, 2012 (edited) I think the idea will work, BUT it will bleed to the other eggs. Here is why, I do alot of the egg worm combo thing and get a great bond, that being said I had the molds cut differant. You see when you shoot a 250 egg it is not 250 when cooled it is smaller. So when you load it in the mold again it is not a tight fit so it allows the plastic to get around at least a part of it. So in your case it will be around four of them. If you do try it I will give you one piece of advise keep the eggs warm and shoot them in the same day( more like at the same sitting). I do this and have great results. I keep the eggs in a pyrex on a warm on a griddle set at around 225. Keep then warm till you get them in the mold. Shoot and hold just for a second this should get you a great bond. You will need the shooting plastic hot but not to hot so it bonds well but is not so thin it surounds the other eggs. Good luck with this. Frank Edited June 20, 2012 by Frank 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
