What About 3Rd Thin Laminated Colour?

[Cami]

Hi Folks,

recently I've seen the fantastic creations made by Fringe Tackle ... Great.

I was "simply" wondering in which way it is possible to obtain such THIN coloured line between the two main laminated colours. Is it a real intermediate layer? or is it possible to obtain the intermediate line in another way?

Thanks in advance to anyone wants to reveal the right technique.

Bye

 

Cami

[Bassinfool]

Hand pour the top and bottom and then shoot the middle layer really hot to ensure a good bond. 

[Cami]

Dear Bassinfool, thank you very much for your opinion, with this technique we obtain a real intermediate layer. At same time I suppose that the FringeTackle's Artist uses a top open mould ... so where is the trick? Following your idea and using a two pieces closing horizontal mould, for instance for a paddle tail jerk, what about hand pour the bottom, leave some drops of dye just behind the sprue door and shoot the top? will we obtain a straight line between ? and is it possible to do something like this with an open pour mould?

Of course all interventions are welcome.

Bye.

 

Cami

[alsworms]

I can't help with injection molds, but I made those thin veins all the time with open pours.  It takes a bunch of practice, but the key is to pour each color REALLY quick before the plastic's had a chance to cool.  You just run a thin strip of your vein color right down the middle of the bait.  If the last pour is done quickly enough, the vein will actually "split," giving the effect of 2 thin stripes on the side of the bait. 

[mark poulson]

I believe Robo Worm uses open pour molds for their three color worms.  They invented a way to pour mechanically, but it is still soft, and looks and feels hand poured.  The guy who came up with the system is a mechanical genius.

I doubt they would give up their secret, but you could call them and ask.

The only other West Coast pourer I know of who did the same thing, but by hand, was John Viazanko, Zank Worms.  He no longer sells baits.  So I know it can be done, but John was a magician, so I also know it's hard to do with an open pour mold.

I do something like what Bassinfool suggested, except I pour the first two colors in the bottom half of my mold, close it, and inject the last color.  I typically pour at 330+- degrees, and don't have any problem with delamination, but I only pour for myself and a couple of buddies.  They never complain, because the baits are free for them.

[Cami]

Dear Guys, thank you for sharing your techniques and knowledge.

Bye.

 

Cami