Hillbilly voodoo Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 Ok I have never pour soft plastics but I have an interest because I enjoy fishing swimbaits. I have no interest in buying molds because I want to create my own swimbaits What I am thinking is I want to try making my own open pour mold and test it out by melting down some old soft plastics to pour. Yes I am thinking of try a cheap redneck test to see what I think of the process I have seen molds made out of plaster. I also have smooth on mold max 30 on hand has anyone made an open pour using this before? Any advice before I blindly redneck my way through this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 Sure hundreds of molds. Only down side of RTV for large baits takes a lot longer to cool down compared to the plaster of paris (prefer durhams) from my experiences. So you have to make a lot of them which adds up for RTV silicone. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillbilly voodoo Posted January 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 1 hour ago, Travis said: Sure hundreds of molds. Only down side of RTV for large baits takes a lot longer to cool down compared to the plaster of paris (prefer durhams) from my experiences. So you have to make a lot of them which adds up for RTV silicone. Good to know how long would you recommend waiting to de mold a large swimbait with RTV? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Posted January 26, 2020 Report Share Posted January 26, 2020 (edited) For a mud puppy lure I was waiting pushing two minutes before I could remove from the mold and then it had to be floated in water as core was still liquid and bait would deform if cooled on a rack. Edited January 26, 2020 by Travis 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillbilly voodoo Posted January 26, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2020 17 minutes ago, Travis said: For a mud puppy lure I was waiting pushing two minutes before I could remove from the mold and then it had to be floated in water as core was still liquid and bait would deform if cooled on a rack. Thanks and definitely useful information for the size of bait this will likely lead to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
