ravenlures Posted March 19, 2020 Report Share Posted March 19, 2020 Do any of you guys make bluegill fins 7" fish size or other types of fish, or maybe you can point me in the right direction, flex able type but tough for musky lures. Thanks Wayne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anglinarcher Posted April 1, 2020 Report Share Posted April 1, 2020 Not in some time, but I did make some once when I took some fins, cut them off, froze them, then put them in fresh Alumilite HS2. I pushed them in so they were flush with the top but not covered by HS2. Put them in a freezer and let the HS2 cure (24 hours). Next coat was to apply some mold release then poured a second layer. The fin was removed 24 hours later and the mold was allowed to warm. I then poured the fins (squish mold type) out of 1)Silicone (tough, easy, can't color), 2) Alumilite Flex 20 (can be colored but it starts out light yellow). I used mold release with every pour so that they did not stick to the silicone (silicone sticks to silicone otherwise). My results were good, but I had to make a fin out of Alumilite White (not flexible) and then used that to make a new master that had attachments. I never got the color right for me, and I changed focus on what I was developing, but, this might help some. This was several years ago, so there are some paints now that are silicone based and may stick to silicone. I have not pursed that direction. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
