ominousone Posted February 25, 2006 Report Share Posted February 25, 2006 would anyone be kind enough to share what they know about making soft plastic baits like the fat ika which have a skirt on them? My guess as a newbie is that one would pour the bait and then cut the skirt... am I on the right track? Also if anyone has any info on molds for such a bait I would be very interested too. Thank you in advance to any and all helpful people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delw Posted February 25, 2006 Report Share Posted February 25, 2006 The way they are made is you pour the fat part and glue the skirt on them with a soldering iron, Ive posted before how to make them its pretty simple. We have ika molds and should have stock built up sometime next week, Skirts can be bought from yamamoto or a few other companies Delw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbasser Posted February 25, 2006 Report Share Posted February 25, 2006 Del, Save me a fat ika mold I've been waiting for a year now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ominousone Posted February 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2006 Del, would you please pm me when you have them ready to go? If that's the way one makes them, then I'm in. I actually just ordered some skirts for my homemade chatterbaits, so that's gonna work out great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delw Posted February 25, 2006 Report Share Posted February 25, 2006 All yamamotos grubs and ikas are made like what I described, its fairly easy and extreamly fast heres another link for a how too. http://www.tackleunderground.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=4781&highlight=ika some people say skirts are expensive , One of my customers told me of a place to get them in the 1000's but I cant find the link its not a yamamoto skirt but they are really cheap. The yamamotos skirts are double skirts you cut them in half with a razor blade. so instead of having a 50 bag or a 25 bag you have a 50 bag and a 100 bag, after you cut them. The other way to do it instead of a soldering iron is to place the skirt on top of the bait immediatly after its been poured the hot plastic will fuse it together. I am going to try to make the mold so the cut skirt will fit right at the edge of the mold. one other thing fat ikas with out skirts is an awsum bait, mainly cause they are short and fat. I have pinched the skirt off the ika's a few times with good results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmik26 Posted February 26, 2006 Report Share Posted February 26, 2006 ominousone - I was on a long search for someone to mold skirts for me. Everyone talked about how labor intensive this process is and the limited number of people that actually make the skirts. I have ordered skirts from every vendor I could find on the market and the one I liked, the guy ran into health problems and sold the mold. Since then, I have started injecting my own skirts, double and single headed. I can promise you that these skirts will have more action then any other skirt you can find on the market. I have plenty of skirts if you need them just let me know. jmik26@hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmik26 Posted February 26, 2006 Report Share Posted February 26, 2006 If you are looking for a mold I have not been able to find a person that makes them as a "standard mold". I had to design and have it machined custom. There are plenty of people willing to cut the molds for the right price, for me price was not as big of an issue opposed to time it took to cut it. If your looking for price ranges, I had a 15 cavity double headed skirt mold cut for $750. The other bad thing is, majority of skirts are injection molded. Many people do not want to spend the money on these machines which makes the market for skirts pretty limited. The soldering gun that is mentioned in the posts I could not find, I looked everywhere and couldn't find one that would work. I ended up using a regular tip that I sanded a flat spot in and silver soldered a 1" X 1" piece of stainless to. Another way to attach the skirts is bait glue or hobby CA glue. The only down fall is it hardens up. Works great for prototyping though. Hope this helps you out.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ominousone Posted March 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2006 jmik26, I def, have some questions about your skirts if you get a chance please pm me. Del, did you get a chance to make the fat ika molds? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
