Thread: New clamps that are working but my plastic is junk!!!!

You might try lowering your heat a little bit more 325° I don't know what type of plastic that you were using i use do- it and I'm using x2 I don't have any trouble with her plastic and with the x2 and I can run the temperature up to 400° without any problems sounds to me that you're having a problem plastic that you are using.to hot

The baits on the left had plastic too hot. Did you re-heat the batch by chance to make the second shot?

Nope I have 2 molds i shoot 20 shad at a time. The second batch was not reheated in fact had cooled to 319F when i shot it. This plastic has done this every time i have used it. If you reheat it gets more yellow every time. The reason i bought it was everybody talked about how clear it was. It has not been good for me. I know overheating turns it yellow but i have not had this problem in the pass unless i goofed up. I was using the infrared thermometer but changed to a digital thermometer for a better reading. Last year i shot a lot of violet pearl white and never had this problem with another brand. Cub48

I would say you got a bad batch of plastic without and stabilizer or not enough. Have you tried adding stabilizer?

I would have to agree with ifish it might be a bad batch of plastic I would contact Jerry at do-it tell him your problem they would definitely like to know something like this take sure that you tell them which plastic you were using.

No i don't have any, never used stabilizer before. Most of the time i only shoot less than a cup at a time. And i only reheat once or twice but with this i did not reheat I only have about a gallon left so i will use it on Bass Baits which most are dark colors. Blacks, Green Pumpkin, Dk Blue ect. I will just ask has anybody had this problem with one of the name brand plastic. Don't want to put down a company on here. But if u PM me i tell u the company. Cub48

I am not positive but i think i emailed them when i first got this 2 1/2 gallon But never heard from them !! When i first got it i was shooting Bass Baits but when i started to shoot my Crappie Baits was having this problem. I just thought i could change up things and over come the problems but have not. I don.t sell many so i just use my yellow Baits. Cub48

You need to keep in mind that if you are heating with a microwave, whatever it is that you are heating will continue to heat further AFTER the stuff is removed from the microwave. A first shot might be done spot on at 350 degrees while the time it takes to shoot, clear the injector and molds and re-clamp for round two might see the temp up to 365 degrees. Get some stabilizer and use it if you have issues like this. It saves a lot of bad plastic for the little it costs. And if its the company I think you are referring to, if you sent them a note by email they'd have been back with a reply in a heartbeat.