Gonna try to make my first mold today

Ship....go to Hobby Lobby and get some Plaster of Paris

Ok G. Will go on Tuesday. Have a funeral to go to on Monday.

After you take your grubs out of the mold, you have to seal the mold. Best way is to use a mixture of elmers glue and water (50-50) paint it over the mold parts and let it dry. Do this two times and your mold will be ready to go!

That is what I love about this site. Everyone is so helpful and I appreciate it. You all have given me great advice. Thank you all.

Ship,

Don't keep me hanging. Updates my man.

Expect photos tomorrow my friends. I made some molds. I sealed the molds. I made a few pours. Not too bad for the old man.

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Expect photos tomorrow my friends. I made some molds. I sealed the molds. I made a few pours. Not too bad for the old man.

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Are you having fun? thats the main thing

David, I am having a ball. Fooling with plastics is as much therapy as it is in tying hair jigs. Best of all is catching fish on something you made. I am not in the same league as Keith or Bob, but I can make a little somethin somethin the fish will bite. They are not great but they will work. I have Sunday school and a sermon to prepare. Photos will be posted sometime tomorrow. I did a few minnows and some tadpoles G.

Wonder how Bob is doing in China. Hope he behaves himself over there. LOL!

Bob NAH!!!!!!

Probably gonna cost him a fortune to ship all the stuff he finds back to the states LOL. Hope he's having a good time though!!!

Can't wait to see what you came up with!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok. I put my toe in the water. As promised, here are pictures from what I attempted to do. Overall I gave myself a C+ grade because they will catch fish, but these are no where near the category that Keith or Bob can do. I was just having fun and trying out something different to see if I liked it. Try not to laugh too hard folks.

These are the Plaster of Paris Molds

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/d...ealedmold2.jpg


These are the molds after I sealed them with Elmer's Glue and water. After they dried I sprayed them with cooking oil and was ready to pour the hot plastic.

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/d...Sealedmold.jpg


These are the final results.

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/d...ealedmold3.jpg


I will be looking to buy a used 2" minnow mold in the future. pm if you have one for sale.