Shooting cold molds can often end up handing you some messed up plastic. Shooting in a cold injector can mean having to take it apart to clean it. I do things a bit out of convention by saving some of the junk plastics in an old microwacve safe cup. When I am ready to be gin shooting, I line up the molds I want to use and melt ythat cup-full of plastic. When its hot, I fill the injector pretty full and immediately shoot it back into the cup. Then I fill it again and fill the mold[s]. I empty any remaining plastic from the injector and then clean out the molds. All of this plastic goes right back in the cup so it can be warmed the next time I am starting up and everything is like ice. Pre-heating this way is easier on everything and cuts down a bunch on messed up plastic because equipment was too cold to get the job done right.

Another hint is to save some of those "good" colors left over at the end of a run. When you are bored and need something to do, warm up a few of those colors and simply play with them. I did that this morning and think I have found a good cloudy day bait.

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