Thread: Getting Started

I have molds from Do-it and Jacobs. The mold I have from Jacobs (2" paddle tail) pours flawlessly every time. I never have any dents or incomplete pours with it. I have 2 molds from Do-It (3" K-grub and 3" craw) The 3" craw mold is awesome but the 3" K-grub is annoying. The grub mold will often not fill one of the grub cavities completely and the baits frequently dent. After talking to a number of people, it seems its a design flaw in the mold. The gates to the bait aren't large enough, causing that area to freeze first and causing the baits to dent. Simple fix with a Dremel but still annoying.

I have a few molds from Basstackle.com (2" stinger grub, 3" jerk bait, and 4" stick bait) and they are really nice molds and very affordable, stinger grub mold was $49 but they have one for $39 too. I usually have the mold I order in 3 days after ordering. They sell a lot of different crappie/panfish molds.

Just keep in mind, making soft plastics is not necessarily a cheap hobby. You got the molds but you also need an injector, plastisol, colorant, glitter. I got my 4oz. injector from Ebay for $40 and I think its pretty good. It doesn't have the locking tip but if you pay attention its not an issue. Plastic, colorant, and glitter can all be bought from various websites such as M-F Manufacturing, MF, Hand poured soft plastic supplies for fishing worms , AMERICA'S LARGEST SELECTION OF LURE BUILDING SUPPLIES! , and Lure Making Supplies among others.

Also, don't use your microwave that you cook food with. I got a cheap microwave from a used appliance store for $10