I have been told you can make your own molds by casting a current lure in plaster. anyone have any info on how to do this.
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I have been told you can make your own molds by casting a current lure in plaster. anyone have any info on how to do this.
you can definitely do it. I have made several of them that way. Some people do okay with them like that. I never really cared for it myself and although the baits caught fish, to me they were nowhere near as good as injection jigs. The process was very slow and aggrevating as well. I would never go back to making them that way. Some people will tell you they lilke it and are ok with it, but I am not one of them. There are several ways you can do it like that. The best way is to google it or do a search of the topic and you should find plenty of articles on it.
For Complete info on making molds out of POP (Plaster Of Paris) Go To TackleUnderground and Search for it.
A Lot of information on making molds with other materials such as RTV.
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Also try www.makealure.com by Larry Dalberg
Thanks for the input!
Yea better to use silicon I spent a lot of time watching Larry Dahlberg on those how to video's on make a lure dot com Mold and Cast Fishing Lures - Products
Check out the how to video in the drop down list on "Dragon fly larva"
i made some molds earlier tonight with rtv silicone putty which cures in 25 min.my dad helped me make the master out of skulpey and baked it in an oven.and i just got done pouring a few baits to test tomoro.was real easy!
I hope that we we'll see some your work from some of the molds that you guys have made I think this would be wonderful if you would post a few pictures.Quote:
Originally Posted by bxn
If you use plaster, try this trick to seal it . let the plaster set 24 hrs where it is hot and dry . Then put it in the oven heat it up to about 350 . spray it with powder paint . let it cool then put it back in the oven for an hour. It does two things one , it smooths out the plaster ,two it strenghtens the plaster mold so if you drop it won't break as easily. I've done this to a couple molds already and was satisfied with the result.
How do you spray it with powder paint?
Component Systems sells a powder paint air brush . If you don't have one you could try the tap method by dipping a brush in powder then tap it and let the powder float into the cavity . If yyou try this method follow the above instructions only put the mold on a griddle or something so the temp will remain 350 until your mold is coated . If the mold has a lot of crevices like a ringed worm or something like that I wouldn't bother It's to hard to coat those smoothly.