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And I need your advice please. Still taking baby steps so keep it simple. I will be hand pouring and not injecting. I saw this article on making a plaster of Paris mold. My question to you is should I attempt to follow it because to me, it looks like a two part mold. Just looking for help and sound advice.
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ship, not to discourage you but small baits are very hard to mold and pour. larger worms are much easier to do. when you have a small cavity you are trying to pour the plastic will often cool faster than it will fill the small portions of the bait. I have found that you can spend more money trying to make molds than it cost to buy them if you shop around for used molds.If you do go this route make sure you cure the mold well. if moisture is left in the plaster it will crack when the hot plastic gets in to the mold and heats that moisture fast.cure it in the oven for a few hours at a low temp.you will also need to seal the mold, you can use elsmers glue. water it down it bit and put several coats on it till you get a smooth surface. good luck to take your time.
Good luck with your mold Ship. Look forward to seeing how it turns out.Thumbs Up
Thank you. We will keep you in the loop.
Thanks Keith. How long should I leave the template bait in the plaster before taking it out? I just put six in a small tin loaded with plaster. I oiled the baits first and sunk them into the plaster. I am thinking when I take the template baits out of the mold to put a tin lid on it and set it in the 83 degree sun today to naturally cure for three hours. Will that work?
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you can take the baits out after about an hour, I have had to cure them at 250 for 4 hours and they still have moisture but not enough to harm it.
Ok. Thanks
dadgummit Ship....pictures man, pictures.....how am I gonna see how to do what your doing without pictures?
Let your plaster mold set overnite. Then spray it about 3 or 4 times with a clear laquer. Be sure to spray it each time with pam before a pour. Here are a few that I did
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I must have screwed up G. I bought that wall plaster in a tub from Wally World. I took the template baits out but it is still mush. Gonna trash it and get powdered plaster of Paris from Lowes. Will try again on Monday.Still taking baby steps. Appreciate all the help I can get.
65 Pontiac I appreciate the photo. I did my first one in a Christmas tin. It was decorated so I did not bake it in the oven. I will get real plaster of Paris and some small aluminum pans and try again Monday. How far down in the mold do I place the template lure? How deep a pan should I start with? How deep should the plaster be to start and should I do anything else I am not currently trying? Thanks again everyone.
Also do you microwave both colors at the same time so they both will be ready to pour to do the two color lures?
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.
Are you having fun? thats the main thingQuote:
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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
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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.
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These are the final results.
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I will be looking to buy a used 2" minnow mold in the future. pm if you have one for sale.
Not bad at all Ship.......after all anybody can buy a mold, but making one.....I think you did a good job.
Thank you G.
Not much way to make a low-cost mode except with plaster of paris (or similar material) and it will always be two-piece. But, then, professional molds are two-piece, in that they pull apart to eject the molded bodies. Even those with 200-300 cavities. Just get a spray can of Pam, or such, and lubricate the inside walls and cavities of your mold each time so nothing sticks together. A nice thing about the plaster is that you can take an Exacto knife and customize your mold with small details. HOWEVER, you can have a one-piece mold if you will accept a flat side on one part of your poured lure. Many bass folks do that with worms and 'creatures. Sure is a lot easier and quicker and I truly don't think fish are smart enough to care.
I figured if I put an eye on each side and keep them moving slowly I will catch the dumb fish before they can tell anyone. LOL
Anyway Stickers I appreciate the comments. I am still learning.
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That's it ship.Thumbs Up Check out the Florida board and see the fish I am catching with my homemade baits. When a fish is hungry they do not care if one bait looks like Keith or Bobs bait or your bait. It just feels good to catch fish on a bait you make.
Not bad at all for your first mold and bait, nice start Ship. Thumbs Up.
Good job man. You have given me inspiration. What plastics did you use for your pour.
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Ship nothing wrong with those!!!!!!!!!! Now we need to see pics of what you caught on them.
Congrats
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they look great to me ship, you are more the man than me, I just got tired of trying to pour those kind of molds and gave up on it. yours look great for a first go.
fantastic looking plastic bait ship you did a good job hope to see more.Quote:
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