How to put scale on your plastics.

The gentleman asked me by p.m. today to share how I put scale on plastic baits.You can buy the material Just about any craft store online There will be some pictures below.
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This is a scale material that you can buy by the yard It's very inexpensive.
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This is a little frame That we put the material on Take any powderColor And with a popsicle stick Put it on the scale material Impress it on your plastic bait.
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The powder that you use To mix into your plastic Is what We use You can buy it in many different Colors now. After you put the scale on your plastic baits You have to dip it in clear plastic To lock it in Kind of a long process.

Thank you for the explanation. Eric

I put my mesh over 6oz plastic cup and held it in place with a rubber band. The cup catches the powder that falls through the mesh

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Originally Posted by KO Joe

I put my mesh over 6oz plastic cup and held it in place with a rubber band. The cup catches the powder that falls through the mesh

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We do the same thing but I put the little framework over The container I get it out of.We have some super bright pink Thinking about putting it on Pearl White.Also we have powder In Chartreuse Blue Purple In powder in pearl Oh yes orange Most of my powder is from F-m.We mainly order most of our supplies From them.

That bright pink on white pearl sounds excellent! I am gonna have to do the orange on white pearl as well. Probably should do a good run of white pearl so I can try all the colors I have

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Originally Posted by KO Joe

That bright pink on white pearl sounds excellent! I am gonna have to do the orange on white pearl as well. Probably should do a good run of white pearl so I can try all the colors I have

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Please post them when you get them done .

Bob showed me this process years ago. I built a similar frame and used the mesh from an old screen door. I stapled it to my frame just because it was more sturdy than plastic or fabric netting and I could get it tighter on the frame. Sometimes I still use this method on my own minnows that I handcraft but it can be very time consuming. The resulting look can be just awesome.

Dang you Snake river, now I have to try this along with learning all the other stuff that comes with soft plastics.

Robert

Something I was going to incorporate this summer but my hands have issues
Looking into a simular set up,
only using it for a lateral line HI Li :scratchhead

billygee

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Originally Posted by billygee

Robert

Something I was going to incorporate this summer but my hands have issues
Looking into a simular set up,
only using it for a lateral line HI Li :scratchhead

billygee

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Maybe when the weather gets warmer Billy your hands up feel better

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Originally Posted by snake River

Maybe when the weather gets warmer Billy your hands up feel better

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Thanks Bob
They have improved, probably get back into pouring sooner then tying

Your detailed scale process really shows
My thought was using just a string or line dusted with
ones color choice and same process to create a lateral line
then again might be more trouble then what is was worth

billygee

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Originally Posted by billygee

Thanks Bob
They have improved, probably get back into pouring sooner then tying

Your detailed scale process really shows
My thought was using just a string or line dusted with
ones color choice and same process to create a lateral line
then again might be more trouble then what is was worth

billygee

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We thought about using the toothpick in the ones with the string To make bars across the plastics

The master at work.