Bassmaster2, it's been about 33 years since I made my own soft plasticBuy polka dot shroom bars, one up mushroom bars and Trippy flip chocolate bars. Polkadot chocolate helps you conquer your day or make it an adventure depending on how you choose to dose. Polka dot magic belgian chocolate bars are not only delicious, but also very powerful. These mushroom chocolates are equivalent to 4 grams of
baits.
But as I remember, making them can be as simple and cheap as you want to
make it. Someone who has tried this more recently, please correct or add to this description. Thanks.
To make minnow baits, mix some plaster of Paris, pour it in a pan, and press some real minnows down into the soft plaster. After it dries, remove the minnows and . . . voila! Minnow molds. Sure, one side is flat -- but fish don't really mind that. The one-sided baits move through the water just as well as two-sided minnow lures. Take a look at baits like the Sluggo, and you'll agree that shape, not texture, is the key factor. You can buy liquid plastic compounds, or you can save all your used, torn baits in a bag and melt them all down to remold them into new baits.
This process works just fine with real crayfish (crawdads), worms, and nightcrawlers -- just make sure they're dead before you use them as models.
I suppose you could use other plastic baits to make the mold impressions, too.
If you really want realistic-looking baits (molded on both sides), then just press the originals down about half way into the plaster. Press two thin tubes or sections of coathanger wire into the plaster for each bait. Make sure that one end of each wire hangs off the edge of the pan and the other contacts the bait model. One wire will form the fill tube, and the other
will be a channel for air t7o vent as the cavity is filled with plastic
later on.
Let the plaster harden, then apply a coat of petroleum jelly to the entire surface, including the minnow/crawdad/crawler/whatever. Pour plaster into a second pan, then press the first face-down onto the second pan. When it hardens, separate the two plaster panels, remove the tube/wire and baits,
and you'll have two-sided molds. With the two panels held together with strong rubber bands, gouge out a funnel-shaped opening for each of the fill tubes, and you're ready to start making baits.
Spray the panels with cooking oil so the finished baits don't adhere to the plaster molds. Pour melted plastic into each fill tube until it starts emerging from the vent hole. Let them stand awhile so the plastic can
harden. Pry the panels apart, and remove the baits.
TNBass >")))><
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From: Bassmaster2 <sky1...@skynet.be>
Newsgroups: rec.outdoors.fishing.bass
Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2000 11:35 AM
Subject: Pouring shads
Any good do-it-yourself-sites regarding this topic ?
Thanks for any replies !
Jean-Paul (from Belgium),
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