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Soft Plastic Bait Making => Soft Plastic and Plastic Baits - How To??? => Topic started by: Chuckleberry FIN on 12/08/13 00:08 UTC

Title: Skinny Vein ?
Post by: Chuckleberry FIN on 12/08/13 00:08 UTC

All right.  Your posts erased my ignorance on the topic of "core shots" a night or two ago.  Could you now explain "skinny vein".  Is it just a very thin layer of a contrasting color applied over the top of the bottom color......with a 3rd color applied on top of the 2nd color (the skinny vein) ?

Thanks again.

Title: Re: Skinny Vein ?
Post by: TheDreamer on 12/08/13 00:29 UTC

Sounds correct to me.

3 different colors of plastic, not colorant, not dip/paint, plastic.

The vein is roughly the width of a pin.

Here it is:

(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/12/08/dysude7e.jpg)

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Title: Re: Skinny Vein ?
Post by: sim on 12/08/13 09:23 UTC

In this example is it -

Hand pour belly
shoot skinny vein with laminate plate
shoot top color normally

??

If so - how do you get consistent with the hand pour part , or are all of the skinny viens a little different?

Title: Re: Skinny Vein ?
Post by: Justin9j on 12/08/13 10:01 UTC

This is drews top secret trick. But he sold that mold. So I'm guessing he will tell he's tricks. 

Title: Re: Skinny Vein ?
Post by: ctom on 12/08/13 10:08 UTC

I have a set of molds that allows me to shoot a belly portion, a back portion, a lateral line or any combination  thereof. I forget exactly how many different shots I can make with the basic mold and two extra plates, but I think I have 6 options, maybe 5. The bait that Dreamer shows is either cut very precisely or it has been assembled using a series of plates.

Title: Re: Skinny Vein ?
Post by: sim on 12/08/13 13:33 UTC

yeah - I've seen (and lusted for) that set of molds cTom - I was wondering if drew was using that or something else - (if it was that, damn I should have gotten in trouble for breaking my 'no new molds until after christmas' promise)

I also think I want to stick with the 'wutz-it' if possible.

Title: Re: Skinny Vein ?
Post by: Bugpac on 12/08/13 14:40 UTC

I think it involves a butter knife at some point. If im not mistaken it was shot in one shot to. He told me how he did it before. Well kinda.

Title: Re: Skinny Vein ?
Post by: TheDreamer on 12/08/13 21:08 UTC

The only thing a butter knife was used for was to stir my plastic lol.

This was done on a CCM 5" wutz-it mold, No lami plate.

Pour the belly, close the mold and shoot using a blending block.

The trick is in the plastic temps.

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Title: Re: Skinny Vein ?
Post by: TheDreamer on 12/08/13 21:11 UTC

I have also used this same technique to shoot a core shot vein that can be found in the gallery. You can also find this same vein style done on the 3.5" swim shad.

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Title: Re: Skinny Vein ?
Post by: TheDreamer on 12/08/13 21:13 UTC

As for getting consistent pours, I just pour the belly until it meets the top of the cavity. Usually poured around 330-340.

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Title: Re: Skinny Vein ?
Post by: TheDreamer on 12/08/13 21:14 UTC

Maybe I'll have a chance to demonstrate the technique while I'm at Do-it next month.

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