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Soft Plastic Bait Making => Soft Plastic and Plastic Baits - How To??? => Topic started by: ctom on 01/25/14 18:59 UTC
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I had to play tonight to take my mind off the up-coming weather.
(http://i941.photobucket.com/albums/ad259/cttackle/IMG_0308.jpg) (http://s941.photobucket.com/user/cttackle/media/IMG_0308.jpg.html)
The belly is cream pearl also.
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That's an impressive bait! Did you hand pour the belly and orange/ black accents?
-Jeremiah
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That's a pretty sweet frog right there.
The way your weather is looking up there Mr. Tom, you'll have plenty of time in the next couple of days to repeat the process and crank out a few more just like him.
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:o :o :o :o :o
'Cause what other response is there?
I see lots of micro glitter in green and gold.
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J.....
I used a small dowel to tap in the black spots and the belly color got spoon poured. I shot the toad in hot orange first and cut those portions you see here out of the whole toad's feet and slipped them back into the mold in exactly the same place they would be located if I stuck the whole toad back in the mold. Then I shot my green top color. All colors were re-melts.
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That is one wicked looking toad.
Love the color
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Nice! Thats a big bait for you ctom.
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That is the sumo of my baits. I just have a hard time pumping a cup of plastic into something a toothed carp is going to swallow.
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All there is to say is "WOW!!"
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I do like your color combo here. A lot of work though. I also like the idea how you put the dots on.
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Very nice toad!
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Jeez Tom, how many spoonfuls did it take to pour that huge belly?! I pour mine right out of the Pyrex!
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Still think it needs those pink polkadots ;D
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Ctom, when you say you tapped in the black spots, I don.t understand what you mean. Could you explain?
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I use a 1/4" dowel stick that's been sharpened slightly in a common pencil sharpener. The end of the dowel used for the smaller dots is about 1/8" and the larger dots come from using another dowel with a tip diameter of about 3/16". I open the mold and determine which half is the top. Then I heat up plain black scrap plastic until it can be stirred some, add a shot of stabilizer and then jack the temp up to about 360 degrees. I use the dowels by dipping the end in the plastic just far enough to get it to stay on the dowel and then quickly tap the dab of plastic in the mold where I want it. This is repeated for each dot and where a different size dot is wanted a different sized dowel is used.
I've mentioned this before....6" bamboo skewers and tooth picks are the handiest tools one can have around the shooting bench, these closely followed by a teaspoon and the dowels just described.