would you care to share the reciepe for that every time i look at it i want to make it or try to make it ....in the swim shad mold i have thanks
Since I hand-pour the pearl belly color, I use only two ounces of plastic with 2 drops each of pearl and regular white. I Add about 6 drops of stabilizer and a splash of silver glitter. I have 6 drops of uv enhancer in this, but its not nexcessary and won't do anything to shift the color. I hand pour each belly cavity about 2/3 full.
I add the thin lamination plate I made that allows both sides to fill and clamp the mold. The pink is a simple mix of four ounces of plastic and a drop of X2 pink. I add justr a smidge of red hi lite to it and heat it to 360, but I heat it in increments of about 15 seconds after the first 45 seconds. This is shot, then the mold is seperated so I can discard the top halves and stringer from the top side. I trim off the tails and snip the stringer from the belly halves off.
The blue top color is four ounces of plastic with three drops of turquoise colorant, a dash of turqoise hi lite and a splash of blue glitter. This gets heated to 360 in the same fashion as the pink and shot in over the filled belly half and pressure is kept on the plunger for a ten count.
I trim the tails because on this bait they are very thin and a lamination usually ends up with partial color fills on the top shot. I simply settle for the tails being the top color so the integrity of the tails stays intact. Add eyes or not.
The rainbow color shown in both the swim bait and the small fry relies on keeping the colors fairly transparent. Super strong or opaque colors will not give you the effect you see in the pics. Play with you mold and use the basic colors I've given. Add a drop at a time or just dip a toothpick in color and stir it in to take baby steps if you're not sure about a full drop.....better safe than sorry in that department. These are fun colors...enjoy yourself with them and play a bit.
