Black pearl

[billygee]

Again Thanks ctom   

I'll be looking into it after the game.    

billygee   

[Botanophilia]

Nice smoke color indeed.  I make a smoke w/ holo red string glitter that looks pretty nice.  I should really make some tubes and rtw in that color.  Smoke w/ about any glitter looks damn nice, addition of pearl or hilite is amazing as well. I was excited to get black in a pearled set thinking it would be a black pearl, but no such luck.  Flat graphite black.  Nice color anyway though!

[Carl]

Being that I can't do a two color without a twin injector on the 3.75 smoking shad, I was thinking about rubbing in a little black pearl on top and fade it in.  Then hit it with with a heat gun. Even if I did have a twin I just want the very top in smoke with most of the body in blue pearl.  At least that's what I'm thinking.

[BareKnuckleJigs]

If the Smokin' Shad is oriented top/bottom in the mold...if You can shoot just the back by using a laminate plate, You can twinject the back-half of the mold as Smoke and Blue Pearl, then shoot the belly-half of the mold straight Blue Pearl.

[BareKnuckleJigs]

Or vice-versa, if You shoot the belly half with the laminate plate, twinject the top/back- half.  Or hand-pour the belly then twinject the top.

[Lamar]

Being that I can't do a two color without a twin injector on the 3.75 smoking shad, I was thinking about rubbing in a little black pearl on top and fade it in.  Then hit it with with a heat gun. Even if I did have a twin I just want the very top in smoke with most of the body in blue pearl.  At least that's what I'm thinking.

 I have the 3.75 smoking shad. If you don't have a twin injector just shoot the bait in the black first. Then cut the top of the bait off and stick it back in the mold and shoot the bottom half. Just make sure you shoot slow or the new plastic will try flow over the top half.

[Carl]

BKJ this style mold won't work with a lam. I have tried the cutting and I just plain out suck at it. They look like snaggle tooth took a bite out of them. Maybe a longer pair of scissors so I get it in one cut? Hmmm. Maybe.

[ctom]

Carl, if you are shooting baits for your own use, why give it another thought? Go ahead and cut to make the 2 color numbers. If that's how the mold has to be handled without a twin injector or blending block you won't ever get any better by avoiding doing it and the fish will certainly not give a rip how the baits look.

[cc1]

Razor blade or exacto knife works for me. Lure craft sells a razor blade tail splitter for 30. I use that often as well. Plus it helps with re melts.

[Carl]

Ok. I'll give it a try tonight. Thanks for the help guys.

[Lamar]

BKJ this style mold won't work with a lam. I have tried the cutting and I just plain out suck at it. They look like snaggle tooth took a bite out of them. Maybe a longer pair of scissors so I get it in one cut? Hmmm. Maybe.

A Lam plate on this mold is the wrong way. It would give you a vertical and not a horizontal. I like making this bait with a small amount on the top being black and then taking my twin injector and making a light yellow stripe with a pearl belly. The only way I can do that is to inject the black cut off the top and then twin inject the bottom. I use scissors and they work fine. It's a thin bait and they cut it with ease.

[BareKnuckleJigs]

Ah!  It's a side:side/left:right, uh?

[Lamar]

Ah!  It's a side:side/left:right, uh?

 Yep

[BareKnuckleJigs]

Mm.  That'll be a Ctom/Ghostbaits job there.

[ctom]

Lamar has a handle on it.