I think I wanna try to pour some of my own plastics

[FinsnFur]

I make 90% of my own spinners cause I hate the ones they sell and what they charge for them. Recently I bought a skirt tool and have been making my own silicone skirts too now.
And of course next I've been noticing how much plastic bait I throw out after a few fish because it gets ripped etc. Trailers, Senkos, topwater frogs, crawlers, etc. I hate throwing them out but they really are no good after a few rips cause you cant hook em anymore. They pile up in the back of my truck cause I cant throw em out My favorite frog is literally $1 each. A pack of 5 is $5 bucks! Two fish and the things is so ripped up it looks like a crime scene.
I just found out that you can remelt a lot of those and re-pour them.

I'd like to pour some topwater water frogs but that means open molds and a flat frog. Not my style. So I looked at some two piece molds/dies...and I'm excited. I wonder if I could find someone to make a two piece aluminum mold of my favorite frog  of course it'd have to be kept a secret or there would be probably copyright or patent infringements.
I did see some two piece molds that come close to what I want. Has anyone here done this before? I'm seriously pursuing it. It HAS GOT to be cheaper in the long run.

[nastygunz]

Bondo!

http://www.tackleunderground.com/community/topic/17384-bondo-mold-questions/

http://www.tackleunderground.com/community/forum/14-soft-plastics/

[FinsnFur]

Oooo thats some good info.

[nastygunz]

Champion Bait Company
James Champion
Master....ummmm...... ....lure maker, yeah thats it!...😇😇😇😇

[Hawks Feather]

Champion Bait Company
James Champion
Master....ummmm...... ....lure maker, yeah thats it!...😇😇😇😇

I think you meant to say Master Baiter!

Jerry

[nastygunz]

 

[FinsnFur]

Guess what. The mail man cometh.
Im so stoked!!!



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[nastygunz]

 That looks pretty damn professional, can't wait to see what you pour out of it!

[Hawks Feather]

Looks like Jim's Frogs will be hitting the water pretty soon.  When you get them perfected let us know how much you are selling them for.

Jerry

[pitw]

Looks like Jim's Frogs will be hitting the water pretty soon.  When you get them perfected let us know how much you are selling them for.

Jerry

Won't all the staffers get free ones?

[nastygunz]

You need to engrave something on the inside of that mold to customize your frogs. 

[FinsnFur]

Jerry knows where this is headed lmao [emoji23]🤣 itll end up costing me 8 bucks to make the 1 dollar frog I was whining about. lol

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[riverboss]

It's official Jim's mas. tR baiting

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[nastygunz]

 In the off-season from fishing you can use that mold to make chocolate frogs for the holidays 

[Dave]

I'm sure that mold isn't just sitting in the corner.  Let's see how well they're turning out!   

[FinsnFur]

LMAO! I dont have my injector yet Dave. Apparently being shipped from Ukraine  It's gonna be a long wait. I might try nastys idea and make some chocolate frogs while I wait

[nastygunz]

I bet the grandbaby would like to bust up some chocolate frogs!

[FinsnFur]

Well, while I patiently wait for my injector I've been trying to decide if I want to use a microwave or a hot plate to melt the plastic. I've heard mixed reviews on both. I decided to go with the hot plate and pick a cheapie $20 Oster at Shopko tonight.
Did my first test run of melting old, used torn plastics. It's a lot faster than then folks said it would be with the hot plate and I felt like I controlled the temperature fairly easy.
So far I'm pretty impressed.


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[centerfire_223]

Looks like you got the right color for a sand frog.

[nastygunz]

Cool!