Pouring your own plastics???

[soggypilchard]

http://www.jannsnetcraft.com/soft-plastic-lure-molds/

[Mordy]

Just been "pouring " over a good silicon mould making site (forum)

http://www.tackleunderground.com/commun ... ne__st__40

and a sculpture site

http://www.sculpture.net/community/show ... 661&page=2

Basically they are about getting you hardware silicon to set quick and without bubbles ( after you have made the impression
Then you cast what you want.
I was thinking of making some harbody lures by shaping Balsa wood alla Rapala but I think I would prefer something that I could
cast rather than inventing the wheel everytime I wanted a lure.
They are probably make on automatic lathes for consistany.

Casting would be a great option for soft plastics.

Lots of info make yourself a cup of tea first
Tony

[Marineside]

Anselmo you bastard I spent most of the day reading that website you linked and now I wanna start making my own soft plastics I especially liked the post on using the silicon you can buy in tubes and adding a little water and making your molds got me really keen as it looks simple and very cheap once you get the hang of it. arhhh

Hantu

Can you elaborate on the type of silicon mixed with water is, im interested in trying it with that

[Mordy]

Marine side
Have you looked at the links above? Pages and pages of info, Just shows you what a forum can do to resolve a problem.
They start off my mixing a bit of water with hardware silicon to speeded up the the setting.
I haven't tried it but it would be a lot cheaper than getting that flashy soft mold stuff that jewellers and denists use.
I did a year of sculpture at college and once we made the flexy mold we would then key it into a plastermold
giving it mroe stability and alignment with the other part of the mold.
Think I will stick with the tackle shops
Gulp!