My first laminates

[Hewhospeaksmuchbull]

Shot these last night, I'm pretty happy. G/P brown with red glitter .015 and watermelon/green with black .040. Both are X2 colorant.

Going to lighten up the watermelon green and try again, think its to solid of a color.

 

[12poundbass]

Those look nice! 

[Jig Man]

Lookin good.  Are you using a blending block or laminate plate?

[Hewhospeaksmuchbull]

2 hours ago, Jig Man said:

Lookin good.  Are you using a blending block or laminate plate?

Block. I almost couldn't believe it when I de-molded, even the curl tails were split.

 

 

[Jig Man]

That shows your skill level for consistent temps and consistent pressure when injecting.  

[Fred Allen]

Thats amazing look great. Kind of like the solid color that it came out.

[Teal]

Those look amazing.   If you ever get to selling them, I'll take 50 of those green ans red.  

[Hewhospeaksmuchbull]

Hmm, sell baits? I am getting tired of the pick and digging bar.

 

I poured these about a month ago, even fished them a couple of times. Work needed with the tops, getting just the right amount is difficult!

 

[detroit1]

Looking good hewho..

[vaparrothead]

I'm getting ready to pour my first Do-It essential senko 5 inch worms.  Not ready for laminate yet but hope to soon.  Any hints you can provide would be appreciated.

[Hewhospeaksmuchbull]

32 minutes ago, vaparrothead said:

I'm getting ready to pour my first Do-It essential senko 5 inch worms.  Not ready for laminate yet but hope to soon.  Any hints you can provide would be appreciated.

The three biggest for me are. Steady even pressure, should be about a count of five to fill mold. Hold pressure for a count of ten once filled and top sprue off after removing injector.

 

Also purge air out of injector before shooting, either draw up a couple of ounces and shoot straight back into plastic and re-draw or turn injector upwards and push air out after filling injector. My injectors dont have a nozzle lock screw so I usually use first method trapping nozzle against bottom of measuring cup to keep nozzle from shooting off.  

 

And of course safety, safety, safety. No liquids around hot plastic, I do all my pouring outside, fumes. Gloves and glasses are a must.

 

 

Google, Worlds worst fishing.

[vaparrothead]

Thanks for the hints; especially about purging air out; never heard that before.

[jtharris3]

Those look great!

[ajschn06]

No really... do you sell baits?  These look awesome, especially the color on the bottom.

[Hewhospeaksmuchbull]

6 hours ago, ajschn06 said:

No really... do you sell baits?  These look awesome, especially the color on the bottom.

I'm starting to give out samples to local guys mostly 7.5 ribbon tails, craws and jigs.

 

The open pours are pretty labor intensive, I'll have to up my game quite a bit to make any money on them.

 

I'll make some up and send them to you to review for me for free. GP it is, hope I can find my notes. I'll PM when ready.