Bill's plastic pouring seminar.....

The Geek himself....



the tools of the trade...


the mad scientist at work...


Skyboy/ Joe and Chuck look on as the master demos...



one of the few finished products....the "sand dab"...


bill's super freak lure....it actually looks like an angel sent to hell    

I know Mooch was hopping Bill would pour him a rubber girlfriend HEE...HEE

Bill maybe you could upgrade Mooch's apron, I would love to see Ric's face then.

I am trying to find the right mold, then I am on it!  

Bill... that looks like a lot of fun... might have to look into doing some of that... love that kind of stuff.  Nothing like catching fish with equipment you built yourself... very satisfying... not to mention cost effective given the price of fish traps and fat baits these days.

EK

No problem Erik, these guys where my guinea pigs for the "class" I need to smooth out a few areas and get it a bit more organized but I plan on doing another one sometime soon. I will probably write an article as well so I can get a t-shirt  

my guinea pigs for the "class"

I think the Guinea pigs could use some shirts too  

Are you sure that isn't a meth lab?  

Jason

Billy...you'd be proud to know that one of your students successfully made his first mold = Joe / Skyboy   I think his next mold will be a human skull  ...just another to add to his collection at his "House of Death".    (I was invited to dinner there last night and I was freaked out by all the animal heads staring at me as I stuffed my face with wild bore and catfish over rice)

...piece of advise to everyone....don't get joe pissed off or you might find yourself to be a permanent resident at his trophy wall  

PS = great grub by the way, Joe and Jennifer - thanks for having me over for dinner....I'll be back tonight...tomorrow night......

"the mooch" is always welcome. Hoping to add to the House of death this next week. Lingcodlonny and Myself are heading to Mt. Shasta for days of hunting. Plan to bring back many new specimens. My the next dinner we can talk about you donating that elf foot when you die...............

that should say 9 days of hunting......

Bill,

I've been very close to ordering supplies for pouring my own plastics.  Maybe I'll hold off for a real lesson and/or your column.

A few questions though...

1.) Where do you buy your supplies?
2.) For making your own molds, what are you using?  It doesn't look like you used simple plaster of paris like I was planning on.
3.) You look like your pouring plastic from a pyrex measuring cup, did you microwave the plastic?  I thought you needed a heating pad and metal pot.

I'm really looking forward to the article.

Thanks,
Brian

I can answer those pretty quickly.

1. Plastisol - Del-Mart - http://del-mart.com/store/index.php?cPath=33&osCsid=907f3bffefd771ce2093e485f401c04e

You want the "tube" plastic, tough stuff Del also sell colors

More Colors - http://www.lurecraft.com

Glitter - SenkoSam is the man! - http://senkosam.tripod.com/

2. Molds I prototype with Durhams water putty, dirt cheap and easy to use. Mix to a pancake batter consistency, pour and let harden, bake 200 degrees for about 4-8 hours, coat with 2 part epoxy like devcon 2 ton. The blue molds you see are RTV silicon, much easier to use and more durable then the durhams but RTV is expensive so I only use it for baits I know I am going to make a lot of.

Make sure you superglue your masters to the bottom of the pan or they will float and be worthless.


3. Microwave in Pyrex is the way I go, it is a lot quicker than the pan method. You have to experiment though. Microwave in 30 second intervals until you get the time down.

Where do you get your RTV silicone?  I could use that with lead as well.

Tap Plastics has it but it is rather expensive. $100 per pound for the RTV and catalyst. Smooth-on rubber has a million different types and seems to be less expensive. I have not ordered from them yet though.

http://smooth-on.com