Just found your channel a couple of months ago, I'm not a bait maker but I am a big time fisherman and love watching the process of how you make the soft plastic. I save my old stuff hoping to pass it along to someone in the future. Most definitely in my area not looking for paying to ship it to someone, although FL isn't too far from Columbus Ga. Not what I can afford though!
New guys add to much color... *side eyes DO orange* LMAO! I tend to still do this almost every time with a new color or brand. You know what I am talking about, oh not enough, not enough, still not enough, TO MUCH! ACK!
As much as we all like the cool colors and intricate open pour videos, this is what a lot of new bait makers need to see. Very informative and in depth. We’ve all made these exact mistakes at some point starting out. Experience comes with time, practice, and Chris Jones videos lol. Happy Easter.
Hey man, Thanks to you I bought a bunch of stuff to get started in soft plastics! Marling baits got me carving wood baits 2 years ago, and I've caught some nice snook, trout, redfish on some top water baits and twitch baits. I mostly use soft plastics and found your video a few weeks ago and I now have 4 silicone molds that I made, just got the angling AI jerkbait open pour and mannnnn is that sweet. I started off with the XSol plastisol from amazon... I don't think it's great. I got a gallon of the craw/tube blend from dead on coming to my house soon, both black bucket and floating blend. I was going to go with swimbait blend, but I make and use a lot of shrimp imitations and smaller 4-5" jerkbaits. Just wanted to thank you for making badass baits
Great video. You set you hot pate to 200. Was that not hot enough or did you not leave the mold on long enough. What temp do you want the molds before pouring. Thanks
Hello, I am getting started making my own soft plastic baits and have a question. What blend of plastisol should I use for worms, and what blend should I use for a creature bait.
Chris thank you, That was a very helpful video. Now I know what I been doing wrong when I'm injecting my molds. I couldn't figure out why I was constantly getting dents in my baits. And on hand pouring swimbaits what is the ideal temperature for the molds to be set at before pouring. I bought a 4" mold. And I don't want to screw it up. And Happy Easter to you and your family.
Depends too on the time of year and where you are fishing, cause i purposly make saturated baits for certain areas, but yea, its best when you can get some flake or chrome or what ever, to shine through and give it that extra Oomph.
Very helpful video. What do you do when it comes out a bit soft and tacky? Would you add hardener? Also took about two hours to cool down some molds, what’s the best way to cool them faster? Thanks for the awesome info.
Great video as always, very informative. What is your recommendation on laminating multiple colors in a silicone mold without getting cold cracks or de-laminating? Can you preheat a silicone mold?
Hi Chris, Am having trouble getting the appendages to fill on the AI bug molds. (Knuckle dragger, and punch bug) any advice? Watch your videos faithfully
Question. For the hobby lobby crowd that wants to make a silicone mold, how do we avoid the separation problems with a mold we can't heat up like an aluminum? Thanks.
Chris, thanks for the info, always got to learn. Question for you if you can give me some ideals, I have the AI 10" worm mold and the tail mold, have issues getting the worm to completely cover the tail and stay connected.
I feel like you've covered this before but I can't remember which video it was, for someone starting out ambitiously looking to build a business, would you say it would be better to have a variety of molds to offer a wider range of baits or would you have a number of the same molds to increase output of baits
The problem I found starting out was using the right plastic. I started using saltwater or the hardest blends which was okay for single colours but try to double colours was a real problem. I ended using so much wormoil cleaning the injectors.
Hi Chris. This is exactly what happened to me in the beginning, that the different plastisols separated after the shad was ready. I was able to find out very quickly what the problem was. Plastisol oils a little when it dries. The same happens with airbrush paint. Every shad and bait that is sprayed by me with airbrush, is previously intesiv washed and degreased. Never use silicone Spray for your injector!! Especially with the Bloodline Shad mold you have this problem with the dissolving of the plastisol. I also wash the Bloodline. I also use a softer plastisol. You get more grip. This is also my favorite method. Airbrush And another thing........God save the online translator "deepl". Amen. :)). Here's to a Schwarzbier and love from Germany. Maik
Again, this all bears repetition, and still good advice...colour mixing is pretty subjective, but a well mixed and bonded wins every time Love the crayon analogy, made my share of crayons 😂
Thanks again your always very helpful and I look forward to learning more from you sorry for your loss and happy Easter to you and your family Triple J Baits
@3:05 - #1 Plastisol Preparation @4:28 - Tips and Tricks Video Info @5:31 - #2 Proper Plastisol Cooking (Ginger Ninja Test) @10:03 - #3 Over Saturation @14:01 - Over vs. Proper Saturation (results) @16:53 - Ginger Ninja Test results @17:10 - #4 "Denting" and What Causes It @22:57 - #5 Hand Pouring Mistakes @32:48 - Outro
Yeap, that makes a huge difference, & sense to me. To much color doesn't allow you to see any flake inside. No light penetration though the bait to show the flake. I wouldn't buy first batch & definitely would the second! Green pumpkin with blue or purple has been a favorite of mine for long
Friend of mine won a tournament on a watermelon purple Zoom trick worm.. his co-angler in the same boat was throwing the same worm except without the purple flake, did not catch a fish LOL..like wtf
@@WorldsWorstFishing that is crazy, I really like zoom magnum finness worms watermelon candy, has green purple flakes, I've been catching alot bass here in sc on them recently. Idk why but greens with those color flakes just seem to work well. Wish I had some transparent green back swimbaits with blue, purple flakes. I bet those would kill it too!
Jeez what temp do you melt your liquid to? You did all that talking and were still able to pour. I try to shoot for 250 degrees but even then if i dont stir in colors then flake and suck it up in the injector bam bam bam right after another i find it hard to push the whole injector out. OK i see you're going to 300 plus degrees. I dont know where i heard 250-275. On another youtube video. Maybe just add flake at lower temp? I remember it was something about that temp. Thanks for the knowledge.
Having fished multiple s in different sizes and colors, ruclips.net/user/postUgkxCbNOWAGmn6nfbCbJDmasvBq7J38KZNw2 this is by far my favorite. One thing to be aware of is the sided willow blade. One side is silver and the other is the green/orange shown. This is not bad, just unconventional. In terms of fishing, I have found the lure works just fine without a tail like a craw or shad. That addition is up to you. Also, the hook part where you attach the swivel snap or tie the line is a problem on baits these days, since it's able to slide up and down. However this lure seems to be tight enough that that doesn't happen often, and you can solve it by putting a thin slice of medical tube over the hook before attaching the line. Like others have said, it's really magic on a good windy day.
@@skunk12 A good hot plate will maintain a temp within 1 degree. They also have magnetic mixers. Plastisol perfection in my mind. You could just keep it on the hot plate in between pours.
here's a mistake let the kids pick the additives from some kid friendly stuff like candies oh, more crayons (cheap ones, you already got good results with crayola)
Ok not to be a jerk but you put up the baits done the normal process with eyes in them , then took one of the ones made the flawed way and split it with your fingers that's was good to show. But you did not do the same with the ones with the eyes so now we wonder were them any better or not ?
Can I use a heat gun to heat up the molds before pouring? I'm a newbie, and I'm just researching lure/bait, making I haven't actually bought any equipment or supplies to start yet .
I see you posted your question a year ago but didn’t see that you got a response, so…I always heat my molds in a toaster oven simply because I want them to heat evenly. I hope this answers your question. Good luck
Thanks for watching!!! Happy Easter
Just found your channel a couple of months ago, I'm not a bait maker but I am a big time fisherman and love watching the process of how you make the soft plastic. I save my old stuff hoping to pass it along to someone in the future. Most definitely in my area not looking for paying to ship it to someone, although FL isn't too far from Columbus Ga. Not what I can afford though!
Happy Easter! God bless you and your family
New guys add to much color... *side eyes DO orange* LMAO! I tend to still do this almost every time with a new color or brand. You know what I am talking about, oh not enough, not enough, still not enough, TO MUCH! ACK!
As much as we all like the cool colors and intricate open pour videos, this is what a lot of new bait makers need to see. Very informative and in depth. We’ve all made these exact mistakes at some point starting out. Experience comes with time, practice, and Chris Jones videos lol. Happy Easter.
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Hey man, Thanks to you I bought a bunch of stuff to get started in soft plastics! Marling baits got me carving wood baits 2 years ago, and I've caught some nice snook, trout, redfish on some top water baits and twitch baits. I mostly use soft plastics and found your video a few weeks ago and I now have 4 silicone molds that I made, just got the angling AI jerkbait open pour and mannnnn is that sweet. I started off with the XSol plastisol from amazon... I don't think it's great. I got a gallon of the craw/tube blend from dead on coming to my house soon, both black bucket and floating blend. I was going to go with swimbait blend, but I make and use a lot of shrimp imitations and smaller 4-5" jerkbaits. Just wanted to thank you for making badass baits
Great video. You set you hot pate to 200. Was that not hot enough or did you not leave the mold on long enough. What temp do you want the molds before pouring. Thanks
Shared the video and I learn every time I watch it. I started making baits about 18 months ago and love it. Thank Chris!
Hello, I am getting started making my own soft plastic baits and have a question. What blend of plastisol should I use for worms, and what blend should I use for a creature bait.
This is incredibly helpful and well explained, Chris!
the color saturation was a real eye opener...great info. Thanks
Thank you
Chris thank you, That was a very helpful video. Now I know what I been doing wrong when I'm injecting my molds. I couldn't figure out why I was constantly getting dents in my baits. And on hand pouring swimbaits what is the ideal temperature for the molds to be set at before pouring. I bought a 4" mold. And I don't want to screw it up. And Happy Easter to you and your family.
You'll have to learn that..cheap pancake griddles vary
Thanks for a very interesting video on the 5 mistakes on lure pouing. May I wish you and you family a very happy Easter.
Nice to watch this video before i start making soft lure, thank you dude.. your videos are really informative 👍
Great information! Which mold are you using at 19:25 into the video? I need to get that mold.
What is this mold?? Where can I get one?? Thanks. Love your channel!
I just started making my first baits yesterday, your vids have taught me everything!
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Speaking Facts. Encountered all of these problems while learning how to pour. Great vid, Chris. Happy Easter.
Yessir!
I’m new at the making baits and looking for a good duel injector. What do you recommend me getting?
Excellent video!
great stuff and very helpful, on a griddle what temp do you set it at for the swim baits?
The Professor of Plastic, handing out some knowledge. Another great video. Thank ya sir.
Appreciate it
Excellent video Chris. Always learning from you. I hope you and your family have a great Easter.
Happy Easter
Depends too on the time of year and where you are fishing, cause i purposly make saturated baits for certain areas, but yea, its best when you can get some flake or chrome or what ever, to shine through and give it that extra Oomph.
It’s also a quote from Wedding Crashers. Lol love the show, you’re the reason I got started in making my own soft plastics, cranks and rod making.
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Thanks for the video always great to get a refresher course.
You bet 👍
Love your video's How can I get started pouring swim baits for my own use?
thanks Bryan
pretty sure you just addressed like 80% of all questions on the Dead head's FB page haha nice work man! Very helpful!!
Haha we try
What is the best orange for the belly color for a bluegill
Very helpful video. What do you do when it comes out a bit soft and tacky? Would you add hardener? Also took about two hours to cool down some molds, what’s the best way to cool them faster? Thanks for the awesome info.
If they come out tacky there's really nothing you can do, the ratio was off and the plastic will not be usable
Ok so I will try to blend it better on the next run. Thank you.
Great video as always, very informative. What is your recommendation on laminating multiple colors in a silicone mold without getting cold cracks or de-laminating? Can you preheat a silicone mold?
Heat gun
Hell yeah bro sorry for your loss man do your thing we ain’t mad Chris
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Great set of tips. I do a lot of layer pouring and temps is everything.👍
It's everything!!!
Great video man. Very useful as always. Sorry for the loss of your family. 🙏
Appreciate it
What injector do you use and were do you get it?
Thanks for inspiring me to make my own baits. Dead on plastics are amazing!!
You bet
Hi Chris,
Am having trouble getting the appendages to fill on the AI bug molds. (Knuckle dragger, and punch bug) any advice?
Watch your videos faithfully
Question. For the hobby lobby crowd that wants to make a silicone mold, how do we avoid the separation problems with a mold we can't heat up like an aluminum? Thanks.
Got the DOP house blend. Came out cloudy when heated. Possibly because it’s a blend ? Did have micro bubbles that I could see.
Thanks for the knowledge, bud.
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Chris, thanks for the info, always got to learn. Question for you if you can give me some ideals, I have the AI 10" worm mold and the tail mold, have issues getting the worm to completely cover the tail and stay connected.
I usually shoot around 370-380 for doing tails like that
Hey where can we buy your lures
What do you think of plaster of Paris molds
How would you go about heating a silicone mold to do laminates?
I feel like you've covered this before but I can't remember which video it was, for someone starting out ambitiously looking to build a business, would you say it would be better to have a variety of molds to offer a wider range of baits or would you have a number of the same molds to increase output of baits
Do just a few things REALLY well
Hope Hadley is doing better. Love the videos my friend. Good stuff
Much better
How about keeping the plastisol in a warmer (deep fryer, with temp control). Will that keep the plastisol viscus without burning it?
What mold is this?
I have a question on most used glitter size??
The problem I found starting out was using the right plastic. I started using saltwater or the hardest blends which was okay for single colours but try to double colours was a real problem. I ended using so much wormoil cleaning the injectors.
Hi Chris. This is exactly what happened to me in the beginning, that the different plastisols separated after the shad was ready. I was able to find out very quickly what the problem was. Plastisol oils a little when it dries. The same happens with airbrush paint. Every shad and bait that is sprayed by me with airbrush, is previously intesiv washed and degreased.
Never use silicone Spray for your injector!!
Especially with the Bloodline Shad mold you have this problem with the dissolving of the plastisol. I also wash the Bloodline. I also use a softer plastisol.
You get more grip. This is also my favorite method. Airbrush
And another thing........God save the online translator "deepl". Amen. :)). Here's to a Schwarzbier and love from Germany. Maik
Heat solves all delamination issues for me, prost from Florida
Again, this all bears repetition, and still good advice...colour mixing is pretty subjective, but a well mixed and bonded wins every time
Love the crayon analogy, made my share of crayons 😂
Happy Easter to you and your family
I'd definitely buy the lighter color too, but buy the darker one for dirtier or deeper water.
How can I buy some of your plastics ?
Both look great but from a fishing aspect there definitely are times I’d choose to use the darker color
Thanks again your always very helpful and I look forward to learning more from you sorry for your loss and happy Easter to you and your family Triple J Baits
Happy Easter
I’ve watched your video how hot should the mold be Iam using a griddle
Just hot enough to boil water off the surface
I was wondering what type of injector that you use?
8:15 what i do about the bubbles in the plastisol, i pop them with a lighter, since i havent a vacium chamber, and it works fine too 🙂
Yessir
How do i order baits? I would love some swim baits
Chris you are the god father of soft plastic bait making!
Thanks 🙏🙏👍
What if you have silicone molds
Hey chris you need to go fishing with your baits and video it catching fish. Would be a good promotion too.
Happy Easter hope you have a great day or night!!!
Thank you
Can you use a heat gun to heat them up ?
Happy Easter hope all is well
Thanks
I just need to know where the fish are on Iamonia...
@3:05 - #1 Plastisol Preparation
@4:28 - Tips and Tricks Video Info
@5:31 - #2 Proper Plastisol Cooking (Ginger Ninja Test)
@10:03 - #3 Over Saturation
@14:01 - Over vs. Proper Saturation (results)
@16:53 - Ginger Ninja Test results
@17:10 - #4 "Denting" and What Causes It
@22:57 - #5 Hand Pouring Mistakes
@32:48 - Outro
It's called sink. Lol this drove me insane!!
Yeap, that makes a huge difference, & sense to me. To much color doesn't allow you to see any flake inside. No light penetration though the bait to show the flake. I wouldn't buy first batch & definitely would the second! Green pumpkin with blue or purple has been a favorite of mine for long
Friend of mine won a tournament on a watermelon purple Zoom trick worm.. his co-angler in the same boat was throwing the same worm except without the purple flake, did not catch a fish LOL..like wtf
@@WorldsWorstFishing that is crazy, I really like zoom magnum finness worms watermelon candy, has green purple flakes, I've been catching alot bass here in sc on them recently. Idk why but greens with those color flakes just seem to work well. Wish I had some transparent green back swimbaits with blue, purple flakes. I bet those would kill it too!
@@WorldsWorstFishing you make some seriously awesome looking baits!!!!!!
Do I need an injector to make the baits or can I use a funnel
For injection molds you need a real injector
@@WorldsWorstFishing is there anything that works good that’s cheaper😂
Happy Easter, May the Peace of the Lord be always with you... Godspeed
You as well
This is how this is. Where did you get your hot plate
Fishing All Out makes them, check out the video a few weeks ago
Jeez what temp do you melt your liquid to? You did all that talking and were still able to pour. I try to shoot for 250 degrees but even then if i dont stir in colors then flake and suck it up in the injector bam bam bam right after another i find it hard to push the whole injector out.
OK i see you're going to 300 plus degrees. I dont know where i heard 250-275. On another youtube video. Maybe just add flake at lower temp? I remember it was something about that temp. Thanks for the knowledge.
Having fished multiple s in different sizes and colors, ruclips.net/user/postUgkxCbNOWAGmn6nfbCbJDmasvBq7J38KZNw2 this is by far my favorite. One thing to be aware of is the sided willow blade. One side is silver and the other is the green/orange shown. This is not bad, just unconventional. In terms of fishing, I have found the lure works just fine without a tail like a craw or shad. That addition is up to you. Also, the hook part where you attach the swivel snap or tie the line is a problem on baits these days, since it's able to slide up and down. However this lure seems to be tight enough that that doesn't happen often, and you can solve it by putting a thin slice of medical tube over the hook before attaching the line. Like others have said, it's really magic on a good windy day.
Wouldn't a hot plate be better than a microwave at bringing plastisol to temp? In chemistry lab we had some good ones.
Its going to depend on your goal.
Even temp? Hot plate
Speed? Microwave
I used a hot plate and its easier to burn
@@lmanbaseball8798 gotta babysit the hot plate, bruv.
I often will pull plastisol off of the heat a bit early when using a hot plate.
@@skunk12 A good hot plate will maintain a temp within 1 degree. They also have magnetic mixers. Plastisol perfection in my mind. You could just keep it on the hot plate in between pours.
@@RobFishYT great advice!
Ive got a cheapo hotplate. ☹
here's a mistake
let the kids pick the additives from some kid friendly stuff
like candies
oh, more crayons (cheap ones, you already got good results with crayola)
Do you know where I can find a shooting star heating machine for sale anywhere.
hola soy de la ciudad de Mexico
quiero comprar colores y escamas
My biggest mistake was not subscribing to this channel sooner!
Haha welcome
Open the office..? And sorry for your loss.....
Haha yeah I went to work on a day off 🤣
Ok not to be a jerk but you put up the baits done the normal process with eyes in them , then took one of the ones made the flawed way and split it with your fingers that's was good to show. But you did not do the same with the ones with the eyes so now we wonder were them any better or not ?
The ones with eyes on are sold to a customer..they will not separate, full thermal bond.
FOR GOT SAKE STOP SAYING "OK"!!!
WOULDN'T EVEN WORK AS A DRINKING GAME!!!
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Learning a lot from you, thanks for the videos 🫡 il get there one day 😂
Can I use a heat gun to heat up the molds before pouring? I'm a newbie, and I'm just researching lure/bait, making I haven't actually bought any equipment or supplies to start yet .
I see you posted your question a year ago but didn’t see that you got a response, so…I always heat my molds in a toaster oven simply because I want them to heat evenly. I hope this answers your question. Good luck
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