LureCraft molds

[Siebert Outdoors]

I'm thinking about buying a few of these but I have some ?'s

How do they hold up?

Do they produce a quality bait?

Any other good info would be helpful.

[Munkin]

I have a couple of the craw trailer ones and they work well. The unsteady hand pouring them is the biggest problem so far.

Allen

[Siebert Outdoors]

I was looking at the 10" lizard and the craw that looks like a critter craw.  I'm really thinking about buying them.

Do you get a nice shiny finish?  is the mold silicone?

[BASS fisherman]

This most likely does not qualify as "good" info, but I thought I'd bring it up anyway.  

I was looking into starting to pour my own plastics, and Lure craft was the first company that I had looked into.  Most molds that they sell in there catalog are 1 sided, meaning that one side of the plastic bait will be flat.  Might be common sense that that is the case, but it took me a few times of looking at the plastics before I relised it. I wouldn't want a flat sided senko type plastic.

My advice is not to buy a mold that is one sided, when you are thinking your getting a 2 sided plastic mold.  Just a bit of food for thought.

[WCCT]

One sided molds are just fine for lizards, craws or just about any finesse bait.   About the only thing I wouldn't want a one sided mold for would be a senko or Ika type bait, although I know some guys who absolutely knock em dead on flat sided senkos.   The "true handpours" are flat sided baits.  I truly believe that the fish don't care either way, and in some cases as with small finesse type worms, you can actually get a better action with the flat sided bait.  Lurecraft molds are good quality silicone molds.  They produce a nice bait, but not as nice as aluminum.  I use several of the L.C. molds, and will continue to do so.  They will last you for a long time.  

[magic]

Senko molds are not really 1 sided they actually are about 7/8 full round with a small flat spot.  They are kind of hard to pour since the opening is narrow and hard to get plastic poured through.  They do come out looking pretty good though.  I find the lurecraft silicone molds to work pretty good so far.

[plexmidwest]

I am also going to try pouring my own plastics and have made a plaster mold of a twister tail.  What kind of plastic can be used to pour in the mold?  I read in one of the articles on this site to use Plastisol, but I don't know anything about the product.  Is this the same material as is used for silk screening shirts?  Where can I get plastisol?  Are there other products that can be used that are more readily available?  I would appreciate any tips.

Thanks,

plexmidwest

[Chris]

Lurecraft

Mold  # 5x833 4" senko

Mold # 5x834 5" senko

Mold # 5x835 6" senko

All do not have a flat side when poured.

[Chris]

I use lurecraft formula 502 plastic it is a mid grade strength plastic that has a heat stabilizer in it so I don't waste any by burning it. I have had the least amount of problems with this plastic and it holds a hook good and works well for pouring senko's or any other kind of bait. If I need to make it more soft because of the amount of salt in a bait it isn't a big deal or harder for like flipping baits it isn't a big deal either. Most of the time for salted baits I don't need to add softener to the plastic at all. This plastic does float so if your pouring a jig trailer the claws do float up as long as you don't add salt to it. I have used the 536 formula and for straight dropshot lures it isn't a bad plastic but if you pour a ribbontail worm with the stuff the plastic is not ridged enough to hold the curl in the tail and becomes limp. If you put a plastic hardener to the bait the plastic would be fine but with the 502 formula I can just use it straight from the bucket. Lurecraft plastic doesn't have a strong plastic smell but you still need to make your worms in a place that is ventilated. Calhoun plastic when it is melted is real clear and works well for hand pours the problem is the stuff stinks bad of plastic and without you adding heat stabilizer to it you really need to watch the stuff because it burns easy. The plastic smell if you pour a bunch will drive you out of the house. MF plastic I have never used.