Recycle plastic for new worms

[grid]

I was thinking last night while I was fishing.  When my plastic worms get all ratty and instead of pitching them in a corner of the boat or throwing them away.  Maybe I should save them.  

Any of you plastic worm makers possibly interested in taking used plastic bait and reuseing them to pour new worms?  I have a small amout right now.  If anyone interested and I sent you my plastic what would it cost me to get new ones made?

What would the color be?

What styles do you have?

Can you add color,scent, etc?

Maybe other people would be interested.    Thanks!

[Jig Man]

I recycle some of my old plastic.  If it has salt then it is a pain.  The colors always seem to get darker for me since I usually don't do all of one color at the same time.

One thing you might do, when you have a torn bait you can press the sides of the tear together over a candle flame and do a pretty good job of mending it.

[SENKOSAM]

Jig man is right - plastic changes when it's reheated. Many manufacturers use additives which make plastic too hard or too soft when reheated and if salt was present, sinks to the bottom of a pyrex cup before the bait can be poured.

Fresh plastic (the kind the handpourer uses) can be remelted and repoured more times if the temp doesn't get higher than 300 degrees. But, the color will not be the same and any glitter will eventually shrink to colorless specks, requiring more glitter and colorant to be added. I always save my old plastic and add new plastic, the same color, salt and flakes to it to get the same effect.

Lately I've been cutting off the torn part of the bait where the hook entered, putting the lure back in the mold and add clear salt water plastic, which is the toughest plastic anyone can buy. I started doing this a few years ago before Mann came out with his hard nose baits and the lure lasts even longer than before.

I doubt anyone will give you a break on pouring new baits from your old plastic. The time and labor are the same, which is 80 % of the cost of making lures for sale, not to mention the shipping.