Getting started pouring plastics

[Bluebasser86]

I'm sure someone has posted this before but about how much on average would I be looking to spend to get into pouring my own plastics? I only use a few styles/colors so it seems to me i could stand to save myself quite a bit of money if I started pouring my own.

[Siebert Outdoors]

probably 100 bucks pretty easy.

[NateFollmer]

probably 100 bucks pretty easy.

x2. Molds aren't cheap. You're looking at at least $30 dollars per mold. Try and find some used ones that people are selling. Plastic is cheap and so are the colorants and glitter BUT if you want to make a whole bunch of different colors, you're going to have a ton of money wrapped up in that stuff. You can melt the plastic in a microwave, so no need to spend money on those heating units until you know your going to keep doing it.

[Siebert Outdoors]

I was thinking of silicone molds not AL.  The silicones are 5-10 bucks a pop.

[Jig Man]

I have lots of molds. I only have 2 store bought molds (tube and stick). The rest I have made myself. There are lots of ways to make molds. Pick some types of baits and research ways to build molds for them or buy one of the cheaper molds and some plastisol, dye, and glitter. Then make a few.

You need to do this out of the house. I work in the garage with hot plates and a cheap microwave.

My first ones were made in the kitchen with one of my wife's pans.  That didn't last very long.

[jbass]

The wives do not understand our passion for making our own lures, worms, jigs and etc. I just wish mine would learn how to make shoes and handbags. She's go a ton of those things......and that's when the fight started. J/K . Good luck on the plastics, the reward will be on the end of the line pulling back!!

[Bluebasser86]

Thanks for the help guys. I was just thinking I use a ton of trick worms, beaver style baits, and senko, style baits in a select few colors. If I got a mold for each of these and couple of different colors I could probably save myself a bunch of money.

[FuzzyGrub]

I started doing some of this last winter. You can spend $100 with no problem. Flat pour molds are relatively inexpensive, but may not produce a bait that will be production looking. It takes a bit of practice to not over or under fill. And then you still have a flat side. A 2-piece pour or injection mold gets you to a more production looking bait. The latter being the best. You can probably sink $100 into a 4 bait senko mold plus injector. Del-mart may have a starter kit on this.

Myself, I am still playing with flat pours and making my own molds. I recycle allot of plastic from the fishing season.

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