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Posts: 4053 Location: Land of the Musky | I make my own with plaster. Real easy. 1) Cover the swimbait with a light coating of Vaseline and also the box 2) Take the swimbait (no treble hooks) and place it in a box mid level with the bottom of the swimbait against the box. Try to pop the hook hangers through the box and tie them to keep the lure tight against the box wall. 3) make up some plaster and pour under and up to half way on the lure (midline) 4) Let it dry overnight. 5) cover the hard plaster with a light layer of Vaseline 6) pour new plaster and fill the box and let dry 7) very carfully remove the cardboard box by rippign at away from your new mold. 8) Take a knife or screw driver and separate the two mold halves. 9) Remove your lure and walla! You have a mold. 10) Just take old harnesses and place them into the mold and the old hook area will hold your harness in place. 11) Rubber band the two halves together and make up some plastisol and pour it in. 12) Let it dry (10-20 minutes) and remove it and you have yourself a new swimbait. You may need to drill a few air holes for the tail area-you can see mine in the picture below of my SuperD I did a while back. I made a double mold for my Mag and Regular. Not perfect but they work fine in the water and the musky and pike don't seem to care about the small imperfections. Just my wife hates the smell of plastisol. Do it outside or in your garage in a well ventilated area. I use a gas mask when I heat up plastisol. Nasty stuff when its 350F!!!! Lure Craft has all you need for plastisol and coloring. Fun to do when you can't fish too plus it recycles your old harnesses you paid so much for. If you have old harnesses that do not have a coil in them try to solder a small coil into it before you make your swimbait. It will extend the life of your new lure and it won't fall a part on you. Attachments ----------------  DSCF2211.JPG (30KB - 708 downloads) 20cmHarness.JPG (17KB - 1131 downloads) | ||
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