Swimbaitbox

Hey y’all. I’ve designed what I believe is an amazing lipless wake and crank. I need help learning to paint these and once I’ve painted them, learning the whole clear coat world is wild. Right now I’m using an iwata eclipse with a smart jet compressor. If I need a new gun and other hardware for spraying clear coats I can get them. But I need more guidance on getting a lot better at the painting aspect of this. All help is welcome. Once I can get the paint down I’ll be posting my whole build thread from start to finish and including swim vids and all. Thank you

So what brand and process is best for using automotive?

Hey man thank you! I will try the baby powder! with your experience what is the best method to make a mold of a highly detailed master? Materials and methods and what not?

I reposted with better grammar lol talk to text while driving the 5 doesn’t really work well lmao

When I’m molding my prototype I lose a lot of detail. I’m using mold star fast and my bait has clear and crisp lines. A Highly detailed body. I’m trying to figure out the best and highly recommended methods to utilize when making the mold. I’m having trouble when pouring the bait as well. I think it may come from the trouble with the molds I’ve been having to get the accuracy. I have tried pouring the resin in the mold and when I do I happen to get a lot of bubbles in the body showing up even when I primer them. Please help me in figuring out and learning how to mold and pour baits with success. Thank you

When I’m mounding my prototype I lose a lot of detail. I’m using mold star and my bait has clear and crisp lines. Highly detailed body and recommended methods to try when making the mold and pouring the bait as well. I have tried pouring it and when I do I get a lot of bubbles in the body showing up when I primer them. Please help for figuring out and learning how to mold and pour baits. Thank you

Hey man! Yea there are air vents and the molds fit flush. I am injecting a silicone actually that’s pretty firm it’s just difficult to get it in there without it coming out from other sides even when it is clamped and my air holes work fine. Could I be applying too much pressure? thanks for the help man

i 3d printed some molds and they're not an airtight seal like a silicone mold would be

does everoyone pretty much use only silicone molds or has anyone used solid hard molds to cast things into, im having trouble with my injection process in my hard molds and am hoping for some help with finding a way to fix my issue