Posted By: soje
Anyone ever put these in the mold when pouring plastics? - 03/01/21 10:12 PM
I wonder how this would work, if you tried to put one in a soft plastic worm.
Posted By: gbarrett26
Re: Anyone ever put these in the mold when pouring plastics? - 03/01/21 11:09 PM
they sell glass ones with a pointed tip that you can just push into any soft plastic bait.
Posted By: SteezMacQueen
Re: Anyone ever put these in the mold when pouring plastics? - 03/01/21 11:26 PM
Keeping them in position while injecting the plastisol is the problem. Then, if they get over on one side, they just fall out of the worm.
Posted By: soje
Re: Anyone ever put these in the mold when pouring plastics? - 03/02/21 08:34 PM
Yeah. I figured it would need to be a different type of mold. I was thinking about the laminate worms, but those are injected too. I forget who made them, but people have made worms with some kind of air pocket in them. It was one of the big names.
Posted By: Mark Perry
Re: Anyone ever put these in the mold when pouring plastics? - 03/02/21 09:19 PM
Depends on if they are heat resistant at 300-350 degrees.
Posted By: TxSwimbaiter
Re: Anyone ever put these in the mold when pouring plastics? - 03/03/21 02:21 PM
It can be done in a hand pour and it can only be done in certain configurations and is a time consuming process. ie. a 5' stick, the placement has to be such that it doesn't interfere with the hook in a Trig, there's also the issue of balance by virtue of adding weight to a bait that is reliant on it's action. Salt impregnated baits with an already existing durability issue adding the rattle makes it even less durable. Lastly, plastic rattles have a different sound than glass, you can use plastic as long as you don't overheat the material however the plastic rattles with a more muffled sound is muffled even more when surrounded by plastic.
Posted By: d75bender
Re: Anyone ever put these in the mold when pouring plastics? - 03/03/21 07:29 PM
They make rattles that insert into plastic specifically for this.