Recycled Senkos

acwatkins · March 01, 2018, 06:41:16 PM

Just finished up melting down a good bit of scrap plastics from last year and some baits I had that I'd never throw. There are 30 senkos in this pic, I poured probably another dozen afterwards and then 6 keitech style swimbaits. I also have more scraps from this run!

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socal399 · March 01, 2018, 06:45:23 PM

Anyway u can share the process of how you do this? And what is needed. Please

Smallie_Stalker · March 01, 2018, 06:45:39 PM

Man, they look good!!!

I'm a big believer in recycling plastics.

acwatkins · March 01, 2018, 06:52:23 PM

Quote from: socal399 on March 01, 2018, 06:45:23 PM
Anyway u can share the process of how you do this? And what is needed. Please

Absolutely! You need quite a bit of stuff; microwave, Pyrex measuring cup, lure mold of choice, injector, plastisol, infares thermometer gun, boilermaker gloves or anything high heat resistant, respirator. If inside you need a ventilation system.

How to:
Put on all safety gear
1. cut up any scrap plastics into small chunks and place into Pyrex
2. Coat with a small splash of fresh plastisol and mix
3. Slowly heat and stir, in 30 sec increments to 350*
4. Once at temp, pour liquid into injector and purge air
5. Shoot liquid into molds and allow a few secs to cool
6. Remove and trim plastic, place in cool water
Thats about it. There's plenty of YouTube videos. I'm thinking about making one myself!

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acwatkins · March 01, 2018, 06:55:00 PM

Quote from: Smallie_Stalker on March 01, 2018, 06:45:39 PM
Man, they look good!!! I'm a big believer in recycling plastics.

Thank you! Me as well. I hate wasting them and especially hate seeing them on the banks and in the water. Also by doing this you kind of cut the cost of any bag of bait in half. And that my friend is a good excuse to keep in mind to tell the wife

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socal399 · March 01, 2018, 06:56:34 PM

Quote from: acwatkins on March 01, 2018, 06:55:00 PM
Thank you! Me as well. I hate wasting them and especially hate seeing them on the banks and in the water. Also by doing this you kind of cut the cost of any bag of bait in half. And that my friend is a good excuse to keep in mind to tell the wife

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I hear that my thoughts exactly lol

acwatkins · March 01, 2018, 06:58:17 PM

If you really want to get started Do-It sells a nice kit to begin with. Comes with pretty much everything to make your own

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Smallie_Stalker · March 01, 2018, 06:59:45 PM

Quote from: acwatkins on March 01, 2018, 06:55:00 PM
Thank you! Me as well. I hate wasting them and especially hate seeing them on the banks and in the water. Also by doing this you kind of cut the cost of any bag of bait in half. And that my friend is a good excuse to keep in mind to tell the wife

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I'm not sure she's gonna buy any more excuses from me.

SFL BassHunter · March 02, 2018, 02:12:55 PM

It's a good money saving tactic. I need to get back to doing that.
Those look very good.

basss · March 05, 2018, 03:08:01 PM

Well that's just awesome, good job.

Skunked again · April 29, 2018, 10:03:11 AM

Anyone tried something like this?

https://youtu.be/7Ks2kXKC9kg

acwatkins · April 29, 2018, 11:43:45 AM

Quote from: Skunked again on April 29, 2018, 10:03:11 AM
Anyone tried something like this?

https://youtu.be/7Ks2kXKC9kg

I have not, but after watching I think I may try that with some other baits!

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