I molded a dozen butterfly jigs last night.  I could not wait any longer, I needed to see what the finished product from my new mold looked like.  I am sure the neighbors were wondering what I was doing in the driveway at 9 pm last night but hey…it is what obsessed fishermen do!

The first few pours wrinkled a lot and did not fill all the way down to the head.  The mold takes a very long time to heat up due to its size.  Once heated thoroughly almost every pour produced a full jig.  The wrinkling was still present and I am fairly certain that opening the pour holes will rectify that.  I will try the mold a few more times before retooling the mold though.

I am very impressed with the Dragon Fly paint from CSI Paint.  The new line of candy, metal flake paints are really cool.  The picture does not do the jig and color justice.  Moving the jig around in the light produces flashes in the light, I am hoping that this will be the case in water as well.  If so I am definitely going to need to pickup the Sapphire, Baby Bass Green and Ruby Slipper colors as well!

In the coming weeks I will start to put together some more detailed pictures and videos on molding jigs and finishing them.

Tags: jig making

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