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Soft Plastic Bait Making => Color Cook Book => Topic started by: superharmonix on 05/23/13 22:37 UTC
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I have managed to get a pretty consistent color here, I call it "bone". When I have orders for white baits, inevitably at some point after X amount of reheats even with heat stabilizer, yellowing will occur. As soon as it does, I set the slightly yellowed baits and runner aside. When I have enough, I'll reheat, when liquified again I'll add 1 dash of pearl powder per cup, and Voilah! "Bone" ...and like I said, it is a consistent color. Most of my colors from reheats of yellowed plastic, or multiple colors of plugs, sprues, and runners, I call "Born Again" colors, meaning re-used from previous jobs. Those are very hard to duplicate, but not this one.
I've missed my CCM brothers! (and sister)
(http://i39.tinypic.com/2ue7alx.jpg)
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Nice looking "trash plastic" bait. Good ingenuity on your part. Is there any noticeable scorch or odd smell to the baits? I have been making black baits with my abused, and small left over plastics. I like your concept better.
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That is a great looking color even if it wasn't intentional. I've had a couple transparent chartreuses that turned to a dark honey color like that and went into a minnow mold.
As a rule when my plastic gets to this stage I use it for pre-heating molds and the injectors.
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That's a good looking bait, Shawn. I usually do the same thing as Paul and make either black or really deep greens with my leftovers. Your pic adds another dimension to what can be done. Thanks.
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