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Offline Johnny Bass

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Color Shifting Pigments in Plastics
« on: 04/21/20 12:34 UTC »
I know Powders and Hi-Lites work as well. 
Does or has anyone use color shifting pigments?
What and where do you get your Color Shifting Pigments?

I have some car pigment powders but haven't tried it yet.
Got that idea for Worlds Worst Fishing. Great videos to watch and gain knowledge on the bait game.
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Re: Color Shifting Pigments in Plastics
« Reply #1 on: 04/21/20 13:20 UTC »
The ones I use the most come from here.... https://didspade.com/collections/fine-particle-colorshifts

The best one to work with from this page id Delta found in the top row, middle. Works real well on lead when mixed into clear powder paint and applied over a black head. In plastic it goes into a clear plastic and gets applied over a black base, or in the instances of the baits I've posted lately with it used over a core of black. It doesn't work too well mixed into plastic or paint.

Any of the dry pigments can be brushed onto a black soft plastic the clear coated for some really intense coloration. The Delta is my favorite of all of the color shifts I have and use followed closely by one called Kiwi-Rose which came from a finger nail polish outfit.

The color shifting pigments can help a guy creat some really nice baits and head colors.
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Re: Color Shifting Pigments in Plastics
« Reply #2 on: 04/21/20 20:38 UTC »
there are a ton of pearl powders (mica powder) on ebay for pretty good prices, in any color you can imagine. color shifting is usually more expensive, but you can get small quantities (like 5 grams) for pretty cheap to try out. I haven't used any color shifts myself (seems to be more to catch the anglers than fish and I don't sell my stuff) but the normal micas work great and you can make some really nice stuff with any of them.

a lot of the places that sell micas also sell various glitters too, from .004 to .040 and some string too, and it seems to hold up to the temps involved in soft plastics.