'steel blue?'

[sim]

From the store - this swimbait -



recipe for that top color?

[Justin9j]

I think that color is in the cookbook.  Ccm Jr.  Would be the one that may have done it  The boy is good with colors. Very talented.     

[ctom]

CCM had a "blue smoke pearl" colorant like that. Just make a thin smoke using plastic and a drop of black. Then add just a dab of blue to it. Next use just enough pearl powder to give it some depth. Maybe a very small bit of blue hi lite. If you are using the X2 colorants, use a toothpick dipped in the blue to get the blue tone. X2 blue is potent and you'll stand a chance of the color getting away from you if you use full drops.

If you are going to use glitters in this make the color the way you want it first, then add the glitter.

[sim]

Thanks - that gives me an idea - if I can figure out how to post clearer pictures, I'll take a couple of pics of my amature efforts so far... I'm really happy with how one came out.

[MonteSS]

Here is Caney .015 gunmetal in very light smoke plastic. Great color



This is LC gunmetel on top. Not as blue as the Caney gunmetal


And here is my "Blue Steel".
8 oz plastic
8 drops LC black
1 smidge LC blue pearl powder
1/4 tspn caney .015 gunmetal

I think I have a bottle of the old Caney blue smoke pearl if you are interested. Never tried it.


....Bill

[sim]

wow - nice bill  - what is "LC Blue Pearl Powder" - I have the blue pearl highlite from here and I have the pearl powder - is that 'lurecraft' or something?

I ordered a "smoke blue pearl" color from MF - is that the same?

[MonteSS]

I think of it this way.

Pearl powders are like colorant and change the inside color of the [lastic.

Hilites put an outer skin color on the baits.

LC = Lurecraft.

I would imagine the MF color is similar if not the same.

Doing what CTOM said will get you close too. He is the hilite master.

....Bill

[ctom]

We call the color that Sim originally posted "Pro Blue" and we see it shot as a laminate like in Sim's pic or shot using a twin injector or blending block so the back and belly colors wash together a little where they meet. Either way, its a great color. Cold water walleyes hammer that color scheme. Personally I hand pour the bellies and them shoot the color over the top. I make the back color just like I suggested and I can get it darned close to whats show but up here we'll maybe see 15 different baits that are similar in shape and profile in Pro Blue and everyone is different in the shading of the back color.

The trouble with internet pic s and color matching is that every monitor sees colors differently. That can make accurate color duplication a challenge. On this pro blue though, I'd just start with something and slowly work up to having a color that I want. A great way to do this is to pour some of the belly color out on a piece of flat metal, the back of any mold will work great. Then as you start to draw that back color into something you can live with just pour a 1/2 teaspoon of it along side the belly color. When the back color is cool enough to handle lay each color on top of the other and take a walk outside to see how they look up close and personal. You'll know when you're there.

Don't hurry yourself. The old adage that haste makes waste is never more true than when working with this plastic. This color combination is a good one to practice with. Great topic here.