vishezfish Posted October 30, 2004 Report Share Posted October 30, 2004 I am making a worm in watermellon/ red glitter and my first 5 pours are great, but toward the last few pours the watermellon is lighter then the first five?!! I don't know what i'm doing wrong? HOw does the color change? Maybe after I warmed it up in the mic again? Thanks, any help on this would help! Vishez fish www.geocities.com/bitenbass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
civicdx Posted October 30, 2004 Report Share Posted October 30, 2004 When you re-heat the plastic it does get lighter then the first pours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vishezfish Posted November 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2004 So what do you do when it gets lighter? Add more color? But doesn't that make it darker then the others that poured first? To make matters worst, my customer emailed me saying he got my baits and the color was lighter than some of the other baits... *&^%!! So I said I would send him a new batch asap....! What do you do to stop this? The color is watermellon, and I made it pretty dark! Thank you all for your help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsac Posted November 10, 2004 Report Share Posted November 10, 2004 Basically, the color is cooking out. When you start to burn plastic it looses it's color right before it burns. You don't actually have to get to the burn stage. Repeated heating will also lighten your color. Just try heating less plastic. Or try heating it in smaller intervals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vishezfish Posted November 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2004 Thank you woodsac, I gonna try the less plastic method and see how it works, I usaully pour a 1/2 cup of plastic. But i do reheat, it when it starts to cool... Thanks again for you input!! To all, I got a nice package from Ghost baits, nice work!! If you haven't checked him out yet, do so! Thanks VF www.geocities.com/bitenbass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guiley Posted November 10, 2004 Report Share Posted November 10, 2004 Whose watermelon color? I had that problem when I first started pouring and I was using the M-F color from Bass Pro Shops. I've never had that problem with Lurecraft colors. Brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsworms Posted November 10, 2004 Report Share Posted November 10, 2004 Whose watermelon color? I had that problem when I first started pouring and I was using the M-F color from Bass Pro Shops. I've never had that problem with Lurecraft colors.Brian Good point! I love MF's watermelon color, but it does turn kinda yellow with high heat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vishezfish Posted November 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2004 I am using Lure crafts!! i'm also using Lurecrafts plastic too>>> I don't kow if that makes a difference? Thanks for all your help! Dave (vishez fish) www.geocities.com/bitenbass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigZ Posted November 10, 2004 Report Share Posted November 10, 2004 When that LC plastic burns it goes from clear to light yellow to yellow to orange to brown and nasty. Sounds like you are getting it too hot as Woodsac said earlier. do 1/4 cup at a time, it's more mixing but your colors will be more consistent and you won't scorch your stuff as often. Plus it doesn't take as long to initially cook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vishezfish Posted November 11, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2004 Thanks BIG Z and evryone! I wll give that a try! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
