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  1. Looks like a basic Watermelon with 0.035" Square Black, Kelly Green, and Gold and 0.015" Red.
  2. Per 1 cup of plastic. Back: LW Black 103 - 10-20 Drops Belly: H-Lite Blue - 1/2 to 1 tsp Cherry Red 120 - 5 to 8 drops You can play with the ratio of Hi-Lite Blue to Cherry Red to change the belly color. Less hi-Lite Blue and more Cherry Red will give you a redder belly. More Hi-Lite blue and less Cherry Red will make it more purple. You can also use this same recipe but substitute the Hi-Lite Blue 135 with either Pearl White 127 or Silk Pearl 164 and you'll get Red Shad. Obviously you can adjust the above formula to suite your personal taste. Drop some pics here of your results.
  3. LureWorks has both Hologram and Sparkle (Disco) that hold up to high temp. https://www.ispikeit.com/category/42/glitter?pagenum=2
  4. Most Zoom "Candy" colors use purple and green glitter along with black. Disco Candy would be Sparkle Violet and Sparkle GR (green) along with black. Not sure about the base color but it looks like Watermelon, maybe a Baby Bass.
  5. A google search for "Ultra Molds" doesnt bring up their direct website, only Facebook and Instagram sites. A google search for "Ultramolds" brings up their site but with weird descriptions with foreign language. But click on the link and it brings you to the legit website. Might have been a cyber attack or something. You might want to call anyways as they list shooting stars as out of stock. 1-318-255-7144
  6. For Methiolate 132 from LureWorks make sure you mix well before dispensing and be cautious as this is one of those fluorescent colors that can clump when adding to hot plastic. Stir vigorously while adding to hot. Better option is to add to cold plastic and mix well first. Number of drops will depend on how intense you want the color. I would start at 30 drops per cup and adjust based on your personal preference.
  7. An asymmetrical bait cant always be laid out 50/50 between the two plates, especially if a hook-slot is involved in the design. Jinx this is what I would call wrapping instead of bleeding. Just curious if you shot your injector push handles where they were not locked together? So you could have independent control over the amount of color pushed from each injector? Using the shim method are you getting a good bond between the colors?
  8. Try not heating the molds. Inject and hold pressure for 10-15 seconds after full. Top off injection port with molten plastic. De-mold much sooner, before dent forms. 1-2 minutes. If necessary lay baits out in a water bath to relax and finish cooling. Then hang or layout as usual.
  9. Violet 193 is somewhat thermochromatic, meaning it takes on a pink hue when hot and stays that way for a bit before going back to its purple hue. It also can manifest a brown surface tone when loaded at higher levels, this is known as "bronzing" and isnt necessarily an indication that it got too hot or is burnt.
  10. Acetone will flash off too quick, especially when atomized and blown through an airbrush, so it is not a good thinner for SB Coat paint. It can also promote blushing which is moisture condensation on the paint which can lead to a matte finish look. It is fine to use for clean up as long as the paint isnt dry. Acetone is cheap and more readily available than most other solvents. Adding the pearl/mica powder to the Clear 3000 is fine. Looking at your mix ratio you have about 25% mica in the paint, which is a lot of solids. This may be contributing to webbing. Try cutting it in half to around 10-15%, it should still be effective and probably spray better, even if you have to do two coats. An addition of a little Retarder 3002 wont hurt either, maybe 10-20% of the total paint mix. I would use SB Coat Retarder 3002 or SB Coat Thinner 3001 for thinning or correcting excessive cob-webbing. Webs in your exhaust filter and around your work area are normal. Filters are consumable and do need to be replaced over time. Webbing as a concern is when it happens straight out of the airbrush. This means the paint is literally drying instantly as it leaves the airbrush and therefore you not likely to get a good bond to the bait. Im not sure how the above recommended homemade cleaner will work for SB Coat when its already dried. SB Coat is a vinyl and not an acrylic. For dried SB Coat in your airbrush SB Coat Thinner 3001 will do the trick, it is more aggressive than the Retarder 3002.
  11. No. Dotting is too thick and you probably wont get good results.
  12. Zoom Cucumber Seed. Basically a Watermelon with Black and White flake.
  13. My opinion is biased, but I'm here to help.

  14. The scorching tends to occur when you try to microwave it. When its hot it gets even thicker than when cold so it isnt easy to work with when hot.
  15. Your not going to get an exact match as there is no supplier that sells that exact colorant. It is a specialized form of Hi-Lite Red Pearl. If you use the regular Hi-Lite Red Pearl that will get pretty close however it wont have that greenish undertone.
  16. Like this? The above pic is from LureWorks; Deep Gold Pearl 195. If your starting with a Hi-Lite Gold pearl powder it will be hard to get the same look no matter the combination. Although if you used something like SB Yellow 118; a transparent orange shade yellow, it would get close, but you still would battle the transparency issue and milk white undertone.
  17. If your trying glue together elaztech and plastisol baits it is going to make a sticky melted mess overtime. They are not compatible with each other. If that is not a concern then maybe try a cyanoacrylate glue like Krazy Glue, it might work. Traditional PVC glues like Mend-It or Fix-A-Lure wont work on the elaztech.
  18. Which purple from Lureworks? Looking at online photos it looks like Hi-lite Purple.
  19. The other thing to consider is the harder the formula the thicker it will be when hot. If you try heating to get the same viscosity as a softer formula you can run the risk of overheating.
  20. SB Coat Dotting is thicker than regular SB Coat. There is no way to thicken it other than leaving the lid off the can and letting it evaporate some, which I dont recommend.
  21. What's wrong with what you've already got? Looks like your using some sort of hi-lite pearl. Are you dusting that on? Whats wrong with using hi-lite red?
  22. Paint applied to the eggs after they are shot. You cant use any kind of paint, you would need paint designed to work on soft plastics. LureWorks carries SB Coat solvent based paints and CoLure Coat water based paints that would work. As to how to achieve that look is all in the technique. What technique they used I wouldnt know. Here are some ideas: use some sort of sponge technique, bristle splatter, or some method of tumbling or rolling. You'll have to play with it and see what works for you. My recommendation would be to start with their SB Coat White Dotting 3026 and see if you can replicate those images. Attached below is my quick and dirty test using SB Coat Dotting paint. Used a "rolling" method. Applied a little paint to the eggs and rolled them around on a paper plate. Not as good as the images you showed but it gives you an idea of where to start.
  23. Hard to tell from a picture as always. If you have Natural 189 I would start with that and add a little Flo Orange 124 and maybe a little Flo Pink 111.
  24. Most swirls of the Green Pumpkin persuasion are done with some sort of pearl powder, are they not? Like Below? Probably a few ways to get there but Lureworks Hi-Light Violet 139 with something to make it pop like a splash of black or your favorite purple pigment. Purple Pearl 171 would work good by itself. In a pinch you could use a standard white pearl and tint it with you favorite purple pigment color.
  25. On average it takes 1 tsp of Hardener per cup of plastic to go from Medium to Medium-Hard. So adding 2 tsp of Hardener to 1 cup of Medium should get you to Hard. If your at 5-6 tsp of Hardener per cup of Medium you possibly beyond the Extra Hard firmness scale. It would be a good idea to insure you have your bucket mixed thoroughly. A stick across the bottom will let you know if you have some resin not mixed in. If it is mixed well then you should start off with Pourasol Hard and adjust if needed on your next order.
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