MEL

Have you tried www.prosoftbaitglue.com. YOU TUBE demos look like it might work.

BELLY - PEARL BODY - SMOKE WITH .062 WHITE GLITTER PROBABLY NOT A "GO TO " BAIT BUT HAS COUGHT NUMEROUS KELP BASS.

Interesting -- I have always used lure craft softener and never gave it another thought. Seems to not be a problem. MEL

Artist oil paint are concentrated pigments and quite compatable with plastisol

Maybe the clue is strip along the back. If the stripe was made with a marking pen the color will slowly migrate through the plastic as marking pens are dyes

I use a hot glue gun. Cut the black plastisol into small chunks and fill glue gun cavity. Use a dowel to force the the black plastisol out of the gun.

My 30 year old stirring sticks are teflon. You can leave them in the pyrex while heating in the microwave.

All of the artist OIL paints that I have tried work well with the plastisol. They are pigments so don't bleed. One of the problems is measuring volume from a OIL paint tube to replicate a new batch of plastic. The paints are well concentrated and the volumes can be quite small. I made a tool from 1/2 x1/8 aluminum stock with a series of holes drilled. You squeeze a hole full- wipe it flush and stir it into the plastisol. Heating the plastisol too just below the jell state helps to clear the hole.

You are right my ox blood is older than 10 years maybe 20. I had recently finished the new mold and decided to try this color fo the first time. Maybe the kelp bass will have the final say --- if the virus lets us fish again.

OX BLOOD

The M-F chartreuse florescent glitter is not shiny and fits your description .

Try M-F fluorescent glitters.

I would drill 2 small vent holes [#58] on either side near the end of the tail. They may have to be cleared with a wire after each injection. MEL

Do not forget for the same size injection hole the injection pressure goes up as the square. Long and skinny cools faster. MEL