Hi all, completely new here and first post, but I had been lurking for a week or two.
I'm looking in to starting to make my own soft baits. Ive read, searched a lot and watched a lot of videos on youtube. Have a few quick questions which are probably obvious to you guys but I haven't been able to find the answers to.
First: hardner and softner. The plastisol I ordered comes in hard, soft, and medium already on its own. With this stuff, do I REALLY need hardner and softner? I understand they may allow me to fine tune, but I'm looking to just start out as simply as possible right now.
Heat stabalizer: REALLY required? I've watched a ton of videos and don't think I've seen a single one in which heat stabalizer was used or mentioned. What exactly does it do? The descriptions I see are always super generic "stabalizes plastisol during heating". I'd like to know what the exact effect is. Keeps it softer? Keeps it harder? Keeps color retention? Or....?
Glitter: what would you consider the "average" size or is there a happy medium that would work with many different baits (senkos, neds, swims)?