[SweetWaterBaits]

Hey guys...

I'm about to get into to the senko pouring craze and I have a few questions on salt. How do you guys keep the salt even? I use a Pyrex cup and even on normal worms I find myself mixing before every pour because the salt settles. I am using a table salt type salt and I'm guessing that's a no-no for senkos? Does 'lure salt' make any difference?

[nova]

SweetWaterBaits, on 09 February 2010 - 01:08 AM, said:

Hey guys...

I'm about to get into to the senko pouring craze and I have a few questions on salt. How do you guys keep the salt even? I use a Pyrex cup and even on normal worms I find myself mixing before every pour because the salt settles. I am using a table salt type salt and I'm guessing that's a no-no for senkos? Does 'lure salt' make any difference?

Table salt is a no no for any plastic bait as far as I'm concerned. There are too many additives in it, even sugar sometimes; check the lable.

Pickling salt is pure salt and fouring it in a coffee grinder will give you the best suspension in the plastic. You still have to stir it, just not as often.

www.novalures.com

[mark poulson]

Nova,
How does salt affect softness?

[TheRegulator]

The other thing that helped me when I started pouring sticks, was to not get the plastic as hot. When the plastic is like pancake batter the salt suspends much better.

[SweetWaterBaits]

Thanks for the tips guys!

[Bass-Boys]

mark poulson, on 09 February 2010 - 10:05 AM, said:

Nova,
How does salt affect softness?

when salt is added to a bait it firms up the bait , the bait will not be as soft as a bait with out salt.. Salt it self is hard so that added to plastic makes the plastic harder.If a lot of salt is added then you need to add a softner to the plastic to compinsate for the salt.

[nova]

Sorry; my puter went down for a while. BassBoys got the answer for you. Just add softner to counteract the firmness that salt gives the bait.

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[CaptRodney]

nova, on 10 February 2010 - 12:56 PM, said:

Sorry; my puter went down for a while. BassBoys got the answer for you. Just add softner to counteract the firmness that salt gives the bait.

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Wat salt to plastisol ration do you perfer to use

[longhorn]

A common recipe is:

1 cup plastic
1/2 cup salt
1/4 cup softener

[Delw]

longhorn, on 13 February 2010 - 08:36 AM, said:

A common recipe is:

1 cup plastic
1/2 cup salt
1/4 cup softener

Longhorn That formula works really well its the one everyone started out with in 2001. however there are some things that should be noted.

If your using a super soft plastic you may not need softener as this formula was created using regular plastic with a 23-26 Shore O Scale (durometer reading)

if you are using a Pot with a mixer you don't need as much salt also you can decrease the softener as well, the salt will be mixed more evenly. the formula above was for using a 2 cup pyrex cup and strining inbetween every 2 pours.

It was also used for Table salt. a fine salt will have more weight by volume then table salt will. so if your using a fine salt decrease the salt useage. fine salt will also suspend better than table salt so again decrease the salt useage.

Anytime you decrease the salt useage also decrease the softener useage as the 2 (salt and softener) work together to get the right softness.




A word on Table salt. Nothng wrong with it, people been using it for years , it works just fine.

Don't forget to let the baits cool off at room tempature for 10+ hours before you check softness, warm baits will always be very soft and will firm up quite a bit when cooled.

DON'T use WATER or SCENTS to cool off internally salted baits, as the salt will draw in the liquids and swell up the baits, I am sure you guys that live in the high humidity areas have left a senko on the deck of your boat only to see it a few days later 10x the diameter of what it used to be.( the reaosn is the salt absorbs moisture/oils or anything).

Delw