[wannabefishing]

So, anyone found some that doesn't bleed? i know LC had a problem and they went to mettalic glitter, is taht okay for the microwave in small amounts?.... reheats are killing me here... trying to pour zippers in a light smoke w/purple and copper and they keep coming out burgundyish (ok, maybe purple), have to pour hot for these little buggers... thought maybe someone has improved/found something that works well for only 1 reheat?

[Hillbilly lures]

havung trouble with dels green overheat changes it to blue

[ghostbaits]

www.ozarktackle.com Green, purple....GREAT!!!!

Metallic is OK in the MIC!! Been using it for years!!

Jim

[BBC]

I use senkosam's green and fuscia without any issues.

Eric

[Senkosam]

As was mentioned in previous posts, high temps (above 325) and reheats will do things to even the most stable flakes, especially bleeding, color fade, flake shrinkage and curling. It comes with the territory of fast-heating polyacetate at high temps. Jim has a good source and I'm wondering if M-F is decent for violet flake stability.

For myself, I keep temps below 300 and don't tint clear plastic with unstable colors such as violet purple and fuscia, but do so on multiple reheats.

LC's grape has always bled and LC knows about the problem which they have never denied.
Honesty is always the best policy when it comes to stating the benefits or limitations of a product and what TU members confirm, saves all of us time and money.

[ghostbaits]

BTW.... I use Senkosam's flake as well. His green is a MUST for junebug unless you want blue flakes!!!!

Jim

[wannabefishing]

*most* of my flakes are from SS, i have Dels, SS's and LC's purple... Dels was bleeding, SS's was bleeding, LC's hasn't but it's an old batch from 2yrs ago or so (right before LC switched hands) and it's not bleeding or curling, i'm down to my last tsp of it, so i'm not pouring that hot... just multiple reheats and it's sitting in the cup for a while.... i suspect that not only can it not take the high temps but it can't take continuous temps...

In near clear plastic it's just a royal pain in the ___, and the light smoke is near clear, i do love the fuschia tho, probably my favourite colour by far...

Will give Ozark a try and see what i come up with... and if LC's metal flake won't hurt too much, i may try that aswell!!

Thanks for the help guys

[pastorshane]

Hey Jim, does the large glitter from those distributers curl or bleed. I was under the understanding that it is in just about all large flake? Shane

[ghostbaits]

I haven't really had much of a problem with bleeding and just a little curling in the .062 and larger flake. Seems it must be what "lot" you ended up with.

I use the larger black almost every day and have very few problems with it. The stuff I have came from LC.

The larger gold I use at least a few times a week. Never seems to bleed but after a few re-heats, I can see some curling. It is LC flake also.

I think if you watch your re-heats and stir a lot while re-heating, you will see less flake bleed and curl.

Del may have hit part of the issue right on the head. Any flake on the bottom of you cup is really getting blasted with heat as it is right on the glass (assuming pyrex type cups here). The larger flake falls even faster so keeping that flake in suspension and off the cup is vital!! Especially when you are doing multiple re-heats..

Guess more molds is the solution so that you don't have to re-heat your plastic... :-)

Jim

[pastorshane]

Hey Jim I'm sure more molds is a big key, I'm slowly but gradually trying to remady that. One thing I am trying also is to pour differant molds of the same color to keep from reheating as often. But I realize some reheating is unavoidable. Thanks Shane