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I am far from an expert but I have a Sta-Warm pot and my one complaint is that the funnel valve at the bottom and parts of the arm RUST . I have it in my basement with a dehumidifier running constantly and after doing some initial testing with salted plastic it rusted fairly quickly. I haven't addressed this with them yet but I will. It does have an arm but there's still room to place a mixing propeller.

I would love to try some of this. I'll anxiously wait

Poor Boy's Woman, I will contact you soon regarding this issue. I purchased a large quantity of colorant from Lurecraft and at this point I'm using other colorant due to the fading bright red. I haven't run as many tests as I would like yet, but I know the bright red has given me problems on multiple occassions. I appreciate your concern and look forward to solving this. I stand by the products I create and I'm happy to hear that you will too. thanks

thanks again woodsac I will give that a whirl.

thanks again! I have been doing some searches for the answers to my questions but some are difficult to find. The latest question is: how much stabilizer per cup of Calhouns plastic. I have seen some varying opinions on this. Anyone have a concrete number that is succesful for them? thanks, I hope to help out in the future when I have more of a clue.

thanks woodsac How much do you suggest I add per cup of plastic? Is it ok to add before heating? thanks

I recently purchased some Hi light Green from MF and was surprised to find it looks like pearl. I haven't poured anything with it yet to see if it changes color. Is this normal? I guess I was expecting a fine green powder. thanks!

GaBassNerd, I haven't tried sealing them in more than a laminated bag yet. Its definately something to do with exposure to air. The ones that are sealed in bags seem fine. I also have a pyrex cup with about 1/4 cup left sitting out, the bottom half is red and the top is orangish . Have you mixed those reds with other colors successfully? When I talked to Dave at LC he said he uses strawberry instead of bright red. I wish I knew that before I bought a ton of the bright red . This is a very annoying problem. I am planning to sell these baits but I am unable to until I get this solved for good. I don't want to sell subpar products. Anyone have some suggestions? thanks!

I did another test this time I used Del's red and...again I am getting fading. It did take maybe a day longer to change color but it did. This time I made a strawberry color by using Calhouns plastic, softener, salt and a little lurecraft black and a whole bunch of Del's red. My next test will be str8 red but I don't have much faith. Do you guys find you need stabilizer when using red?

delw, I don't use any scent. My mixture was: 1 cup calhoun plastic 1/2 cup salt 1/4 cup calhoun softener some LC jet black some LC bright red and a little LC blue next I will try pouring just bright red and see what happens. I also will try Del's red and see if that does the trick. I appreciate your help everyone!

I did contact LC and spoke with Dave. He seemed stumped for the most part and told me it may be a reaction between chemicals in the colors or that I hadn't mixed the color enough which is very hard to believe because I mix it for a while with a few nuts in the bottom. Dave also told me to pour a single red batch and see what happens. Which I will try but I'm not sure that will answer my question. I remember someone else posting a similar problem but I can't seem to find it. Maybe its me, but this search engine gives quite a few results and most are irrelevant. Thanks for your time guys

I recently purchased a large amount of Lurecraft color and am very concerned: Fluoro Red Fluoro Blue Fluoro Yellow Bright Red Lemon Yellow Blue White Jet Black Minnow Silver and some others After spending a lot of time creating recipes and filling orders with these, come to find out at least the Bright Red has issues . I left a few black grape baits out on my counter in the basement and the next day basically all the red disappeared : . They are now an ugly shade of blue-green. I then checked my stock of packaged and Tupperware filled baits and sure enough, many have completely changed colors . I am very disappointed and will most likely lose customers due to this . Has anyone encountered this? Is Del's red better? Anybody know if other lurecraft colorant has similar results? thanks guys

I am assuming your talking about rubbing alcohol. What type do you prefer? 70% or the 90%?

After replacing the black cap I was able to get the spout up but how do I fit this 1 15/16" mixer in the supposed 2 inch hole? Somehow this stainless ring must come off without damaging the seal.

I would like to open just the pouring spout area so I could fit the squirrel cage mixer in. I removed a translucent ring then unscrewed the black cap pulled on the tab which then removed the seal but didn't pop the pouring spout up. Does the stainless metal ring unscrew so you could fit the mixer in? I would like to keep the plastic in this bucket and just pour when needed so I don't want to screw up the seal. hanks for your help

thanks guys I was planning on an rpm of 20-50 but I don't know the kind of torque needed to stir this stuff without a problem. help please

I am trying to fabricate a mixer for my sta-warm 2-quart pot. I am not sure of the torque necessary for stirring plastisol. Anyone have a recommendation? Thanks!

I'm a newbie and would like to know if Del's glitter and colors are quality and reasonably priced. Thanks