clumzy Posted December 12, 2013 Report Share Posted December 12, 2013 Just curious if anyone uses basstackles colorants? Anyone have a cook book on just basstackle colorant instead of LC? Some basic colors im looking to perfect is watermelon red flake, pumpkin seed, junebug, and cotton candy. I ordered all of there colors and want to perfect these colors with basstackles colorants. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassinfool Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 If no one here has a recipe for you then your best option is to go it alone and try each recipe on your own. That is the route I would go anyways so you can get the color exactly how you want it. Most color recipes will follow a linear pattern meaning if you use 4 drops of a color in 1/4 cup of plastic you will use 8 drops of said color in a 1/2 cup. Knowing this I would suggest starting out with 1/4 cup of plastic and counting each and every drop you put in and progressing forward one drop at a time. Catalog everything you do from drops of each colorant, size, shape and color of flake and how much if it you put in until you make a color you like that way you can make that color repeatedly and successfully. I haven't used bass tackle colorants before so I can't help you out with a recipe unfortunately but I do know that my junebug with bears and lure craft colorants requires a lot of colorant to get that deep rich junebug color then you just go crazy with the green flake (I use .015 and .040 green) and a touch of green hi lite to give it a nice shimmer in the water. Good luck! Let us see some results after you try out those colorants, I'm interested to see the results! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clumzy Posted December 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 I'm still waiting for my batch of colors to come in...I just ordered all the colors...I'll post up results when I get them in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gone2long Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 To be honest you prolly won't find a recipe with just one sources colorant, seems everybody buys from various suppliers it's just the way it goes sometimes it pays to buy in small volumes such as the 1oz bottles until you know what you want, believe me it won't go to waste you'll find a way to use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsworms Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 To be honest you prolly won't find a recipe with just one sources colorant, seems everybody buys from various suppliers it's just the way it goes sometimes it pays to buy in small volumes such as the 1oz bottles until you know what you want, believe me it won't go to waste you'll find a way to use it. +1 For example, I used primarily Lure Craft and MF colors. MF's pumpkin is much lighter than LC's, but left alone and it can make a very nice cinnamon color. You just have to play around with it and see what works best for YOU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas1996 Posted January 11, 2014 Report Share Posted January 11, 2014 I used 3 drops of watermelon and 4 green pumpkin which made a dark rusty brown color. I did this with about a cup of liquid plastic. The color works perfect for my 702 craw mold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
