DanW

Basstackle has some very good alternatives. The BT Bomb looks awesome, just haven't pulled the trigger yet.

Like others have said, It's tough to duplicate from a picture shown. I would say light watermelon, with a little marine blue, .o40 black, and string gold. When I duplicate, I want a bait in hand, cut it in half and pull all the glitters out. You could make it a better color with a touch of blue hilite, in my opinion. You need to remember, the big companies don't get real complicated with their formulas. It's usually pretty basic, no more than three pigments will get you close.

I make big tubes for flipping heavy cover for bass. I use a medium plastic with around 2 - 3 heaping Tblsp. of salt per cup of plastisol. I use a 5/8" rod 5" long and have a piece of coat hanger, JB welded into the end, with a "sideways S" bent into the wire so I can hang it vertically from a wire, stretched accross the pouring counter. I dip vertically out of 2 cup pyrex. (recently changed to a 4 cup) I have to lift the plastisol up the rod, with a spoon, for the first dip and then do 3 additional dips. So the tails are only a single dip. I have to change to a smaller cup for the last dip or two They usually end up around an 1 1/8" in diameter, with the main body of the tube around 2 3/4 - 3" long and the tip is over a 1/2" thick. They hold up well flipping back 10 - 20' back into the cattails and I can use the same tube for hours . I tried the horizontal method, but found that vertical worked better and faster. Without salting the plastic, you get almost no build for the first or second dip and the tails will be so thin that they're difficult to cut without tearing, with the tool that I made.

Try a drop or two of white in the red

A cotton filter will only filter particulate matter. I would just run the stack from the exhaust system as high as possible, and let the wind carry it away. It's not somthing that I would be that concerned about. Depending on how old your house is and it's proximity to the house, I may be more concerned with lead contamination. Just a thought I considered when putting in my garden at my own home, built in '56.

No offense, but you need to stop what you are doing and do some research on the this site. I started pouring about a year and a half ago, making all my own molds, dipping rods and tools for tubes without asking a single question. Actually, I worked on molds and rods for almost three months before I ever ordered any plastisol at all. If you spend the time, you'll find everything you need to know, on this site, to start pouring successfully. Not everything worked exactly as planned, but you deal with that as it happens. Good luck.

I wouldn't open in an enclosed area where you will spend any time at all. Put on a mask and make sure you're upwind, open the container and pour some plastisol into the container and lid it up. Open it again awhile later and add more plastisol if you can. The plastisol will keep it from going airborne while you're in your pouring area. Del use to offer it this way, but I believed he stopped due to the hazards of the material. You'll also have to stir alot, to get it mixed throughout, while you're heating.

Invest in a respirator, they're relatively inexpensive, and unless you're moving some major cfm's with ventilation, you're still not safe. I figured that out the first time I poured. I used to be a painter and sprayed alot of lacquer, and you'll find it much more comfortable with a respirator than without.

Nevewrmind

I made a bunch of leeches for my father-in-law awhile ago. I took some sheet metal and cut it in to a leech shape, about 2 1/2"-3" long and left about 3" at the end for a handle. I bent the handle so I could hang it on a wire. I dipped it 2 or 3 times and then made a cut with a razor blade about a 1/2" from the head and pressed against the sheat metal to cut the tail of the leach, so it was single layered. Looked like a leech, haven't heard results as of yet.

Yes

In case anyone is interested To 1 and 3/4 cups of fairly heavily salted plastic 60 drops of dark watermelon 30 drops of brown 15 drops of black 3/4 t of .040 black hex 1/4 t of .040 purple hex 1/8 t of .035 silver square All colors are Dels

Anyone have a recipe for "00B" . It's basically a dark melon with a brown cast and purple and black flake. The picture on the their site is not great, due it being a dark color. I have a bait on the way from the client, but was hoping for a little help. I can usually match just about anything by looking at it, but the less I have to play with it the better. Any help would be appreciated.

As far as price goes, it's what's someone is willing to pay. I'm getting $2 a tube for my baits. Yes, you can't but anything like them, and there is a lot of plastic in one tube, and nobody makes a tube in the size and colors I'm making. It's all about supply and demand.