DaveMc1

Bear developed dementia and had to shut the business down, he later passed in a nursing home (sad story) Del passed away as well. High Rock closed and the owner went to work for a new company that tried to develop Production molds and machines, that didn't end up going anywhere. Lakeside shut down several years ago and Chuck passed from cancer I believe a few years ago. BaitJunkys definitely didn't sell the business. Just one of the older CNC machines and the Baitjunkys hand mold designs (they went to lureworks). Leonard is focused on Production Molds and Machines as well as some other cool equipment as well as high volume bait production.

Their 3 colour laminates aren't that consistent. Just the nature in how Zorn's machines make them.

Not a swirl at all, it's a 3 colour laminate, the back and belly are the same but there is a dark middle colour pumped in there.

From the way things look, it seems like Jeff is retiring and MF won't be around much longer. Interesting thing to note, several MF colours are now available from LureWorks on their new website www.shoplureworks.com in the classic colorants section, under the soft plastic colorants tab

Thank you for the detailed explanation. Makes perfect sense.

That is my understanding, Dyes are much smaller and able to migrate between substrates.

Yeah, McLovin175 up above works there and probably replied to your email as well LOL. Make sure to reply to the email, he's a pretty smart guy with this stuff.

Cherry Red 120 is a dye, it don't matter what you do with it, it's going to bleed, and more than just a tiny amount.

100% it will bleed. You will need to try to find a translucent pigment to use instead of the dye to make it non bleed, not always possible but if you can it will help greatly.

Contact Spike It again and ask if you can get the VPI paint shipped. SB Coat is airbrush ready and in small containers only. VPI isn't airbrush ready and is only available in quart cans. The Bruce that frank mentioned in that post used to work for ColorTechnologies (Spike It/Lureworks)

Heat the ball valve. PID, thermocouple, rope heater and some ingenuity will allow you to heat the ball valve directly.

BP is a retail business, Polysol is a manufacturer and only sells to businesses buying volume. One of Polysol's owners is a part owner of BP.

I know one guy up here in Canada running some large Rite Hete pots to dip musky baits in and he's microwaving plastic to get it started. Problem is the time it will take to completely cook a few gallons of plastic will take forever. Even going to heat exchangers most likely won't work as they are only good for roughly half their volume in one shot and if you let them sit for more than a few minutes you're burning them up.

Microwave is the only option really if quick is a requirement.

Use it right before you fish the baits. Some were advertising to marinate your baits in it, but being water based the resin won't absorb any significant amount of it. Their new BF injector looks more promising.