carolinamike Posted February 17, 2008 Report Share Posted February 17, 2008 I recently had a request for a bait in a clear chartreuse, a color known for bleeding. I received my coloring today and it is a powdered coloring. Out of 30 different pigments or more, and 8 years of pouring plastic, this is my first encounter with powdered coloring. I normally weigh my other coloring. I was just wondering if I use this coloring the same way. I'm mixing large batches, so the number of drops wouldn't help much. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike-A-Pike Posted February 17, 2008 Report Share Posted February 17, 2008 Mike. I hate to say it but, I hope your supplier is as good to you as Del is with his customers. If the supplier or manufacturer can't help, I guess your going to have to experiment with your chemestry set and your color wheel to get what your looking for. Good luck and let us know how it turns out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carolinamike Posted February 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2008 Thanks for the feedback Bruce. I was playing in the shop this weekend and just thought maybe someone would have some kind of idea. Just thought maybe I could figure out something before Monday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bojon Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 The only charteuse that Im sure won't fade is OIL PASTEL.I hate to recommend it because almost everyone puts in too much.And it seems I'm the only one who likes them is me.Hobby Lobby has a set of 12 FLOURESCENT colours.Enough colors to mess around with.If you mix two colors in the raw plastic,and pour,the color sometimes changes to a whole new color after 24 hours.By them selves they are very stable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smallie Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 bojon - Are you talking about the stuff you paint pixture with? How do you mix the oil pastel with the plastic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bojon Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 Cut off a small piece of the amount you want,and place it in the hot plastic.It desolves,and mixes easily.This is the oil pastels used in art work like painting a picture.I started to use the pastels many years ago when I couldn't get the colors I wanted.It works,but with some strange results.You might pour some brown lures,and wake up the next day and find they turned green.I found by using the single color and not mixing(blending)gives the best results.You can let colors that usually bleed into each other rest against each other with no transfer.I hate when my white picks up stray color from other lures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
