paxpress Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 Hello there. I am new to making my own soft plastics and am wondering if anyone has a recipe for Zoom's Sweet Potato? I realize that this is a special color production from Zoom but any help is appreciated. I found a mold from Del-Mart that should work well in my area and Sweet Potato has always worked well for me. Thank you in advance for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plt Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 Here give this one a try 10 ounces of plastic, 12 drops of lurecraft sweet potato 2 drops of bright red 2 table spoons of floured salt. Thats what I have been using.Hope that helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paxpress Posted February 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 Since I am new to this, If I buy supplies from Del-Mart, will colorant from say Lurecraft work in the plastic from Del-Mart? Also, do you use any glitter/flake in your recipe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabskie Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 Hey paxpress,,,,,I'm no expert,,,fairly new to this myself,,,,but I can tell you that,,yes you can mix colors and plastics from different suppliers,,,,,the best thing I could tell you is to do what I did,,,I spent alot of time reading all of the threads,,from number 1 to the end,,,,and use the "Search",,,,if you have a glitter question just type in glitter and you will find your answer . And if you can't find what your looking for just ask,,,,these are a great bunch of guys with alot of knowledge . Oh,,and yes they use glitter. dabskie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paxpress Posted February 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 Thank you for everyone's help. I have been doing a lot of reading on here lately and I am learning quite a bit. I am just looking to duplicate a color I love that is hard to find. Sweet Potato duplicates a molting crawfish around here very well and the smallies love their crawfish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabskie Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 I've been lookin through zoom's sites and in my books,,,and I can't find that color anywhere,,,,I saw LC's sweet potato,,,,what does zoom's look like ,,,does it look anything like LC's ,,what kinda flake ? dabskie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paxpress Posted February 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 Here give this one a try 10 ounces of plastic, 12 drops of lurecraft sweet potato 2 drops of bright red 2 table spoons of floured salt. Thats what I have been using.Hope that helps Does the red deepen the color to more of a redish brown or does it just make it more of an orange hue? Also, what is floured salt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paxpress Posted February 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 I've been lookin through zoom's sites and in my books,,,and I can't find that color anywhere,,,,I saw LC's sweet potato,,,,what does zoom's look like ,,,does it look anything like LC's ,,what kinda flake ?dabskie Zoom is like a soft orange with hints of yellow and brown colors mixed in, with black flake. Now understand, I may not know the "correct" color identifications so bare with me untill I learn the bait making terminology. Here is the best picture of it I can find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paxpress Posted February 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 dabskie, what is LC's? Are you refering to Lurecraft? If you are, I have no idea what there color looks like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabskie Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 dabskie, what is LC's? Are you refering to Lurecraft? If you are, I have no idea what there color looks like. paxpress,,here is a pic of LC's sweet potato,,,not even close,,,Yeah,,LC is lurecraft. I like the color that you showed,,,would really work good here on the River for smallies. Will have to try and figure it out. dabskie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paxpress Posted February 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 I would think LC's sweet potato with some brown, orange (or red), and maybe yellow could be mixed to be very close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabskie Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 If you think of what plt said ,,,start off with lurecraft sweet potato,(yellowish),,,add a little red or orange,,maybe a drop or two of brown,,,a little brown flake,,,makes sense,,,,uh oh,,,wheels are turning,,,I see rehab in the future. dabskie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 Just my non-plastic-bait-pouring-opinion. I think the Zoom plastic is more clear if I'm not mistaken so.... I have no idea what I'm talking about but... I think the starting plastic is clear so maybe just don't use as much color as to leave it more clear??? I don't know. I'm a noob at plastics..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paxpress Posted February 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 I still have some Zoom chunks in sweet potato and they aren't translucent. I too am new at this so the plastic may start out clear but the coloring added may change the clarity of the final product. The chunks will fade to more of a matted yellowish brown over time loosing some of the "orange" look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 OH, hehe... never mind then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDC Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 Paxpress I use MF orange pumpkin and MF red no-bleed with black flake. The red will deepen the color. Sorry, I don't have measures on this one, but I'd guess about 10 - 12 drops of the orange and 3-4 of the red in 4oz plastic. These two colors will make a dead nuts match to Zoom's. Just play with it a bit. If you want a cool variation, add a small amount of gold hi-light and some small orange or gold flake. Your chunks are probably fading to yellow because the salt is absorbing water over time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paxpress Posted February 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 Sorry for all the newbie questions, but what is "MF" refering to when you said MF orange pumpkin and MF red? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabskie Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 M-F Manufacturing.,,,,,It's another supplier like Lurecraft and Del-Mart dabskie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDC Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 Here they are www.pouryourownworms.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paxpress Posted February 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 Thanks everyone for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
