Marking pen to make swirl and other patterns

[Senkosam]

I got my neighbors 15 yo son into pouring his own and modifying soft plastics. Two things I discovered in our quest this winter was:

Using a magic marker to make a perament swirl on the surface of a plastic (his idea and one I'm sure that has been posted before) and the other:

For a quickie dye when you want to dip-color without blowing a lot for Spike-It, is to used a small bit of liquid clothing dye in an equal amount of acetone.

Black was solid black (not gray) when white plastic was dipped in black for a few seconds, dried and rolled in a paper towel. To prevent black from rubbing off a bit on my fingers, I rubbed worm oil on the bait. I'm sure any of the rainbow of clothing dye colors would work on white or light colored plastic.

[bojon]

Good idea about the cloth dye.Sounds like something I'd like to try.Thanks.

[Senkosam]

We tried PVC primer instead of acetone but the color medium gray. Acetone worked great. I've been smelling Spike-It for a few years trying to figure out where I smelled that odor. Still can't figure it out. The same goes for Spike -It Chunk Paint which has a shelf life of only a few years after being opened.

[bojon]

Spike It might have MKE as a thinner,but I'm not sure.Smells a bit like it.

[weighinalimit]

For a quickie dye when you want to dip-color without blowing a lot for Spike-It, is to used a small bit of liquid clothing dye in an equal amount of acetone.

Kinda makes ya wonder if dye cut with acetone would work well for airbrushing swimbaits!?!

[JSC]

In regards to the dye and acetone ... in using it in days gone by .. works great but beware it will "Bleed" unless some one has come up with a way to prevent this. Have not tried the marking pens.

JSC

[Senkosam]

In regards to the dye and acetone ... in using it in days gone by .. works great but beware it will "Bleed" unless some one has come up with a way to prevent this. Have not tried the marking pens.

JSC

I segregate most colors anyway and for a radical quick fix, it works pretty good. I even swabbed it with a pipe cleaner on one side to make a laminate. So far so good.