rinht2 Posted March 14, 2009 Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 i am newbie who has learned enough from my son to get my self in trouble son is printertom, he is in kentucky for a while and i am in maine. some time communitation are hit and miss with him. enough rambling how much softner to plastic ratio thanks rinht2:roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass-Boys Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 Welcome,, well you have a tough question there... --------- depends on what bait your making..... and how much salt your using..... and what plastic your using..... ---- give us a little more info and we can help out.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rinht2 Posted March 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 l am using LC 500 that my son had purchased for tubes he hoped to make before he had to go to kentucky, i am pouring senko 51/4 and 6in fluke. thanks again rinht2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rinht2 Posted March 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 i forgot to add i am makeing ie trying to make top water twitching baits for the spring season softer baits seem to have more twitch no salt thanks rinht2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass-Boys Posted March 16, 2009 Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 I can not personaly give you a ratio,, that plastic is for salt water, so its hard.. you are going to have to get an idea from some one else or just play with it.. maybe start with 2 oz of softner to 8 oz. plastic and see what that is like and ajust from there. no salt means you can use less softner.. if you add salt you need more softner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delw Posted March 16, 2009 Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 l am using LC 500 that my son had purchased for tubes he hoped to make before he had to go to kentucky, i am pouring senko 51/4 and 6in fluke. thanks again rinht2 if your trying to get to the 536 level I would call kim at LC she would be able to tell you. Adding softener has alot to do with adding salt. the more salt you add the more softener you add. Lc and MF super soft just add salt no softener is needed. Calhoun soft MF regular and LC regular add half the amount of softener that you do with salt. for example lets say you add 4 oz salt you would then add 2 oz softener. Calhoun medium to make calhon soft 4oz softener per gallon Calhoun hard mf and lc salt water 8oz per gallon on the calhoun and probally about the same on the lc and MF to get to calhoun soft lc and mf regular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rinht2 Posted March 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 thanks alot for your responses all and any info is appriciated, i am using the 500 more to use it up, i had to shake for ever to get it remixed my son had it in storage for 8months. thank again rick the barber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Prager Posted March 16, 2009 Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 Regards to PrinterTom. He is missed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
