gone2long Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 O.K. so salt is added primarily for weight right? So using stick baits and Tackle Warehouse as an example I see some sticks are translucent so is this an indication of no salt? I poured a batch the other day and added the salt first to incorporate and the plastic became white, so it stood to reason that color adjustments would be in order to compensate, but I would never get the plastic to become translucent again. My question is obviously this is two different types of fishing techniques since fall rates are much different between the two? Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vodkaman Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 MrBilky, I know your main question is about fishing techniques and I cannot help there. But as far as achieving a translucent finish, it is possible by using very coarse salt, maybe sifting the finer dust off first. The result will never be truly translucent, the salt crystals will be visible. This is because the plastic and salt have different refractive indices. But can be a cool effect. Headshot wrote a thread on this subject and posted the results of his experiments. Well worth a read: http://www.tackleunderground.com/forum/soft-plastics/16871-clear-plastic-salt.html Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gone2long Posted May 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 (edited) MrBilky, I know your main question is about fishing techniques and I cannot help there.But as far as achieving a translucent finish, it is possible by using very coarse salt, maybe sifting the finer dust off first. The result will never be truly translucent, the salt crystals will be visible. This is because the plastic and salt have different refractive indices. But can be a cool effect. Headshot wrote a thread on this subject and posted the results of his experiments. Well worth a read: http://www.tackleunderground.com/forum/soft-plastics/16871-clear-plastic-salt.html Dave Hey Dave no your on I was trying to understand for instance GY senko's have salt added but some are translucent and some are opaque so I figure the translucent one's do not have salt, or is there a trick to salting without the opacity. Which brings me to another question how in the world can you impregnate sand in your pour? I've seen this advertised by a hand pourer I mean you must have to stir like crazy and even then I would think it would sink to the bottom of the mold making one end heavy. Oh well looks like i found my next experiment P.S. thanks for the link going to read right now! Chris Edited May 23, 2009 by mrbilky Text addition Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
