quick salt question

[plasticpaul]

just wonderin if the salt used in plastics is your ordinary cooking salt? and what effects it ahs on plastics and when to add it?

[gone2long]

2 schools of thought there, floured salt will make the bait opaque but it will suspend much better than granular and you will need to make changes to color recipes that don't call for salt.

straight salt will allow you to use standard recipes and be pretty close without much adjustment and will still be translucent but will need close attention to stiring to keep it suspended.

Table salt can be used and there are several other salt options depending on your application some suppliers sell micro fine salt or flake and so on. Search for basic stik formula and there are instructions for that recipe.

[Richard Prager]

I recommend using salt that doesn't have any iodine added. It tends to cloud the bait. You can pretty much use any salt and put in a blender to achieve the size crystals you prefer. If you plan on pouring quite a bit, you can get salt from any feed store. About $9 for 80 lbs.

[plasticpaul]

awesome thanks...

will they make the baits harder? im using calhouns soft formula and the hooks arent holding as well on the bigger baits so i thought if i could stiffen it with salt it would help this, my next order will have hardener in it but not sure when thaat will be...

[Richard Prager]

Salt will stiffen up the baits. That's why most use a little softener when pouring sticks to compensate for that. Flake and highlight powder will also do that but not quite like salt does.