Jig Man Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 I hope this doesn't bore you to tears. But here we go. I have been making bass plastics for years and have not had the scorch problem as I am making big baits. My boat got Tboned in September and is not fixed yet. So I have been bumming rides to the water with anyone I can get to take me. An old friend who has quit tournament fishing and started crappie and white bass fishing has been taking me to a new world. We are fishing 30-40' deep and catching lots of crappie, walleye, white bass, as well as a few spots, smallies, and once in a while a lmb. Yesterday those picky peculair picky, did I say picky crappie would only hit on pink (of all things) and cotton candy. I had to borrow stuff and that chafed my behind. I have made 9 individual molds and some home made injectors to remedy this situation (I called some places which make this bait and was told they are 1000s behing). I mixed us some stuff and got the pink and cotton candy colors that I want. My big problem is reheating the plastic. The colors don't stay. My pink became orange and my cotton candy just got really nasty. So bait gurus what do I need to do to reheat without scorching. I have been doing it by 15 second intervals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveh Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 i have been making crappie curl tales also in those colors. i had the same problem. i started to cut down on the second i cook it at and make smaller batches. i use a micro. i also started to use heat satbleizer. seems to help. crappie fishing. your making me hungry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBK Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 Add some heat stabilizer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jig Man Posted December 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 (edited) What the hell is heat stabilizer and where can I get it? Edited December 1, 2009 by Jig Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artificial All The Way Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 What the hell is heat stabilizer and where can I get it? Everyone that sells plastic sells it. I have same issue and need some myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IGOTWORMS Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 Maybe try turning the power down on your micro... I do the same when im pouring clear baits, then just sture more often and heat for less time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GCD Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 Yeah, Crappie+cold water= pink pink pink!!! Hot pink, shocking pink light pink, bright pink... you just can't go wrong with pink in cold water for crappie! I like pink and white or pink and black.. glow pink works well on cloudy days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBK Posted December 2, 2009 Report Share Posted December 2, 2009 Yeah, Crappie+cold water= pink pink pink!!! Hot pink, shocking pink light pink, bright pink... you just can't go wrong with pink in cold water for crappie! I like pink and white or pink and black.. glow pink works well on cloudy days! Is this kevin short talking? (AKA K-Pink) LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB GONE Posted December 2, 2009 Report Share Posted December 2, 2009 Definitely need to cook at short intervals and try not to get the plastic as hot. I have tried the bubblegum colorants out there and M-F has the best for holding against the heat and re-heat. As Dave said though, smaller batches is really the key to keeping the color pink instead of dreamsicle looking!!! Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jig Man Posted December 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2009 Definitely need to cook at short intervals and try not to get the plastic as hot. I have tried the bubblegum colorants out there and M-F has the best for holding against the heat and re-heat. As Dave said though, smaller batches is really the key to keeping the color pink instead of dreamsicle looking!!! Jim Thank you gentlemen. The stabilizer is on its way right now. Today I'm going to see if the shop micro has a reduced heat setting and cut the warm up time to 15 second shots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jig Man Posted December 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2009 Well I just came in from making several cotton candy baits. I had to get my wife to show me how to reduce the power on my micro. I did the initial with 4 oz of plastisol and a 3 minute with intermitten stiring timer. I added color and glitter and did another 45 seconds. After that I went to power 2 for 1 minute at a time to keep it liquid. When I had to reheat I used power 5 and 7. I did about 3 reheats without any noticable scorching. Thanks again for the tips. No matter how old one gets, there is still room for learning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Prager Posted December 2, 2009 Report Share Posted December 2, 2009 Well I just came in from making several cotton candy baits. I had to get my wife to show me how to reduce the power on my micro. I did the initial with 4 oz of plastisol and a 3 minute with intermitten stiring timer. I added color and glitter and did another 45 seconds. After that I went to power 2 for 1 minute at a time to keep it liquid. When I had to reheat I used power 5 and 7. I did about 3 reheats without any noticable scorching. Thanks again for the tips. No matter how old one gets, there is still room for learning. One thing you can try when doing reheats (and more importantly re-melts) is to add some uncooked plastic of the same color in with it. Works very well for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nova Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 One thing I noticed that no one mentioned is that you have to stir the plastic between heating bursts or the plastic will burn from the center outwards. (I'm assuming that you are new to pouring) www.novalures.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
