fisheye56 Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 I'm taking a chance you soft plastic guys with all the successes and failures, {with adding your own sent's} you could steer me in the right direction. I make hand made craft hair and animal hair jigs and I want to make a sent... with coffee and anise...I may have misspelled that and I need for it to be in some form of a bee's wax or some type of soft plastic like chapstick to rub between fingers and apply to the hair. I would think the sents being applied into the melted wax maybe not that hard...but I need some ideas where to look for help and the diffrent sents to add...maybe someone has already done this and wouldn't mind giving a hand...thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nova Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 (edited) I'm taking a chance you soft plastic guys with all the successes and failures, {with adding your own sent's} you could steer me in the right direction. I make hand made craft hair and animal hair jigs and I want to make a sent... with coffee and anise...I may have misspelled that and I need for it to be in some form of a bee's wax or some type of soft plastic like chapstick to rub between fingers and apply to the hair. I would think the sents being applied into the melted wax maybe not that hard...but I need some ideas where to look for help and the diffrent sents to add...maybe someone has already done this and wouldn't mind giving a hand...thanks There's an old fly fisher's trick to make fly floatent. You take parrafin and melt it then add kerosene. After it congeals you can apply it to the flys. You should be able to do this with the bee's wax and "concentrated" scent. Hope this helps. www.novalures.com Edited December 8, 2009 by nova Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longhorn Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 Punisher makes just what you are talking about or are you just trying to make your own? Here's a link: http://www.punisherlures.com/fish-dope/view-all-products.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisheye56 Posted December 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 Punisher makes just what you are talking about or are you just trying to make your own? Here's a link: http://www.punisherlures.com/fish-dope/view-all-products.html I know Punisher well, I have a VERY small jig.....fly company in two tackle shops localy and have already sold enough jigs to pay for all my equipment materials and so on, the shop owner wants me to put a little gift package together and wondered IF I might could make my own fish attractant wax based and see if it goes over well.I think I can figure out the sents its the jelly or wax base I don't know what it is if it can be melted i can add sents and hope it reconsitutes?? I'm grasping at straws got to start somewhere! I would love to come up with something that will work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisheye56 Posted December 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 There's an old fly fisher's trick to make fly floatent. You take parrafin and melt it then add kerosene. After it congeals you can apply it to the flys. You should be able to do this with the bee's wax and "concentrated" scent. Hope this helps. www.novalures.com Seems like the Kero would drive the fish off? I'm up for trying anything if it will work! Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
empire247 Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 you can also use vaseline to add your scent to. heat the vaseline until it becomes liquid then add your scent then let cool back down until it becomes solid again. although you might want to check your state laws to be sure you can use it since it is petroluim based and you dont want the EPA knocking on your door to give you a fine for poluting the water. but im guessing beeswax would work about the same and im sure it alot safer for the enviorment brett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisheye56 Posted December 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 you can also use vaseline to add your scent to. heat the vaseline until it becomes liquid then add your scent then let cool back down until it becomes solid again. although you might want to check your state laws to be sure you can use it since it is petroluim based and you dont want the EPA knocking on your door to give you a fine for poluting the water. but im guessing beeswax would work about the same and im sure it alot safer for the enviorment brett Maybe mix paraffin and a jelly together thn add the anise or instant coffee??? I think you can get the wax at food stores the canning type and mix with petro jelly ???Hmmmmmm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longhorn Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 Punisher says theirs is petroleum based. Good Luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluraloffant Posted December 13, 2009 Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 maybe try lanolin. Its almost like vaseline, but its natural.. comes from sheep wool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gone2long Posted December 13, 2009 Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 My wife used to sell candles and I believe they used oil based scents just like scents used for pouring soft plastics I would suggest looking at some candle making sites you may glean some info there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mainbutter Posted December 13, 2009 Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 If you're looking for a scent to add to a jelly or petroleum product, I know many candy making stores carry concentrated flavorings, and anise is a pretty common one. A half teaspoon is enough for me to color an entire batch of hard candies, it's very concentrated stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carolinamike Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 I'm taking a chance you soft plastic guys with all the successes and failures, {with adding your own sent's} you could steer me in the right direction. I make hand made craft hair and animal hair jigs and I want to make a sent... with coffee and anise...I may have misspelled that and I need for it to be in some form of a bee's wax or some type of soft plastic like chapstick to rub between fingers and apply to the hair. I would think the sents being applied into the melted wax maybe not that hard...but I need some ideas where to look for help and the diffrent sents to add...maybe someone has already done this and wouldn't mind giving a hand...thanks Fisheye, As someone has already said, oil based scent will work with candle wax. It should do just fine with beeswax. Make sure it's an oil based scent, melt a small amount of wax down. Add your scent. Let it set up, you should be able to tell whether or not you've got enough scent to the wax by experimenting this way. If you feel like it's too much scent add a little more beeswax. You might also try whipping some air into it before it sets up. It might make it easier to apply to your flies. I'm really not a fly fisherman, but just by a common sense look at things, this should work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nova Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 Seems like the Kero would drive the fish off? I'm up for trying anything if it will work! Thanks It never bothered any fish that I used it on. Ever hear about WD-40 being used as a scent? That works as well. www.novalures.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basskat Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 Mix this with beeswax. A little dab will do it. http://www.wildroots.com/anise-star-oil-16-fl-oz-p-4065.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
