gone2long Posted December 13, 2009 Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 Just curious if anybody likes to Pre-Mix their plastic and store it that way. For example you have a recipe for Watermelon and you use that for all types of baits with different flake for different baits. Can you make say a 1/2 gallon batch and just add flake, salt at the time of pouring, is there pro's and con's with this idea, just curious if there would be degradation issues or something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveh Posted December 13, 2009 Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 i read on here a while back a guy pre makes his plastic. he cooks it and pours it on a cookie sheet and saves it for furture pours. i have 3 tubs of plastic from the last 3 years of pouring, i used some watermelon red a few days ago i have had for 2 years. worked great. just add the flake after you cook it and you will be good to go. also pre cooked plastic cooks faster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB GONE Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 I have tried this with a few colors and found certain colors will fade (BLUE) and change. If you add the pre-cooked to some newly cooked plastic, it works great... Other issue is moisture. If the pre-cooked isn't stored in laminate bags, you will get moisture and BUBBLES... At least down here in the south you will.... I was not sold on it being any quicker or easier so discontinued the practice. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gone2long Posted December 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 Yeah I was thinking pre-mixing not pre-cooking just adding colorant to your plastic then whenever you need that color its already done, I figure this would not be practical for small pours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Prager Posted December 17, 2009 Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 Yeah I was thinking pre-mixing not pre-cooking just adding colorant to your plastic then whenever you need that color its already done, I figure this would not be practical for small pours. If I pre-mixed my colors, with my luck I would get a rush order that needs lets say 2 gallons of Redbug. Well, all I have is 1 gallon of plastic and several gallons of pre-mixed Watermelon, Green Pumpkin, Black and........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
