Help With Pouring

[Capital Fishing Lures]

Ok so I have some plastic and color and when im done pouring the baits are wa soft were I can push my finger threw it and there like jellow kinda? Anyone know hwat im doing wrong?

Am I not shaking the plastic long enough?

But in my color there is something at the bottom a thick past I cant seem to get up It was in the color, mabe hardener?

I dont know if you have any ideas please lt me know

Thanks,

Hunter

[Richard Prager]

Ok so I have some plastic and color and when im done pouring the baits are wa soft were I can push my finger threw it and there like jellow kinda? Anyone know hwat im doing wrong?

Am I not shaking the plastic long enough?

But in my color there is something at the bottom a thick past I cant seem to get up It was in the color, mabe hardener?

I dont know if you have any ideas please lt me know

Thanks,

Hunter

You just answered your own questions! That's exactly what it is.

[Jig Man]

Stir everything very well before you use it.

[Zbass]

Drop a 1/4" nut in the bottom of your colors and that will help get it mixed when you shake it up. As far as the plastic goes, different brands require different measures of mixing. Some "hard pack" on the bottom. What a lot of guys do is to get a small paint mixer and stick it on the end of a drill to get things mixed. Some others just give it a shake or two to get it mixed. I agree with the other replies and think that your issues will be solved when you get things mixed up good.

[bryanmc]

But in my color there is something at the bottom a thick past I cant seem to get up It was in the color, mabe hardener?

There isn't any hardener in the colorant, that's pigment that has settled. Like zbass said, put a 1/4" nut or 2 in the colorant bottle to help agitate it. I also warm my colorant in the microwave a little to help soften the stuff on the bottom if the bottle has been sitting for a while. 10 - 15 seconds is usually enough for a 2oz bottle and be sure to loosen the cap before you heat it.

As far as your plastic being like jello, how soon aftr you pour are you checking it? It takes a minute or so out of the mold to really set well.

[daveh]

who`s plastic are you using. is it med or soft

on the colorants i have that have a lid you can take off. i just stick a ice pick down and stir it. mf has no lid so heat it and shake the heck out of it.

[BBK]

Are you heating it long enough? Are you going past the thick goop stage and pouring on the liquid stage?

[jimcline]

Capitol, it sounds like you've got couple things going o here. First with your plastic, I think you've got what's called hard packing. You really have to mix this stuff well especially if it's been sitting around for awhile. Put a few nuts and bolts in the jug and that will help with the mixing. If you have a paste on the bottom of the jug, that's the hardener that's settled down. You may have to scrape it off the bottom and them mix it with paint mixing paddle or something . Once you get it blended again this should solve your plastic problem, just keep it mixed well. I use Calhoun's and never have any problem with it.

Second, your colorant. It's settled too. If you'reshaking it and it's still not mixing you might try mixing a little MEK in it to get it liquid again. MEK is short for a chemical called Methyl Ethyl Ketone. You can find at a paint store or maybe Lowe's or something similar. When I looked for it though, I could only find it in the gallon continers so it wasn't worth it to me. It may be cheaper to buy new color unless you can find it in smaller quantities.

Hope any of this helps, JIM

[Capital Fishing Lures]

Thank you everyone,

Thanks everyone for all the help I will sure try out the nut idea! And to answer a few of your questions,

I am using MF plastic. Well I have let them sit over night and there still turning out like that

I will give all your guys ideas a try and let you know how it all turns out. EXPERIMENT TIME

[Capital Fishing Lures]

Ok so i tried it out heating the color before i use it for 10 sec. and i put a small nut to help me mix up the color also! IT ALL WORKS NOW!! It must have been not mixing up the stuff good enough, Thanks everyone

Thanks to everyone who helped,

Hunter