Piscivorous Pike Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 (edited) As a hobbyist I get my plastic in small containers, gallon. After I have mixed the plastic back up well I break it down into easier to handle quarts and pints. The plastic does settle out and leaves a gel in the bottom of the container that must be mixed back into the solution to be able to get the right consitancy when making baits. To the smaller containers, or the quarts that are sold, I add my own "mixing balls". They work like the mixing ball in spray paint cans that give it that distinctive name, RATTLE CAN. (never heard that before joining TU) You can use most anything. I use 5 nickel sized hard rocks from the drive, road or garden. 4,5, or 6, quarter/twenty nuts from the parts drawer would work also! I like the rocks because they are disposable. When the plastisol has settled out a moderate shake and swirling motion mixes that bottle back up quickly. I use some quarter sized stones in the gallons when I get them. Edited December 23, 2009 by Piscivorous Pike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nova Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 As a hobbyist I get my plastic in small containers, gallon. After I have mixed the plastic back up well I break it down into easier to handle quarts and pints. The plastic does settle out and leaves a gel in the bottom of the container that must be mixed back into the solution to be able to get the right consitancy when making baits. To the smaller containers, or the quarts that are sold, I add my own "mixing balls". They work like the mixing ball in spray paint cans that give it that distinctive name, RATTLE CAN. (never heard that before joining TU) You can use most anything. I use 5 nickel sized hard rocks from the drive, road or garden. 4,5, or 6, quarter/twenty nuts from the parts drawer would work also! I like the rocks because they are disposable. When the plastisol has settled out a moderate shake and swirling motion mixes that bottle back up quickly. I use some quarter sized stones in the gallons when I get them. You can do the same thing to the bottles of color. 3 or 4 steel ball bearings work great. www.novalures.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass100 Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 I buy marbles from the dollar store. I think you get 100 marbles for a dollar. They are cheap and they mix the plastic well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluegrasslover Posted January 1, 2010 Report Share Posted January 1, 2010 As a hobbyist I get my plastic in small containers, gallon. After I have mixed the plastic back up well I break it down into easier to handle quarts and pints. The plastic does settle out and leaves a gel in the bottom of the container that must be mixed back into the solution to be able to get the right consitancy when making baits. To the smaller containers, or the quarts that are sold, I add my own "mixing balls". They work like the mixing ball in spray paint cans that give it that distinctive name, RATTLE CAN. (never heard that before joining TU) You can use most anything. I use 5 nickel sized hard rocks from the drive, road or garden. 4,5, or 6, quarter/twenty nuts from the parts drawer would work also! I like the rocks because they are disposable. When the plastisol has settled out a moderate shake and swirling motion mixes that bottle back up quickly. I use some quarter sized stones in the gallons when I get them. I just got started and I'm still on my first quart of plastic. I always shook and stirred it around good as recommended. I could still see an area at the bottom that was whiter than the rest. I figured it was a stain or something because I was agitating the bottle pretty good. I threw in a hex nut per your suggestion of a rattler. It got stuck in the bottom of the bottle! I threw another one in and had to shake the crap out of it to mix that sludge in. Now I know. I just ordered a gallon and you can believe that it will have some rattlers. Thanks! Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piscivorous Pike Posted January 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2010 I just got started and I'm still on my first quart of plastic. I always shook and stirred it around good as recommended. I could still see an area at the bottom that was whiter than the rest. I figured it was a stain or something because I was agitating the bottle pretty good. I threw in a hex nut per your suggestion of a rattler. It got stuck in the bottom of the bottle! I threw another one in and had to shake the crap out of it to mix that sludge in. Now I know. I just ordered a gallon and you can believe that it will have some rattlers. Thanks! Greg It makes a difference in the consistancy of the finished product. You may find a significant difference in the plastic texture once you pour with properly mixed plastic. I had nearly the same experience as you, Greg, when I started out. Last week I traded my bi-metal probe thermometer that is part of my Harbor Freight Multi-meter for (of all things) a Harbor Freight infrared thermometer and compared it to my scientific quality, Omega, bi-metal probe thermometer. My original probe is 20-40 degrees off and I NOW know why I kept burning my colors, it ran to hot! It makes a diffence to have those important parts of the recipes correct. Colors too, you just can't just add a dash here and there. Glad it worked for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluegrasslover Posted January 1, 2010 Report Share Posted January 1, 2010 It makes a difference in the consistancy of the finished product. You may find a significant difference in the plastic texture once you pour with properly mixed plastic. Yes it does. I probably have a quarts worth of what ever that sediment is in about 1/3 quart of everything else. The worms I poured after getting a good stir are quite a bit harder! Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
