Fluorescent Colors, Before Or After Heating?

[Cami]

Hy Guys, I found two different and contrasting information on the net:

• from M-F side, they affirm that best results come from adding fluorescent colors before heating. The ex. has been made with a kitchen stove … as I do with my electric one for my little quantities,. N.B.: I found same indication on The Bass Fishing Resource Guide site;
• instead, inside a training video of Tackle Underground, is written “Add Flourescent & Neon Colors AFTER Cooking”. The ex. has been made with a microwave, green and black colors have been added before the heating cycle, as well as glitters.

Do you think that this different suggestion could be linked with the different heating system (microwave Vs. stove)? What is it the real best way?

Well, I use some M-F colors (vinyl based?), some liquid acrylic colors (the same that I use for air brushing): I am used to add colors before heating in every case. Is it right? I mean, what is the right moment to add basic colors or fluorescent ones?

Acrylic colors work fine inside liquid PVC rubber (M-F one), but I can not hide you that I had some troubles adding before the acrylic fluorescent color before heating: some little burned particles appeared.

Any kind of suggestions is welcome.

Bye Cami

[Delw]

All floresant colors should be added before you heat the plastic, you dont have to but you will get better results and a brighter color.

[pastorshane]

All floresant colors should be added before you heat the plastic, you dont have to but you will get better results and a brighter color.

Del is correct. Plus if you add the flo colors after heating they have always "clumped" up in the plastic and never mixed well for me.

[Cami]

Thanks a lot Guys for your prompt suggestions: I'll continue to add all kind of colors before eating, as done in the mentioned Video.

To look for other liquid colors, here in Italy, with same base of M-F ones what I've to ask: vinyl based or what anything else?

Bye Cami

[carolinamike]

Cami, everyone's right, it's always best to add flourescent coloring before heating. But if you do find yourself in the situation like I did, where you didn't put enough coloring in the plastic, there is a way to cheat and the coloring not clump up. Take a small amount of plastisol, mix your coloring up, stir into your already heated plastic, not much so you don't incorporate air, and then reheat a little. This saved my tail a couple of times.