toadfrog Posted November 23, 2010 Report Share Posted November 23, 2010 This is so wacky I couldn't decide where to really put it. I've said before kids don't try this at home. I could be on to something or I could get my fool head blown off some day. Most of my posts have been in plastics because thats what I'm tinkering with right now. Then this hit me . Powder paint and plastic . Heat zone related around 350 , basic polymer matrix. one liquid one becomes liquidfied. Could it be , would it be ,maybe it can be possible to use powder paint in plastic for color. And yes my friends it did work . I mixed a couple of ounces of plastic with 1/2 tps. of lime powder paint. It blended well . Then I nuked it gently along checking every few seconds for signs of fire , bang , boom, even gas but I already had that before I started . Was able to rule that out as natural occurence. So I poured the stuff in a mold. I was surprised to find that it set perfectly and that the powder paint made the plastic lure considerably tougher. To Quote a saying from one of our learned TU budies. Its not a defect its a feature. Thanks Bob . Anyway here is the pic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nova Posted November 23, 2010 Report Share Posted November 23, 2010 This is so wacky I couldn't decide where to really put it. I've said before kids don't try this at home. I could be on to something or I could get my fool head blown off some day. Most of my posts have been in plastics because thats what I'm tinkering with right now. Then this hit me . Powder paint and plastic . Heat zone related around 350 , basic polymer matrix. one liquid one becomes liquidfied. Could it be , would it be ,maybe it can be possible to use powder paint in plastic for color. And yes my friends it did work . I mixed a couple of ounces of plastic with 1/2 tps. of lime powder paint. It blended well . Then I nuked it gently along checking every few seconds for signs of fire , bang , boom, even gas but I already had that before I started . Was able to rule that out as natural occurence. So I poured the stuff in a mold. I was surprised to find that it set perfectly and that the powder paint made the plastic lure considerably tougher. To Quote a saying from one of our learned TU budies. Its not a defect its a feature. Thanks Bob . Anyway here is the pic. Looks pretty good. It seems to have a granular look to the color; or is that just my old eyes, lol. This could open up a whole new avenue for colors. www.novalures.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toadfrog Posted November 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2010 Looks pretty good. It seems to have a granular look to the color; or is that just my old eyes, lol. This could open up a whole new avenue for colors. www.novalures.com It does have that look but its smooth like it should be. I haven't disected it yet or looked at it under a microscope. Probably do that today. Just looking at it gives you the impression that it contains salt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basseducer Posted November 23, 2010 Report Share Posted November 23, 2010 toadforg, A few month ago I was making some white pearl baits and didn't have enough pearl colorant so I added about 1 tsp to half gallon of plastic in a presto pot. The color came out fine and all other spects of the bait were OK. When I went to clean my pot I discovered a dollop of cured powder paint in the bottom center of the pot. It was difficult to get up and it slightly damaged the teflon coating, but the pot survived and I won't be doing that again. I've not tried it in smaller containers or the microwave. Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toadfrog Posted November 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2010 toadforg, A few month ago I was making some white pearl baits and didn't have enough pearl colorant so I added about 1 tsp to half gallon of plastic in a presto pot. The color came out fine and all other spects of the bait were OK. When I went to clean my pot I discovered a dollop of cured powder paint in the bottom center of the pot. It was difficult to get up and it slightly damaged the teflon coating, but the pot survived and I won't be doing that again. I've not tried it in smaller containers or the microwave. Hope this helps. Oh heck , powder paint can't be used in anything metal or coated . Glass or ceramic only. and it is difficult to use with any source of heat other than nuking it. Even then it must be stired during the heating cycle. Addressing the unusual appearance seems at this point after disecting the bait the plastic created a honey comd web , not bubbles in the lure. I think that is where the added tensil strength of the lure comes from. At this point thats about all I've had time to conclude. Thanks for the input. Don't forget to post your nutty ideas. Come on guys i'm not the only semi dangerous individual out there. Unsupervised men can do anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric670 Posted December 5, 2010 Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 I noticed that the color is pretty solid....have you been able to make it more translucent with less powder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toadfrog Posted December 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 I noticed that the color is pretty solid....have you been able to make it more translucent with less powder?Not really, I haven't been able to work on anything in several days. I post nutty Ideas in hopes that it generates more nutty ideas from others. In the end I hope to get a few laughs make some friends and see something I started passed on and taken to new heights. I have not been disappointed in either case. Thank for reading it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
