Basseducer Posted March 24, 2012 Report Share Posted March 24, 2012 (edited) Have any of you guys had any occasions of silver glitter bleeding? I'm making some white baits with .035 silver glitter and after about 20 or so they start turning a little dingy. Not yellowing like they'er scorched, but the slightest bit greyish. I pour from a presto pot, ad my white to the cold plastic then flake goes in after it reaches pouring temp and the heat gets turned down to pour. Edited March 24, 2012 by Basseducer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cormorant Lures Posted March 26, 2012 Report Share Posted March 26, 2012 I have been advised by a few of the veterans on this site that almost all glitter bleeds at some point in time... I have made two different types of white frogs, one with black and green glitter and one with black and gold glitter... In each case, I was only able to make about 15 baits before I started to notice a major difference in color... The frogs with the green flake had a "greenish" hue and the frogs with the gold flake had a "golden" hue... I actually really liked the golden frogs so we started making them that way and are calling them "Golden Pearl"... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basseducer Posted March 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2012 Thanks guys, I figured that was the problem. I ran a batch of pure white no flake and it came out great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senkosam Posted March 27, 2012 Report Share Posted March 27, 2012 (edited) The only time I've ever had silver or gold glitter bleed is with temps over 320 and usually on the second pour. White glitter does a good job of brightening the plastic a bit but is no solution for high temps or less heat resistant glitter (ie. craft glitter that Meadowbrook sells). The other thing that seems like a bleed is the optical property of a reflective surface contained in a plastic or gell. When the flakes are bright and mirror-like versus dark, the color is contained and reflects off plastic molecules and other bright metallic glitter that reflect most light. (I've never seen any color difference with silver flakes except that all flakes shrink after 3 reheats.) Try it with hologram glitter. You'll see a slight color spectrum reflected inside the plastic as it bounces around off the walls of the lure. I explained this to someone who thought my glitter was defective, but after he turned the temp down and slowed the heating from the get go, he had no problem. I posted samples on TU 5 years ago showing the results of different temps plus the number of reheats that result in gold glitter bleed. Edited March 27, 2012 by Senkosam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
