jeff@mf Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 Attached are 3 types of colorants I'm going to take a picture of, #1 one is $100.00 per lb. and is transparent chartreuse. #2 one is at least 25 years old and not sure of a price currently but I have a life time supply and it's a blue bleeder that is at least 25 times stronger than the 2x version. Third one is about $8.00 lb green pumpkin from P&D colorant, a supplier of several major manufactures and color suppliers. You can easily see why some colors have to be broken down to a usable product and others just repackaged as is and price and strength is a major factor. #1 transparent chartreuse is a powder and liquid has to be added to make a liquid color. #2 blue bleeder would be impossible to sell as is (see the spoon attached?), so it's a 3 shake break down process (one sob of a color) or could be ran through a mill. #3 green pumpkin can be sold as is because it is what I was told at 5% pigment load already. Maybe this will shine a little light on color strengths. There would be pages of material on this topic to compare to but this might help to a few here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHK Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 thanks for the info Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted June 7, 2012 Report Share Posted June 7, 2012 I'm glad I only use the stuff that's already in the squeeze bottles. I can see pigments are a whole 'nother deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted June 8, 2012 Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 Bob, What I remember from that color thread is that dyes were just really fine particles of pigment. I have no idea why some of them bleed. Maybe they're gut hooked. Hahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerworm Posted June 8, 2012 Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 red shad red is a dye not a pigment is what bear told me when he started selling it??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted June 8, 2012 Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 LOL. Shame on you Mark. If you were any good you would never gut hook one. (In the spirit of today I feel obligated to point out I am just busting your chops - LOL) Hahaha. Lately I've been doing a lot of light sinker C rigging, and they eat it so fast and deep, they're gut hooked before I even know they're on. I pinch down my barbs to make turning the hook and getting it out easier. But it still happens. That's the drawback to deadsticking a C rig, but I do get bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
