Black Tubes

[steve71]

I'm having trouble getting the black dark enough in my black tubes. It seems no matter how much black dye I put in , I can't get the tentacles solid black looking, they stii look like very dark smoke when i hold them up to the light. Any help would be appreciated.

[Bassinfool]

That is probably due to the fact the tentacles are pretty thin that there's simply not enough plastic to absorb all the light and as a result some of it passes through the bait resulting in a little opacity. The only thing I can suggest is doubling the amount of black and see if that gets them where you want. For colors that require a lot of drops I would suggest looking into Do-it (formerly Caney Creek) X2 colorants. They're very thick, concentrated colorants and require only half the drops you would normally use. They're really nice to have when you are making a bait that needs a lot of drops.

[Travis]

I always have added an opaque color to the mix when you need solid black tails......  

[mark poulson]

Are there transparent plastic colorants vs. opaques, like in air brush paints? 

[Basseducer]

Yes, just about any opaque color has a transparent counterpart.

[Bassinjunkie88]

I use X2 Black colorant from Do-It (Caney Creek) and it works for me.

[Cami]

Have you ever tried with a black crayon? Crayons are really colour concentrated.

Bye.

 

Cami

[Travis]

Search the forum crayons were a topic along with a few other options.. probably 8 to 9 years ago.

[MonteSS]

Try black pearl powder.

[nedyarb]

Do-it black works for me

[archery1]

black flake??