Groucho Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 Thought I would do a project using bead media and salt with scents and gulp to see which absorbed the most in a 3 week period. I weighted each stik bait at the beginning and for 3 weeks intervals. Using 4 ozs. of 552 plastisol with 1.5 tsp of stabilizer and 3 TBS of bead material or Salt. Bead Mat. with Oil scent starting weight: 11.52 Week 1 11.75 difference .23 Week 2 11.94 difference .19 week 3 12.03 difference.09 Total .54 Bead mat. with Gulp Starting weight 11.73 week 1 11.76 difference .03 week 2 11.78 difference .02 week 3 11.78 difference 0 Total .05 Salt with oil scent Starting weight 11.32 week 1 11.38 difference .06 week 2 11.58 difference .20 week 3 11.60 difference .02 Total .28 Salt with Gulp Starting weight 11.36 week 1 11.50 difference .14 week 2 11.73 difference .23 week 3 11.88 difference .15 Total .52 The stik bait with salt and Gulp started to get ragged on the edges where the stik bait was being broken down by the gulp. All baits were totally covered for max. absorption all the time Don't know if this will help anyone. It did me. I was a little surprised about the bead and scent. Oil scent was Upper Hand Bead material was Harbor Freight 80 grit Hope calculations are right Plastisol 552 Lurecraft 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groucho Posted February 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 did everyone know this but me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archery1 Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 Never thought of doing comparison , But very interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joelhains Posted February 17, 2016 Report Share Posted February 17, 2016 I'd be interested in the results of this same test without bead material or salt. How well does plastic by itself absorb scents? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groucho Posted February 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2016 I didn't do that comparison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenshinner Posted April 11, 2016 Report Share Posted April 11, 2016 Interesting thread..a little off topic, but related.you ever see what happens to salt impregnated plastic lost underwater for years? It swells up and increases in size both length and girth....sounds like add for viagra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenshinner Posted April 11, 2016 Report Share Posted April 11, 2016 Since the invention of plastic.every piece ever made is still somewhere..in the case of lost lures,some get slowly nibbeled to a ragged shape by sunfish mainly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
