Lucid_Vax Posted September 1, 2018 Report Share Posted September 1, 2018 What is the cheapest color/dye I could get that actually works. I’ve been looking for some for a while and I don’t know if I’m just not seeing a cheap one or if they are all the same price. Thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted September 1, 2018 Report Share Posted September 1, 2018 I am just a hobby pourer, but I don't look for the cheapest stuff, I look for what works. It's like glue in furniture carpentry. A glue might be more expensive, but you use relatively little in the actual construction, and if a glue joint fails, you've wasted all your labor, and that is the most expensive part of the piece. The same is true with making baits. I'd recommend you start with one of the suppliers who sponsor this site, and see if their products work for you. Then you can find out what successful pourers use, and why, and decide if you want to switch, based on what your needs are. People who make and sell baits can't afford product failures, so they use stuff that works for them every time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Arnies Tackle Posted September 7, 2018 Report Share Posted September 7, 2018 Here are two "Cheap" options that I have personally confirmed. 1) Linseed oil based paints (these colors WILL bleed into each other) ~24 colors for 14$. Read again that I am telling you these colors will bleed into each other, but they are alright for solid color baits. so if you shoot a lam with a clear, your non clear section will slowly seep into the clear section. 2) Mica based powders - 24 colors for 13$ check and double check you are procuring oil based paint and not Acrylic or what some people pass off as enamel. Both these are water based and you will end up wrecking your plastisol with a million little bubbles. I have caught fish with both options presented. I would also like to take this opportunity to support what was said above. Sometimes its worth spending the money. Anyways good luck out there and stay safe. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saugerman Posted September 7, 2018 Report Share Posted September 7, 2018 You usually get what you pay for. Mark, gave you some good advise. If you wind up ruining your plastic, or have bleeding through, you haven't saved any money, plus wasted your time, when you could have been making good baits. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basscatlildave Posted September 8, 2018 Report Share Posted September 8, 2018 I'm damn sure new at this but have a few different brands I got on some package deals thru here and there. I like the X2 colorants from Do-It. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Young Posted September 8, 2018 Report Share Posted September 8, 2018 (edited) I totally agree with the above statements.Get what's meant to be used & you won't regret it. I thought colorant was expensive too when i first started, but after buying pints of it & pouring piles & piles of baits & seeing how little i actually used i realized it will last me for a very long time. When you're only using x amount of drops per batch you soon realize there's a bunch of drops per pint of colorant. lol I've made baits for a lot of others besides myself. I've made tubes, brush hogs, super hogs, worms, trailers etc & still on the original pint of lureworks green pumpkin sp 156. Buy the right stuff & i don't think you'll have any regrets except maybe for the checkbook getting lighter from buying other colors you never intended on ordering until you saw them. lol Edited September 8, 2018 by Les Young 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
