Baits very Grainy and weak after remelting plastic

[fish-ing-101]

Does anybody know why my baits come out grainy and weak after remelting new bought baits to make different baits from them?

[mark poulson]

Did you mix baits from different materials, like elaztech (Z-Man), or add in some Power Baits?

[fish-ing-101]

Actually I mixed Yamamoto grub tail with zoom fat albert, could it be that?

[Baitjunkys]

Maybe burnt them?

 

[fish-ing-101]

I don't think I burned it because no smoke during heating, I'll attach a photo of how my plastics look after remelting, it's a piece that was leftover in the mold but the grainy stuff is visible even -

[mark poulson]

Too much salt can make baits grainy and weak.  Look at how easily senko's break, and what they look like inside.

[fish-ing-101]

That's what I was thinking too, but I didn't add any salt so maybe those two baits combined and melted has that much salt.

[Driftwood]

Looks like salt to me in the pics.

[Bass-Boys]

the salt will settle to the bottom of your melting cup or pot -  what ever you are using ..Make sure you stir it well before every bait you pour. Also its a good Idea to add  20-25% fresh new un cooked plastisol  to them . .

[keakar]

21 hours ago, fish-ing-101 said:

That's what I was thinking too, but I didn't add any salt so maybe those two baits combined and melted has that much salt.

here is my advice, don't stir it at all. melt it and let it cool solid, then remove from cup and cut off the bottom 1/4" or so of settled salt.

now you removed the salt and you can remelt with good results but the glitter will settle with the salt so you will most likely need to add more glitter.

this is an easy much overlooked way to remove salt and glitter you dont want while retaining the ability to reuse 90% of what you are remelting

[SlowFISH]

22 hours ago, keakar said:

here is my advice, don't stir it at all. melt it and let it cool solid, then remove from cup and cut off the bottom 1/4" or so of settled salt.

now you removed the salt and you can remelt with good results but the glitter will settle with the salt so you will most likely need to add more glitter.

this is an easy much overlooked way to remove salt and glitter you dont want while retaining the ability to reuse 90% of what you are remelting

+1 - I do the same... great tip.

[mark poulson]

On 9/8/2019 at 9:53 AM, keakar said:

here is my advice, don't stir it at all. melt it and let it cool solid, then remove from cup and cut off the bottom 1/4" or so of settled salt.

now you removed the salt and you can remelt with good results but the glitter will settle with the salt so you will most likely need to add more glitter.

this is an easy much overlooked way to remove salt and glitter you dont want while retaining the ability to reuse 90% of what you are remelting

I also do this, when I want a bait that's the same color, but not as heavy as a salted bait.