Bassmaster Rick Posted August 29, 2020 Report Share Posted August 29, 2020 I have found that with multi heats even when using heat stabilizer and using only 20-30 second heat cycles the MF plastisol starts to 'darken'. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glideb8 Posted September 1, 2020 Report Share Posted September 1, 2020 I bought more stabilizer and tried the MF SW I had again.... I put in 5 drops just to see if the plastic would still yellow. Heated it up, perfectly clear before it started to turn clear. When it started to turn clear, the plastic still yellowed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass-Boys Posted September 1, 2020 Report Share Posted September 1, 2020 5 drops in how much plastic ? You mite need a teaspoon of heat stabilizer ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glideb8 Posted September 2, 2020 Report Share Posted September 2, 2020 2 hours ago, Bass-Boys said: 5 drops in how much plastic ? You mite need a teaspoon of heat stabilizer ? Sorry, forgot to mention that. I was heating about 8oz of MF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass-Boys Posted September 7, 2020 Report Share Posted September 7, 2020 need more than 5 drops in 8 oz. try 10 drops ,, if not enough than try more next time . use the yellowed plastic in green pumpkin or black baits so not to waste it . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glideb8 Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 2 hours ago, Bass-Boys said: need more than 5 drops in 8 oz. try 10 drops ,, if not enough than try more next time . use the yellowed plastic in green pumpkin or black baits so not to waste it . I used way more drops and it was fine. I basically put around 1 tbs in there for 8 oz of plastic to be safe lol. I've reheated several times and no yellowing. It was kind of worrying me because the stabilizer that I was using is orangish. But yeah, I've been using the yellowed/orange plastics for dark colored baits. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apdriver Posted September 26, 2020 Report Share Posted September 26, 2020 (edited) Thank to everyone who suggested the heat stabilizer. I needed to shoot a new mold just to try it out. Added heat stabilizer to my old (4 years old now) plastic and all was fine again. Reminded me of the old Calhoun’s when it was new. It went through 7 reheats and never saw an issue. I added more after the third or fourth reheat. I prolly used 1/2 teaspoon in 150ML. Between 1/2 and 3/4 cup. Here’s what it looked like. Edited September 26, 2020 by Apdriver 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted September 26, 2020 Report Share Posted September 26, 2020 16 hours ago, Apdriver said: Thank to everyone who suggested the heat stabilizer. I needed to shoot a new mold just to try it out. Added heat stabilizer to my old (4 years old now) plastic and all was fine again. Reminded me of the old Calhoun’s when it was new. It went through 7 reheats and never saw an issue. I added more after the third or fourth reheat. I prolly used 1/2 teaspoon in 150ML. Between 1/2 and 3/4 cup. Here’s what it looked like. Those are beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsworms Posted September 26, 2020 Report Share Posted September 26, 2020 1 hour ago, mark poulson said: Those are beautiful! Dang........agreed!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rixon529 Posted December 21, 2020 Report Share Posted December 21, 2020 I have a gallon of LureCraft 60/40 blend plastic (#548) about 6 years old that was part of a 5gal bucket I broke down to 1gal jugs. Its been in my unheated garage since I got it, through temp ranges of -5F to 100F. When I broke it down I put a patch of plastic wrap over the mouth of the jug before tightly screwing on the cap. Anyone have experience using old LC plastic? Should I expect a yellowing issue if I use this next spring? Thanks in advance for any info. Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
