Creating Opaque Baits

[2marshall8]

Anyone know how to make the appendages in baits opaque or less translucent when held up to light ? Is it just using more dye ? I usually use about 40 drops per cup. Or is there some other additive I can put in the plastic to achieve this ?

[Les Young]

Yes i add more if the appendages are to clear. It just so happens the other day   i was making  black with blue flake jig trailers  & the leg part was way to clear for me  so i doubled the amount of  drops of colorant   & they look great now.

[JBuff]

On 7/20/2021 at 9:52 PM, 2marshall8 said:

Anyone know how to make the appendages in baits opaque or less translucent when held up to light ? Is it just using more dye ? I usually use about 40 drops per cup. Or is there some other additive I can put in the plastic to achieve this ?

Depends on the bait your making, certain colorants have black added to them ie...green pumpkin, you can play on the colorant and reduce the amount of black you need to mix and still arrive at a good degree of opaque without sacrificing color.  Don't exempt the amount of flakes you may use as well.  Also depends if you're laminating 2 colors, one can be more translucent than the other, determine which one you want to be dominant.   

[mark poulson]

Salt will make baits more opaque.  The finer the salt, the more it reduces translucence.

[JBuff]

If you want the "salt effect" without having to add salt use white in your recipe, this will allow the bait to retain it's buoyancy and be more opaque. 

[Les Young]

Yep  depending on the colorant used will decide how much white is needed. Sometimes I use a pencil lead sized drop & that’s all that’s needed