alsworms Posted March 20, 2024 Report Share Posted March 20, 2024 So I just had a texting conversation with an old buddy of mine and he said MF is out of their super soft formula, but they do have a 55-gallon drum of regular. Anyone know how much of the MF brand softener is needed to make it super soft. I used to have notes on this stuff, but that was years ago. I'm guessing a couple quarts, but I could be off. Any help is appreciated. Peace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiderunner Posted March 20, 2024 Report Share Posted March 20, 2024 I doubt if this will help as I’m a small potatoes bait maker . But when I’m making baits that I want super so Senkos in particular, I use 1oz softener to approximately 6 oz of salted plastic. This makes the baits super floppy and super soft. And I preftmy stickbaits and wacky worms super soft. Again not much help, but maybe with a whole lot of math it’s a starting point. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsworms Posted March 21, 2024 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2024 On 3/20/2024 at 11:16 PM, Tiderunner said: I doubt if this will help as I’m a small potatoes bait maker . But when I’m making baits that I want super so Senkos in particular, I use 1oz softener to approximately 6 oz of salted plastic. This makes the baits super floppy and super soft. And I preftmy stickbaits and wacky worms super soft. Again not much help, but maybe with a whole lot of math it’s a starting point. Expand Thank you, brother. I think we might be in the same ballpark. Now I've gotta do my math and that's never a good thing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiderunner Posted March 21, 2024 Report Share Posted March 21, 2024 On 3/21/2024 at 1:44 AM, alsworms said: Thank you, brother. I think we might be in the same ballpark. Now I've gotta do my math and that's never a good thing. Expand That’s approximately 21oz per gal. Which seems like an awful lot. Keep in mind that’s is what I use for heavily salted plastic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass-Boys Posted March 21, 2024 Report Share Posted March 21, 2024 On 3/20/2024 at 9:10 PM, alsworms said: So I just had a texting conversation with an old buddy of mine and he said MF is out of their super soft formula, but they do have a 55-gallon drum of regular. Anyone know how much of the MF brand softener is needed to make it super soft. I used to have notes on this stuff, but that was years ago. I'm guessing a couple quarts, but I could be off. Any help is appreciated. Peace Expand If your buddy is going to buy the 55 gal. drum from them he should just ask them what to add. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiderunner Posted March 21, 2024 Report Share Posted March 21, 2024 Lure Parts Online is showing MF Supersoft. and Sinking Soft on their site. Their price is a bit more expensive than buying direct from MF. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsworms Posted March 21, 2024 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2024 On 3/21/2024 at 10:46 AM, Bass-Boys said: If your buddy is going to buy the 55 gal. drum from them he should just ask them what to add. Expand Well that's the thing. He won't talk to Jeff. LOL. He said the last time he ordered a 10 gallon super soft, it took 3 months to arrive, and this is from Texas to Texas. He got no replies when asking about it. Without slamming MF and causing another outburst, I'll just leave it at that. PM me if you want to know your future with that company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsworms Posted March 21, 2024 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2024 On 3/21/2024 at 2:42 AM, Tiderunner said: That’s approximately 21oz per gal. Which seems like an awful lot. Keep in mind that’s is what I use for heavily salted plastic Expand Yeah that seems like a bunch. He's decided to buy quarts from other companies to see how they compare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass-Boys Posted March 22, 2024 Report Share Posted March 22, 2024 (edited) On 3/21/2024 at 4:22 PM, alsworms said: Yeah that seems like a bunch. He's decided to buy quarts from other companies to see how they compare. Expand when I got barrels they only had 50 gallons in um from Calhouns. any way 2 qts to 50 gallons is just over an ounce per gallon. by my figures. Edited March 22, 2024 by Bass-Boys 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiderunner Posted March 23, 2024 Report Share Posted March 23, 2024 On 3/21/2024 at 4:22 PM, alsworms said: Yeah that seems like a bunch. He's decided to buy quarts from other companies to see how they compare. Expand It does, but I'm only mixing at most two cups of plastic, maybe four if I'm making laminates. I'm also using a lot of salt and glass beads. The stickbaits are nice and soft and wiggly and cast a mile. I make mine at around 12grams I fish a lot of deep water. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsworms Posted March 24, 2024 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2024 On 3/23/2024 at 9:15 PM, Tiderunner said: It does, but I'm only mixing at most two cups of plastic, maybe four if I'm making laminates. I'm also using a lot of salt and glass beads. The stickbaits are nice and soft and wiggly and cast a mile. I make mine at around 12grams I fish a lot of deep water. Expand He doesn't use any salt in any of his baits, but I thought he'd be spending just as much (if not more) on softener. That's why he's decided to go the sample route. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
