tad Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 How much glitter do you add to 1 cup of plastic. Thanks in advance for any replies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwampBaits Posted March 17, 2007 Report Share Posted March 17, 2007 I just add glitter until it looks good! The only things that I measure are Hilite colors and pearls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nova Posted March 17, 2007 Report Share Posted March 17, 2007 The amount depends on the effect you are trying to acheive. My normal is 1/8 tsp in 4 oz. of plastic. Sometimes I will use 1/4 tsp and sometimes I will use 1/16 tsp. www.novalures.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charkins Posted March 17, 2007 Report Share Posted March 17, 2007 If you want the baits to look the same from batch to batch, you need to figure out how much glitter you want for that formula and stay with it. JMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Prager Posted March 17, 2007 Report Share Posted March 17, 2007 One of best suggestions I received was to write things down. Too many times I came up with the "perfect" combination of color flake, etc. only to realize I couldn't remember how I got there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinko Baits Posted March 17, 2007 Report Share Posted March 17, 2007 Actually... it depends on the effect you want. I usually use 1/4 tsp for all my baits weather they are a combination of flakes or not ie: 1/8 red - 1/8 black = 1/4 tsp BUT in Junebug I use 3/4 green so it all depends on your bait and what you want to achieve. YES... write everything down! How else are you going to remember what you did? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiredhatred Posted March 22, 2007 Report Share Posted March 22, 2007 What I do that really helps is to have two separate notebooks, none of that metal ring stuff, just the plain notebooks that you could tear out a piece of paper if you wanted to. One is titled experimenting. I write down what I put in the formula, what changes I make, what kind of plastic, flake, hi-lite, etc. Once you find one that works and you are satisfied with, write it down in the other notebook called Formulas. Keep it neat with the title written huge on the top, then add plastic, color, flek...it to something similar to this: PURPLE BUSH plastic: 4 ounces (mf) color: 6 drops violet grape (lc) 2 drops rootbeer (dm) glitter: pinch purple fine (dm) dash black .35 (dm) pearl: none hi-lite: none Something like that, of course if it doesnt take pearl I wont even add it on the formula list. You can even be more specific which I recommend by adding brand of item next to it. I tend to stick with one formula per page and add variations on the bottom half of the page. For an example I have a color called bedkiller. It has 3 or 4 variations such as bedkiller red flek, bedkiller bluegill and such. The only differences is adding different glitter which I write under the formula like this: Bedkiller red flek: add pinch of red to original bedkiller Bedkiller bluegill: add pinch of blue flek to bedkiller red flek Also if you want to get real hardcore, you can take a picture of the bait and tape in under the formula so you can get a good idea what the color looks like for future reference. This has really helped me keep my formulas organized and top notch. Just a suggestion that Id thought Id share that has been extremely usefull to me. Take care. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
