over time you can build up your collection of colors, molds, flakes etc so you can literally make thousands of combinations of your favorite stick bait, creature bait, tube bait, drop shot worm etc..
taking notes and keeping a journal will be key for you to remember your measurements and recipes for duplicating the color schemes that you come up with. i usually take a sharpie and write down my recipe on the plastic bags i store my baits in. Nothing is worse than making your finished product and forgetting what you did. When i first started pouring i just jumped right in and starting mixing and coming up with great looking baits but didn’t know how to duplicate them... So take your time and write everything down.
Issue 3 August 2011
As you see from the picture above, I have my mold, dye, flakes, and plastic ready to go . When heating plastic make sure you are wearing oven mitt gloves and glasses and have a well ventilated area. Since i’m in a bachelor pad, i have the liberty of being the “Mad Scientist” in my own kitchen. For those of you with significant others, you may want to set up shop in an area where you can get a little messy. Back
to heating the plastic…. i always start
out by putting the microwave timer on
1 minute and heating my plastic in 30
second increments thereafter. This
will insure that you are not burning
your plastic or getting it too hot which
can alter colors and flakes while
mixing.
Important!!!! This plastic is
extremely hot so any liquids that are
in the surrounding areas need to be
removed and away from your work
area. Hot plastic and water (even a drop) can explode and cause severe injury!!
When adding your droplets make sure you count the number of droplets so that you can duplicate the color scheme you’re looking for the second time around.
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