Thread: bleeding problems

I noticed the orange bled on some tails I shot for future use. I tossed some X2 orange tails in with some iridescent pearl white tails thinking I would be ok since X2 colors don't bleed. A few weeks later I noticed the orange had bled onto the pearl tails. The iridescent pearl was a non X2 colorant so maybe that had something to do with it ? Perhaps not since some of you have had bleeding issues with X2 colors. It was no big deal for me and turned into a learning opportunity about keeping/storing similar colored baits together.

The bag has a drop of tomato in it. It could very well be oil from the bait that is orange and not the bag. I'd have to clean the bag to see.

Originally Posted by DrNip

Ok here are two examples. 1st one is a bait JW sent me. It was in a bag with another orange bait. It bled during that transit through the post office to my house. The tip of all tail is orange.
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2nd pic is a bag I mixed months ago. It has turned the bag orange. It was 8 drops orange to 4 oz plastic.
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plastic are you using I'm assuming that you're using the new do- it plastic some of the plastics on the market really have a lot of oil and them we were having a problem with some of the other plastics on the market and then I switched to do- it which was 100 times better than anything else that is the new stuff but it could be an issue if you are using another plastic besides do it.