Color Bleedng/fading question from a newbie

Hey all!
I just recently did my first plastic project and used formula 502 fromlurecraft along with their liquid colorants to make some dipped crappie tubebaits. One of the combinations I was trying to do was a basic chartreuse/silver-glittertail and then gave it a dip in bubble gum pink for the body. I mixed the bubblegum with enough colorant to make it a rich, opaque color and when the baitswere finished they initially looked great and exactly as I had intended. Withina few days the bubble-gum body had faded to blended with the tail colorsignificantly and is now more of a peach/pink sort of color. Any suggestions onhow to keep it the original color and prevent the fading/blending?

I'm betting that the chartreuse because of the light from the pink reflex through will make it look horrible in it will leach to pink out but I never had that problem with their products only when I use the pink and chartreuse together the light will reflect from the pink through the chartreuse and make it look doll I won't work with this one when I get time as I do have their others and I have the same formula the 502 which is the top grade stuff so I will give it a shot and get back to you and let you know will send you a short p.m. also.

It is actually the other way around. The chartreuse looks just as it should and the pink is the color that appeared to change to a much more muted, almost peach, color after a couple days. I was mostly just making sure there wasn't a color stabilizer or something similar that I should be adding. The only other thing I can think of is, after cooling the completed tube bodies and splitting the tails, I gave them all a spray of Berkely Gulp Alive (which is clear) and then put a little bit of salt in the storage bag with them to keep the tail segments from sticking together. Maybe either the Gulp or salt changed the color?

I know nothing about Berkeley's the salt not bother anything I suggest using Pam or warm oil give that a shot.

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Originally Posted by mosigdude

It is actually the other way around. The chartreuse looks just as it should and the pink is the color that appeared to change to a much more muted, almost peach, color after a couple days. I was mostly just making sure there wasn't a color stabilizer or something similar that I should be adding. The only other thing I can think of is, after cooling the completed tube bodies and splitting the tails, I gave them all a spray of Berkely Gulp Alive (which is clear) and then put a little bit of salt in the storage bag with them to keep the tail segments from sticking together. Maybe either the Gulp or salt changed the color?

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The only way to rule out the salt or the gulp is to make another small batch and put some salt in a bag with a couple baits, put the gulp in a bag with a couple baits, then put them both in a bag with a couple baits and then some baits by themselves. this will rule out if there is a problem there.CF

I will try that tonight so I should have an answer within a few days! Thank you!

It sounds as though you have one colorant or both that are bleeders. Or you are not bringing the new plastic up to 350 degrees. Are the baits tacky, sticky feeling? If they are the plastic has been undercooked. But I'd bet you have colorants that bleed.

I'll be honest, I have no idea what the temp of the plastic has been. I saw a video or instructions somewhere that said heat it in the microwave until it just starts to smoke so that's what I did. With that said, the baits are slightly softer than I'm used to in commercial tube bodies but I wouldn't say they are tacky or sticky. All the colorants I used were from lurecraft so I'm not sure if those bleed or not. I did a few color variations, all with the chartreuse tail. Those with a flourescent orange body didn't seem to change much and others with a bright red didn't seem to fade. The Bubble gum bodies are the only ones that seemed to change. Bob, along with other solutions, suggested cutting the body off the dipping rod (leaving the tail) and the redipping just the body portion of the bait in the desired body color. I will try that also if I can't solve the problem otherwise but would prefer to avoid the extra work of doing this if I don't have to. Thank you all for the suggestions so far! This is already seeming like a great hobby despite the minor setback with this one bait.

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Originally Posted by mosigdude

Hey all!
I just recently did my first plastic project and used formula 502 fromlurecraft along with their liquid colorants to make some dipped crappie tubebaits. One of the combinations I was trying to do was a basic chartreuse/silver-glittertail and then gave it a dip in bubble gum pink for the body. I mixed the bubblegum with enough colorant to make it a rich, opaque color and when the baitswere finished they initially looked great and exactly as I had intended. Withina few days the bubble-gum body had faded to blended with the tail colorsignificantly and is now more of a peach/pink sort of color. Any suggestions onhow to keep it the original color and prevent the fading/blending?

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take a look at the pictures one I cut the head off and re-dipped the other one I read dip over the plastic these are two and half inches long and we call them fat boys if anybody is interested send me a PM.
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