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Hello everyone, I have only been making jigs for a short time and have a question about bleeding. I have 1 color that bleeds (fluorescent orange) when I put it with white and green chartreuse. That is the only color I see that problem with. Can anyone tell me what I can do to fix this problem? Thanks
What brand of colorant?
I noticed 2 weeks ago the X2 orange bleeds over time too. I'll take pics of it later when I'm home.
I brought that problem up with Do It a long time ago and I'm not sure there is a fix. It's a slow bleed, but it still is a bleed. I have an MF Orange that bleeds like no tomorrow but it's not marked as a non bleeder so it must be the other.
I have used the X2 orange and I have never had any bleeding problems that goes on all of the X2 stuff none of them have bleed on me. we had problems with other companies you have to be careful if you do buy colors make sure that they are non-bleed and if you are on certain before you order come on here and ask us. when you guys are doing the orange make sure that you do not get carried away that stuff goes a long ways in the X2. I have switched over completely to all of the x2 colors I do not use anything else.
I only us x2 colorant from do-it......So far this is the only color that bleeds that I have tried
I'm going to have to make up the combination of orange in chartreuse to see if it will bleed over but I never had that problem with the 2X maybe I was not waiting long enough usually they go out the door before I get to see it they bleed. none of my customers have complained yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rocketman
I have had my X2 orange bleed over time as well. Zero problems with the other X2 colorants though.
The X2 Orange can be strange. I think it depends on how strong of a color you mix it to be. I am also convinced that by keeping the color (all X2 colors for that matter) thoroughly mixed all the times it will not bleed. I feel that there may be a component in the Orange that settles out and if it's not completely mixed back in bleeding can occur. I've only had a bleeding issue with the Orange twice in all of the years I have used it.
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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Don't know Nip. I have seen some staining in the oil exuded in storage, like your orange in the second picture. Mine didn't turn the bag Orange, just the oil that comes out of the plastic naturally in storage. I notice this occurring far less when I am certain that the color in the bottle has been very well incorporated. I have rinsed the bags with alcohol and they come out clear as when they came from their box after the alcohol dries.
I'm not sure this will help at all, but for my fluorescent orange needs, I add a single drop of tomato to a 4-6 ounce cup and 4-5 drops of the orange. I like the way the tomato makes the color pop. If you look at the tomato closely you'll note the orange in it. Tomato is hyper strong though so a guy really needs to take care if it's going to be used as an adjustment color....it can overwhelm in a blink.
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.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by DrNip
Do-it Essentials. I do like the chartreuse fading to orange tail though. Lol