Thank YOU, Fatman!

Mr. Doug was telling me about a pearl powder he uses in powder coats called Super Sparkle. He said since he doesn't do plastic injection he couldn't speak as to how it would work in that case, so he sent me a small sampler of the mica and today I put it to test in some clear that has a tiny bit of violet hi lite and some uv enhancer in it. After cooking the plastic to working temperature I added a dab of the Super Sparkle about the size of a baby aspirin and a little black .015 flake and shot it into 3 different molds all with chartreuse tails in place. Here they are.....

http://i941.photobucket.com/albums/a...67ff2c5269.jpg

I've been a long time fanatic of fire opal micro glitter for making this particular plastic as a crappie color and for belly colors, but this stuff makes plastic do things that the fire opal can't begin to touch. This stuff is genuinely unreal. So Doug, here's a big thanks to you! Now check your pm's lol.

Here's a 3" shad done using the plastic as a belly, hand-poured, and then a brown watermelon top color injected.

http://i941.photobucket.com/albums/a...c3f130f8b9.jpg

Check this out....

http://i941.photobucket.com/albums/a...590cde8fd2.jpg

Super Sparkle as seen in shaded sunlight.

Sent you the info!! LOL there are other places that have bigger quantities. I know there's a almost 3 oz. bottle on the bay for $17. The stuff isn't cheap but a little goes a long ways!!!!!!!!! I knew you'd like it if worked okay in the plastics. The pics don't show up at work so I'll check em when I get home.

Could you do the same with pearl white???.

This stuff does to clear plastic what pearl would just screw up. The link he sent by pm has several colors of the mica to think about. As Bait Junky mentioned in a thread not long ago, pearls have color while hi lites are whitish looking. This powder looks whitish but is more silver in the plastic in the amount that I made. I don't want a true pearl, I hate pearl as a plastic color, just a hazed over clear with a ton of shine on the inside and this stuff does an even better job than the fire-opal micro-glitter.

Nice Tom!!!!!!

Bob like I told Tom as far as the plastics go I don't know!!

On jigs the super sparkle works very well with white pearl
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/c...s/100_6326.jpg
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/c...s/100_6324.jpg

That looks awesome!

Wow that's great

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Originally Posted by CTom

Mr. Doug was telling me about a pearl powder he uses in powder coats called Super Sparkle. He said since he doesn't do plastic injection he couldn't speak as to how it would work in that case, so he sent me a small sampler of the mica and today I put it to test in some clear that has a tiny bit of violet hi lite and some uv enhancer in it. After cooking the plastic to working temperature I added a dab of the Super Sparkle about the size of a baby aspirin and a little black .015 flake and shot it into 3 different molds all with chartreuse tails in place. Here they are.....

http://i941.photobucket.com/albums/a...67ff2c5269.jpg

I've been a long time fanatic of fire opal micro glitter for making this particular plastic as a crappie color and for belly colors, but this stuff makes plastic do things that the fire opal can't begin to touch. This stuff is genuinely unreal. So Doug, here's a big thanks to you! Now check your pm's lol.

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Here you go. The pic they have on there doesn't do this justice. All it is is a very coarse cut pearl powder, looks nothing like a regular pearl at all. Warning, it is VERY light and fluffy and gets airborne very easy.


https://www.ispikeit.com/Store/p-344...pearl-133.aspx

any form of Mica powder will work :)

Looks good

I ordered more of the Super Sparkle and one each of the copper and bronze. If they are the same cut size as the S Sparkle they'll be interesting to play with. Tomorrow I am going to juice up another batch of the clear sparkle with about 3 times as much mica just to see where it goes.

Here's a 2 1/2" Fry bait made with plastic that has been loaded up with the Super Sparkle in both the belly and back plastics. The purple has about 2/3 of what is in the clear belly batch. Both are 4 ounce batches. The belly plastic got two small heaps about the size of a small pea each, the purple less than that.

http://i941.photobucket.com/albums/a...94687b4c5e.jpg

I'm finding out that this Super Sparkle is some potent powder, but the real beauty lies in being able to jack the amount up yet still maintain transparency in the plastic. Both plastics look as though they are pearls but they are as clear as a bell in the hand and away from strong sunlight. I can look down at the purple backs and still see the black flake in the belly plastic easily.

Here are some 1 1/2" baits I did up to use up the remaining clear from the purple shot. Here in the picture taken in sunlight they look like pearl plastic. Inside at the computer desk I can see right thru the plastic.

http://i941.photobucket.com/albums/a...420b9c2833.jpg

if you put the Super Sparkle mica powder up against Jacquard mica they are so different - the Super will float all over your room if not careful but the Jacquards is more pasty. I like and use both

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Originally Posted by Fatman

if you put the Super Sparkle mica powder up against Jacquard mica they are so different - the Super will float all over your room if not careful but the Jacquards is more pasty. I like and use both

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the same goes for powder white pearl it will float all over your room when you're using it.