Breathing new life into old plastics

[smokehound]

I remembered a post by fishbones a long time ago, in which he used a microwave to apply glitter to soft plastics..

So I decided to use a lighter and try it out myself:

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Skippyfish.. now has an "American Shad" type pattern

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Kalin's Smoke gold n pepper, Now has a "Golden shiner" look

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Old fluke, now revitalized with a pearlescent sheen

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Plain white and silver, great for overcast

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"Candied" crawbug

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Kalin's Pumpkin salt n pepper, "candied"

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White with gold hologram flake..

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Kalin's Watermelonseed "Candied"..

These should really work well with halibut..

As a bonus, when a fish bites them, it will dislodge a cloud of "scales", giving you a second chance for a strike.

[Prowler_Tuber]

Looks great!!!

[skunked4life]

Great job recycling! I am guilty of just tossing old grubs. Now I know what to do next time, IF I ever decide to use grubs again!

"These should really work well with halibut.."
Didn't you mention several times that you don't think that halibut give a **** what color the lure is? Just messin Marcus. They look great!

[smokehound]

Great job recycling! I am guilty of just tossing old grubs. Now I know what to do next time, IF I ever decide to use grubs again!

"These should really work well with halibut.."
Didn't you mention several times that you don't think that halibut give a **** what color the lure is? Just messin Marcus. They look great!thats true, but sparkly things

still catch their eye

[i feed fish]

great idea man! it turned out good too, I like the added bonus too.

[Homefish]

Dont know if your married or not, but you better wash that glitter off your hands or your wife's gonna think your hands caught something sparkly @ the strip club:LOL:

[smokehound]

Dont know if your married or not, but you better wash that glitter off your hands or your wife's gonna think your hands caught something sparkly @ the strip club:LOL:Thank god I'm a creepy loner type. :LOL:

[Danny300]

great idea...thanks for posting

[TUNAVIC]

Pretty cool,might look good on some of my old S/W swimbaits,slugs and soft rubber jerk baits, thanks.

Cya TunaVic

[smokehound]

Thanks. It actually works the best with swimbaits, easier to melt the flat, non-ribbed sides, gives a more uniform scale look. Actually did this with a blue smelt big hammer, should murder on a swimjig for big largemouth bass!

[smokehound]

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a few more., the glitter shifts from gold to green

[smokehound]

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Gold flake on green pumpkin/red

[fishmounter]

smokehound- So just how are you using a lighter to apply glitter? Just heating up the bait, then dusting it with glitter? How much stays on after a few casts?

[smokehound]

smokehound- So just how are you using a lighter to apply glitter? Just heating up the bait, then dusting it with glitter? How much stays on after a few casts?it sinks into the plastic, and will not rub off. Some flakes that havent sunk in all the way will rub off if a fish hits it.

You heat it up until you see the plastic glisten, then quickly dust it, you'll see the flakes sink in under the plastic.

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Black w red, looks interesting.

[City Dad]

It's possible to do the same thing with kittens, but they tend not to be so life-like afterwards... and good luck trying to get that smell out of your microwave.

[smokehound]

It's possible to do the same thing with kittens, but they tend not to be so life-like afterwards... and good luck trying to get that smell out of your microwave.no microwave was used. Just a lighter

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Gold and silver flake.. Killer flash!

[smokehound]

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Found some purple flake. sucks that the flakes were so big, but thats okay.

most of them sank in, so its all good!