. Just stumbled across this gold mine of information in an old folder on my laptop. Came across this list of soft plastic color recipes a while back on a lure making forum and saved them for future reference then conveniently forgot all about them.
Once I finally took the steps I needed to buy the molds, colors, plastisol etc, a few months ago I started looking for this file.
Need some better file organization.
Since these have come from anglers and bait makers all across the globe, you are going to see some discrepancies in measuring, naming and definitely see some differences in brands of plastic and coloring.
Use what you have on hand, or if you have a color wheel, you can do some research and see if you can match the called for color with what you have on hand and go from there.
Be safe with that plastisol, the stuff is no joke and will burn the hell out of you if you aren't careful. Above all, enjoy
Berkley Camo
1 cup plastic
4 drops of moss green
3 drops of watermelon
2 drops oxblood
now the key I found to give it the brownish effect was the brown Fleck and the gold fleck added into it. I only had .035 and it should be fine fleck
Berzerk Berry
8 oz Plastic
6 drops White Pearlescent
5 drops Black Grape
4 drops Purple
2 Drops Red
Add the pearl before heating...Mix Colors in thoroughly.
I like green and blue flake in this one...The color looks crazy in the water, it works well when the sun is up.
Basic Green Pumpkin
4 ounces of plastic
6 drops watermelon
6 drops pumpkinseed
desired amount of medium black flake
Bluegill
Plastic : 1-2 ounces of plastic
Mix : black color-add 1 drop of color to plastic until you get a light to medium shade of smoke.
.035 black glitter
.035 gold glitter
.035 blue glitter
put the same amount of black and blue glitter in the plastic.
put only a very light amount of gold glitter in the plastic.
Bubblegum
6 oz plastic
5 drops red
10 white,
Turn this into cotton candy by adding red and blue glitter
4 ounces Plastic
1 Drop Black (smoke)
Just a touch (or desired amount) of the following glitter: small blue, medium black and gold, large green. Use less large green than the other flakes.
Another version:
Same as above, but drop the blue flake and pour a light blue vein instead.
Bubblegum
Plastic : 1/2 cup @ 4 oz.
5-6 drops Florescent Pink
2 drops white
Notes : The florescent pink must be added before you heat the plastic.
1 cup plastisol
20 drops yellow
2 drops black
fine green glitter 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon
large black glitter 1/4 teaspoon
fine black glitter 1/4 teaspoon
Cotton Candy
Plastic : 4 ozs.
1 drop pumpkin
1 drop red,
green, red, black, & blue glitter.
Culprit Red Shad
1) black color (with or without red flake) with some red Hi-lite powder mixed in...this is the dark back
2) strawberry, again with the red HL powder mixed in, usually some red flake...the red belly
***I frequently adjust the red belly color by adding some drops of black, blue or purple to darken it a bit. Sorry, but this is strictly a "to taste" recipe.
Frog Formula
4 oz Plastic
8 drops lc kudzu green
add 1/4 teaspoon of medium black flake. This is the top of the frog 4 oz Plastic
1/4 teaspoonful white pearl powder. This is the bottom layer of the frog.
Ghost Hologram
1/2 cup plastic
1/8 tsp Large black Flk.
1/8 tsp Small Silver Hologram Flk.
Golden Punkin' Seed
8 oz plastic
5 drops pumpkin seed
10 drops flo yellow
Add 1/4 tsp med. black flake
dont forget 1/8 tsp pearl white
Alt recipie instead of using flo yello use chartreuce, then substutie the pearl white with green hi lite's
Gourd Green
Root Beer or Amber Brown with medium and large green flake will both make nice Gourd Green colors. Pumpkin works too.
Gourd Green
get real close to Zoom's gourd green using LC pumpkin and medium green flake.
I don't remember an exact formula for it, but use it sparingly and you'll get there, I am thinking around 3-4 drops per 8 OZ. Try adding some small black flake too, really cool effect.
Green Weenies
Mine is amber brown on top and lime green on the bottom (black & red flake). Another popular one is straight brown over avocado. Makes a darker version
4 oz plastic
3 drops watermelon
2 drops Moss Green
black flake to taste
PART 2
4 oz plastic
3 drops straight Brown
1 drop Jet Black transparent
2 drops pumpkinseed.
NO FLAKE!
You can stick with 6 drops of brown if you have to but the formula above makes a far nicer chocolate
Hot Bubble Gum
8oz. plastic
12 drops bubble gum
8 drops florescent pink
Ice Blue
1 cup plastic
2 drops blue
1/2 tsp pearl white powder
1/2 tsp Large Blue Flake
1/2 tsp Small Silver Holo Flake
June bug
Plastic : 1 ounce
add purple color until you reach a medium to medium heavy shade.
add green glitter( enough to your able to see the green shade).
June Bug
1 1/2 cups plastic
40 drops of black grape
55-60 drops of red
June Bug
Plastic : per ounce of plastic
add three drops of indigo (black grape).
when plastic is hot stir in green glitter until you get the desired effect.
Motor Oil Camo
4 oz Plastic
5 drops natural brown
20 drops motor oil
2 drops green
Motor Oil
4 oz Plastic
2 drops black
14 drops golden yellow
Motor Oil
4 oz Plastic
2 black
4 amber
5 yellow
10 fluorescent yellow
Add your choice of flake. If you want it just a tad darker, try adding 2 drops of purple.
Motor Oil
1/2 Cup Plastisol
10 drops Chartruse (must be mixed with plastisol before heating)
10 drops Motoroil
If you cut the colorant to 7-8 drops each, the color comes out more on the watermelon side. Add a little fine red flake to this produces a very nice color.
Motor oil pepper
1/2 cup plastic
2 drops yellow
1 drop pumpkinseed
1/4 tsp Large Black Flk.
1/16 tsp Small Gold Flk.
Motoroil Red Color
motor oil red is simply motor oil color with red glitter.
Motor Oil camo
4 oz. Plastic
5 drops natural brown
20 drops motor oil
2 drops green
brown/silver/red/and green glitter
Motor Oil
4 oz Plastic
2 drops black
14 drops golden yellow
Mustard Seed
Plastic : 4 ounces
6 drops Transparent Yellow
4 drops Amber Brown
3 drops White
black flake
green hi-lite (optional)
Natural Worm
4 oz. Plastic
4 drops pumpkinseed
1 drop natural brown
glitter your choice
Oxblood Lite
4 ounces of plastic
1 drop of purple
1 drop of red
Pearl Peach
8oz. plastic
8 drops bubble gum
4 drops yellow
8 drops minnow silver
6-10 drops red
1-3 drops white
1 cup plastic
4-6 drops of red
silver flake
Pink Shades
3oz Plastic
5 drops red
3 drops Yellow
3 drops chartreuse
Plum
Plastic : 4 ounces
6 drops Black Grape
5 drops Strawberry
Purple Camo
4 oz. Plastic
14 drops purple
14 drops natural brown
green glitter
Rainbow Trout
In 4 ounces of plastic
Belly: 1/2 teaspoon of pearl white powder, 3 drops red color, large black flake
Back: 6 drops green color, pinch of blue hi-lite powder, large black and medium holograph (or silver) flake
RED
1 cup plastic
20 drops red
Smoke With Flake
Plastic : per ounce add one drop of black per ounce of plastic for light clear smoke and two drops of black per ounce of plastic for a medium smoke color .
Add silver and black flake to imitate baitfish ,Red to imitate crawfish or another good crawfish imitator is made by adding red,green,black,and copper (or orange)flake to smoke colored baits. This is essentially the Yamamoto grub color #180
Tubeman's Magnetic Wammo Camo
1 cup plastic
9 drops rootbeer
13 drops amber
8 drops carmel
small red glitter 1/2 tsp (estimated)
small green glitter 1/2 tsp (estimated)
Transaprent Metallic Green Pumpkin
8 oz Plastic
6 drops Pumpkin
3 drops Watermelon
3 drops Amber
A SMALL quantity of metallic silver powder (about the size of a match head?)
I like this bait seasoned with either Large Back Flake or LC Holo String Glitter.
Watermelon (dark)
4 oz Plastic
12 drops motoroil
4 drops watermelon
glitter of your choice.
Watermelon Gold
1 cup plastic,
6 drops Avocado Green,
1/2 tsp Large Black Flake
3/4 tsp Small Gold Flake
1/4 tsp Small Silver Hologram Flake
Watermelonseed- NB
Plastic : 5 gallons
6.8 grams school bus yellow.
4 grams black.
1/4 cup small black glitter.
1/4 cup large black glitter.
Watermelon Candy
Plastic : 4 ounces
4 drops MF Watermelon Brown
Lots of small & medium purple flake
touch of medium red flake
touch of medium black flake
touch of medium blue flake
touch of large green flake
Watermelon Red
Plastic : 2oz
2 drops LC watermelon
1/8 tsp fine red glitter
a hair over 1/8 tsp med black glitter
1/2 tsp salt.
Yamamoto's Cinnamon
is just very light brown; 1 drop of brown per every 4 ounces of plastic with medium black flake.
Yamamoto Watermelon with large green flake
1/2 cup Plastic
16 drops watermelon
1 drop black(just added this part to try and darken it up).
Heavy Salt Watermelon
4oz plastic
8 drops Watermelon
4 drops black/grape
Dark Watermelon
4 oz Plastic
12 drops motoroil
4 drops watermelon
glitter of your choice.
Zoom's Margarita
1/2 cup plastic
8 drops of florescent yellow
large chartreuse and black glitter
medium green and black glitter
*add flakes to desired amounts.
Zoom Green Pumpkin
In 4 ounces of plastic
6 drops of watermelon
6 drops pumpkinseed
medium black flake.
You can also add a couple drops of brown to Lure Craft's green pumpkin for a darker effect.
Zoom's Red Bug
4 ounces of Plastic:
Plum (6 drops black grape
5 drops strawberry)
medium and large green flake
small copper flake
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