does anyone have experience using sinking plastisol?

what about using a non sinking plastisol, but adding salt to aid in sinking.

 curious to know if sinking plastisol is the better option.

Depends what you want it to do. For stick baits and jerkbaits I like Dead On plastix black bucket Swimbait/jerkbait plus salt. Some people say use two tablespoons salt per cup plastic some say an 1/8 cup or 1/4 cup. The black bucket by itself will have a very slow sink. I’d say comparable to a yum dinger maybe a touch slower. 
For creature and craw baits I like Bait Plastics 292 which is a little firmer. For worms and crappie baits I like something softer so I use 242. 
With all that said, when I only had Bait Plastics 242 I added 1/4 cup salt per 1 cup plastic and liked the results. So I do not think it is necessary to have sinking plastic in a sinking bait. 
Now what salt?  I’ve done everything from Lure Craft fine salt, non iodized table salt, table salt ground in a coffee bean grinder, and salt you buy from tractor supply for livestock. All of them seem to work and end up just using what I grab first.  MAKE SURE YOU MIX WELL JUST BEFORE INJECTING!  It likes to settle.
 I’ve heard to stay away from the glass beads and other materials as it can scratch up your injector.  

Worlds worst fishing, BaitChuckin, N2TW_customlures, SDG Custom Lurecraft on the tube are some to look at

Thanks for the details. 

 

Currently i am using the dead on plastix red label worm plastisol. I'm new to the hobby so that's all I am using at the moment. I made a buncha worms and the red label worms definitely float. Made my first batch with salt, adding roughly an 1/8th of a cup of lure works fine salt. That definitely made the stick baits sink. 

 

After doing that, that's where my original post came into mind. Thinking the sinking plastic took place of salt. I dis see a video a while back where WWF mentioned using table salt. I dont remember the outcome, but that is certainly cheaper than buying fine salt online. 

2 hours ago, crankbait2009 said:

Thanks for the details. 

 

Currently i am using the dead on plastix red label worm plastisol. I'm new to the hobby so that's all I am using at the moment. I made a buncha worms and the red label worms definitely float. Made my first batch with salt, adding roughly an 1/8th of a cup of lure works fine salt. That definitely made the stick baits sink. 

 

After doing that, that's where my original post came into mind. Thinking the sinking plastic took place of salt. I dis see a video a while back where WWF mentioned using table salt. I dont remember the outcome, but that is certainly cheaper than buying fine salt online. 

Yeah I think with black bucket he just recommends using less salt. But with floating blend use 1/4 cup to come close to Senko if that what you’re looking for. So much fun making baits. I saw Lee Livesay use a pink bladed jig and trailer in the Bass Master Classic. I didn’t have any, but guess what. I had the ingredients to make pink jerkbaits and swimbaits!  Ordered up a few pink skirts that I can replace on cheap Chatters and voila!  You will always have the newest and greatest with a few bait making needs!  I recommend join FB groups dedicated to soft plastic bait making. Lots of great bait makers out there willing to help!