It's True: ElaZtech does indeed melt...

[Drakestar]

I'd heard about this several times and knew that ElaZtech does not like contact with other soft plastic baits, but I'd never seen it in action. (I always keep them separate little bags or separate compartments.) But I didn't associate Zoom products with ElaZtech and accidentally put the Zoom Frog (soft body paddle tail-kinda buzzbait made from ElaZtech) with regular Horny Toads and... well, it ain't pretty. The frog turned into goo! (The toads look fine.)

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[Slazmo]

See what it does to a Versus box. Stand and stuff taco Tuesday... And dare not store them with any other soft plastic or hard body.

It's been a love hate relationship over the decade I've dealt with Z-Mans - Moncross boxes are the only safe way to store it - but lightly drop one of those boxes and they shatter like cheap plastic.

[TravisNY]

Of course it’s true. Says so on the package.

I’ve got 100+ bags of it just in my “ned” bag. No worries of anything happening as that’s all that’s in there. The safest way to store is in the original bags. The BinderZ work great and are my grab and go. The new baitlockerZ is the stay at home vault(s). Simple.

[rando]

Plasticizers leech from from elaztech plastics to non compatible materials, or from other plastics to elaztech. Would need to test which one or if both options are true.

[doomtrprz71]

It gets even worse if you mix them with a PVC bait, I learned to check after people who borrow out of my tacklebox.

[LowRange]

I'e also seen them sorta melt or oval out into a flat blob while still in their packaging in enough heat.

[rando]

I'e also seen them sorta melt or oval out into a flat blob while still in their packaging in enough heat.

I always keep a bag of turds (various colors in one original bag) in my car and never had that happen. I been doing that since the first time I heard about them melting in the heat and have yet to have it happen.

[Slazmo]

Good way to make your own custom colours too, just bag a few you like to mix, they bleed into themselves in no time.

[LowRange]

I'e also seen them sorta melt or oval out into a flat blob while still in their packaging in enough heat.

I always keep a bag of turds (various colors in one original bag) in my car and never had that happen. I been doing that since the first time I heard about them melting in the heat and have yet to have it happen.

It's only happened to me with the pepper fish looking thing and a pack of hula sticks. It's rare but it can happen.

[doomtrprz71]

I'e also seen them sorta melt or oval out into a flat blob while still in their packaging in enough heat.

I always keep a bag of turds (various colors in one original bag) in my car and never had that happen. I been doing that since the first time I heard about them melting in the heat and have yet to have it happen.

It's only happened to me with the pepper fish looking thing and a pack of hula sticks. It's rare but it can happen.

I've never had it happen in a car, but in sunlight it will definitely happen, I learned my lesson when I left my gulp box in the back of the truck while fishing and the trout tricks and swimming trout tricks in the top of the box melted and the next set of bags down twisted.

[mark poulson]

My buddy was fishing in 100 plus temps yesterday, and he said he had an Elaztech senko melt off of his hook.

[Chode]

I keep mine between my butt cheeks where it's outta the sun and the temp is consistently 98.6. Although, i could be in trouble if I'm.running a fever. On top of all that, there's a bonus scent that drives fishies crazy.

[hoohoorjoo]

I keep mine between my butt cheeks where it's outta the sun and the temp is consistently 98.6. Although, i could be in trouble if I'm.running a fever. On top of all that, there's a bonus scent that drives fishies crazy.

[mark poulson]

I keep mine between my butt cheeks where it's outta the sun and the temp is consistently 98.6. Although, i could be in trouble if I'm.running a fever. On top of all that, there's a bonus scent that drives fishies crazy.

[Sore Thumb]

I keep mine between my butt cheeks where it's outta the sun and the temp is consistently 98.6. Although, i could be in trouble if I'm.running a fever. On top of all that, there's a bonus scent that drives fishies crazy.

Wont work for everyone though. The sun shines out from there with some people.