Paste Floatant Choices

[Bamboozle]

Bamboozle..........
Gehrke?s Gink originally came in a paste form. I?m not sure that it is still sold but it was GREAT stuff.

I have one of those paste containers. It's still full of the original Gink floatant, and smaller in diameter than my Mucilin but thicker. I bought it in 1974 and it still works great.

I "think" I remember that old Gink. Didn't it come in a small RED screw top container?

[greyfox]

>Will - Since you're from Florida (gotta get hot there!), does the Dab stuff from Cortland liquify when it gets hot? Inquiring minds >want to know.......Ed

Hi Ed,

Haven't used floatant on Deceivers or Clousers down here in the salt.

But when I'm in the NC mountains for trout, it's been pretty warm at times and the Cortland paste hasn't leaked out. I wouldn't let it sit all day on the dashboard, though.

Best,
Will

[Heritage Angler]

Thanks Will - I think I'm going to wait for the patented Bamboozle "trunk on a hot day" test on the Loon Payette Paste to see if it survives. I'll pick up some Dab as well, just in case. Cortland products have always been good to me.........Ed

[Lotech]

Bamboozle..........
Gehrke?s Gink originally came in a paste form. I?m not sure that it is still sold but it was GREAT stuff.

I have one of those paste containers. It's still full of the original Gink floatant, and smaller in diameter than my Mucilin but thicker. I bought it in 1974 and it still works great.

I "think" I remember that old Gink. Didn't it come in a small RED screw top container?

Yup. Small plastic container but it's a snap top lid. Kind of like a childproof asprin bottle, but not childproof.

[DickM]

Lotech.........
I still have 4 of the Gink containers which I guard jealously. They all have screw on lids. The snap on lids must have been the last generation of the paste.

[Bamboozle]

Thanks all for the suggestions & recommendations.

With a heads-up from Heritage Angler about a supply of Loon Payette at the L.L. Bean store around the corner from me; I picked up some Payette yesterday.

I stuck it in a 200 degree oven for about an hour this morning and I can happily report that although it went from a opaque milky looking color to being clear; it only got softer but didn't liquefy. I assume it will go back to being opaque once it cools. So I guess it will work just fine for my application and probably WON'T melt in anyone's vest pocket.

I only wish I was clever enough to think of throwing some Tater Tots in the oven with the Payette.

Thanks again!

[Heritage Angler]

Just remember - Payette Paste is a substitute for Mucillin, and not Metamucil, and things will come out fine in the end.

[Lotech]

Lotech.........
I still have 4 of the Gink containers which I guard jealously. They all have screw on lids. The snap on lids must have been the last generation of the paste.

Nice to know. I was unaware of that.