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8. Plastics & Jighead Storage
When it comes to storing your soft plastics and jigheads there's a stack of options available and also a few important things to remember.
Don't mix different soft plastics together. Different brands of soft plastics can react with each other, turning into one big messy blob, so it's important to keep different brands of soft plastics separate.
Soft plastics can also react with different plastic containers, so they are best stored in their original packets, to keep them in optimum condition. Moncross have a selection of boxes that feature a ZMan OK sticker and these are suitable for storing loose ZMan plastics.
Bleeding can also occur between different colours of soft plastics, so if storing them loose you may wish to consider the colours that you put together, or even better store them separately in their original packaging to avoid colours mixing.
When storing soft plastics it is also important to avoid extreme heat as this can cause damage to the material. Avoid leaving soft plastics in direct sunlight in a vehicle or on your boat deck.
Let's look at a selection of storage options for jigheads and plastics in more detail.
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