Trying to re-hydrate

[mancity]

Hi Guys,

Im having a small problem trying to re-hydrate some boilies.........

Basically, air-dried them until they were like small marbles and they smelt pretty awful (kind of yeasty, but in a bad way). Im certain that hadn't gone off as there was no mould whatsoever. As they no longer smelled anything like Pineapple, I tasted one and it tasted bland.......

So, decided to re-hydrate some as a read on here they they re-gain the flavour/ attractiveness once re-hydrated. Put about 30 in a bucket with some bottled water and left them for well over 24 hours. the result was they they seemed to have swelled up and cracked??? They didn't look like boilies you could use. I then thought id try dry them off again so took some out for a good few hours and they were just ruined and cracked all over.

Am I missing something here?

[Grim REAPER]

Originally Posted by mancity

Hi Guys,

Im having a small problem trying to re-hydrate some boilies.........

Basically, air-dried them until they were like small marbles and they smelt pretty awful (kind of yeasty, but in a bad way). Im certain that hadn't gone off as there was no mould whatsoever. As they no longer smelled anything like Pineapple, I tasted one and it tasted bland.......

So, decided to re-hydrate some as a read on here they they re-gain the flavour/ attractiveness once re-hydrated. Put about 30 in a bucket with some bottled water and left them for well over 24 hours. the result was they they seemed to have swelled up and cracked??? They didn't look like boilies you could use. I then thought id try dry them off again so took some out for a good few hours and they were just ruined and cracked all over.

Am I missing something here?

Hi city(when you doin that streak round sale by the way)shaun harrison wrote an excellent article/s on this check this link out ,should be enough for you to go at

http://www.questbaits.com/pdf/tacticalangler.pdf

[mancity]

Hi mate,

Ive read it thanks. Only thing I can pull from that is maybe I used too much water .

[Grim REAPER]

Think this is the original article that shaun wrote in carpworld m8

Rehydration of carp baits, how to prepare baits for session in France and the UK | Quest Baits Blog

[richk]

Originally Posted by Grim REAPER

Think this is the original article that shaun wrote in carpworld m8

Rehydration of carp baits, how to prepare baits for session in France and the UK | Quest Baits Blog

Thats the one and I can reccomend that method as I have used it and it works a treat.

[Wooly]

I don't believe it is possible to use too much water. With the various mixes I have used the baits eventually absorb so much water they turn into large paste balls, very soft and mushy.
If you are using a home made mix it probably means that it is not suitable to this technique. Having said that I would have no idea what may be the issue with the mix.