jerry wrote:
Kitty litter is made from bentonite. It gets really slick when wet and clumps up. It's mined in northern WY. It will slick up the tires of a pick up and you'll sit and spin. Put chains on and it's only a matter of time until they slick up and you spin again.
I think what Wes is asking for is something different.
I do beleive that good ole kitty litter ( the grey stuff) is made from a fullers type of thing.
Just crush it up mix with washing up liquid and it works for me. May just be the wash up liquid but my leaders sink fine when I use it for dry fly fishing
KP
Wes Wada wrote:In my continued quest for leader-sink compounds, I have found a reference to Fuller's Earth, defined as:
Actually, it seems you are both right. The original Lowe's Kitty Litter formulation was Fuller's Earth. Surpassing that in popularity has been the newer clumping variety of kitty litter which is made from bentonite.
How bentonite would work for a tippet sink, I dunno, but KP says its a 'go'. I am going to go out and see if the original Lowe's Kitty Litter is still available.
http://pubs.acs.org/cen/whatstuff/stuff/8217kitty.html
Wes
