Disappearing chartreuse

[Jig Man 234]

I am working on some laminates, green pumpkin/chartreuse and coppertruse.  My chartreuse is more or less fading to green.  I want it to be brighter but not too sure how to go about it.  My chartreuse is translucent.  Would a different type be better?    Suggestions....

 

Edited April 8 by Jig Man

[Bass-Boys 157]

maybe add 1 drop of white . 

or try Florescent yellow/green 

 Hmm not sure .

[Jig Man 234]

I mixed some yellow and green in my chartreuse.  It seems to have helped as it as they aren’t translucent.  I’ll add a couple of drops of white and see how it goes.  Thanks for the suggestion.

Edited April 8 by Jig Man

[alsworms 544]

An opaque chartreuse would help and also make sure you get a "non-bleed." 

[Les Young 295]

That's looks pretty good right there if you ask me.

[wallyc14 125]

I use m and f Chartreuse non-bleed for a summer-craw laminate I use a lot. It is a pretty opaque chartreuse, I have to use quite a bit to really get it to contrast well against a dark color.I agree with adding some white it should help . I went through a lot of brands before I settled on it for that reason.

[mark poulson 2,349]

On 4/9/2021 at 8:37 AM, alsworms said:

An opaque chartreuse would help and also make sure you get a "non-bleed." 

Al, what makes some chartreuse bleed?

[Bass-Boys 157]

I also have some purple and red that bleed..

[McLuvin175 82]

Most transparent chartreuses bleed, especially if it is a dye and not a pigment. Adding white will opaque it up but adding too much can kill the brightness of the chartreuse.

[SlowFISH 190]

Quick question on Chartreuses/Fluorescents -

Why do these need to be added prior to heating?  I don't use them a ton and I understand you need to add it prior to heating... but WHY?  Anyone know the actual reason those need to be used in this manner compared to nearly every other color/powder.... other than if you don't they don't work? LOL!

Also - has anyone added more colorant to a batch (to add more saturation) if your light on the amount of drops to start with with any success?  

Last time I used a fluorescent color (green) I managed to like what I got right off the bat (drops in prior to heating)... but in the past made the mistake of heating first then trying to add drops - found myself dumping WAY WAY more colorant in than it should have taken and only had minimal change/result, which is sort of why I stay away from using those type colors.... 

Anyone have a process of adjusting the color once it's heated?  Heat another small batch with a ton of color and add/mix it in??  There has to be a way to adjust once it's heated other than trail an error... hopefully!???!!!

Thanks.

 J.

[alsworms 544]

14 hours ago, mark poulson said:

Al, what makes some chartreuse bleed?

I wish I knew.  I just know that when I changed to non-bleed, problem solved.  I'm guessing similar problems with most if not all fluorescents. 

I had made a 1000 fluke order at one time with the belly being pearl and the body chartreuse.  By the time the customer received them, they were all chartreuse.  DOH!  Bit the bullet and remade them with non-bleed.  Done deal. 

[bryanmc 201]

On 4/12/2021 at 10:41 AM, alsworms said:

I wish I knew.  I just know that when I changed to non-bleed, problem solved.  I'm guessing similar problems with most if not all fluorescents. 

I had made a 1000 fluke order at one time with the belly being pearl and the body chartreuse.  By the time the customer received them, they were all chartreuse.  DOH!  Bit the bullet and remade them with non-bleed.  Done deal. 

Barry Ng once told me he had figured out how to keep that from happening, but he never told me how...  LOL