Shmang Posted February 18, 2005 Report Share Posted February 18, 2005 Got an order from LC yesterday. I got some sweet potato color in and it creates more of an amber type hue. Do I need a ton of drops to get the real or true color? Did i not shake it up enough? I did not get a chance to really fool with it too much last evening so I have some more experimenting to do. I just wanted to make sure it was not a color issue or something I failed to do. I was going to add black flake, green, maybe some red flake--any other "must have" colors I need to consider? Thanks and take care, Shmang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softworm Posted February 18, 2005 Report Share Posted February 18, 2005 Shmang here is my formula. 6 oz. plas. 30 dr. sw potato 2 jelly red (m-f color) 1 rootbeer 2 pumpkin & black glitter .035 Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojo Posted February 18, 2005 Report Share Posted February 18, 2005 Normally, with no salt added, 3 or 4 drops per ounce of plastic will give you color saturation. Meaning the color won't get any darker or more true than it is at that point. Some colors look completely different in the bottle than when they're added to plastic. You may have to experiment a little and mix up a color to your liking. Also, add one or two 1/4-20 nuts to the bottle. It helps to mix the color, sort of like the ball bearing in a can of spray paint. As far as what colors get the basics: Black, White, Red, Blue and Yellow. You can lighten and darken most colors with black and white to adjust to your liking, as well as mixing an amazing amount of different colors from these primary colors. As far as "must have" colors, pretty soon you'll want them all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsworms Posted February 18, 2005 Report Share Posted February 18, 2005 I use a lot of sweet potato, and that color is one that needs a bunch of mixing. Sounds to me like that's your problem. If it's not well-mixed, it will look like a light burnt amber. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senkosam Posted February 20, 2005 Report Share Posted February 20, 2005 Like Al said... I've added it to pearl or yellow pearl and floured salt with nice results. A great color when laminated to translucent watermelon/.040 black flake/ mix. Your lams are great - give it a try. (Wonder how yam laminated to purple with marigold and green flake would look; or yam laminated to pearl; or laminated to green pumpkin with seed; or laminated to light smoke with gold, marigold and black flake ?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
