Fire Tiger

[Tiderunner]

I found my Achilles Heel. Fire Tiger Laminate. I'm using a laminate plate. My chartreuse never comes out dark enough. Tried lime-treuse added and then some chartreuse glitter. Ok not bad. Then I mix my orange. Florescent and regular. Comes out too dark. Not a big deal. But when I lay the chartreuse half in the mold and inject the orange, the orange completely decimates the chartreuse. And my nicety formed chartreuse half actually get flat. Using the Gary Yamamoto CNC mold from Do It.  MF Soft sinking plastisol. Every time I have tried to laminate this color combo, regardless of what I am pouring, it never comes out right.

I did pour the chartreuse first, maybe I should swap the oeder around? Maybe color #2 is too hot and melting the chartreuse?  Only one other color combo in all the years I have been doing this has given me trouble, Yamamoto 197, but I'm at least close enough with that one.  But this fire tiger combo is driving  me nuts.

Suggestions? Or have I already answered some of my own questions?

[alsworms]

I'm not entirely sure if I'm understanding this right, if it's a mold or color issue.  If it's a color problem, the only thing that worked for me was changing to non-bleed chartreuse.  ANY color I used prior to that would obliterate chartreuse. 

[Tiderunner]

On 4/16/2023 at 1:59 PM, alsworms said:

I'm not entirely sure if I'm understanding this right, if it's a mold or color issue.  If it's a color problem, the only thing that worked for me was changing to non-bleed chartreuse.  ANY color I used prior to that would obliterate chartreuse. 

Mold shoots just fine. I just need to use a LOT of coloring to make the colors bright enough. The chartreuse is a non bleed, and I found you cannot use too much. As you mentioned the orange obliterates the chartreuse. I'm thinking ( which is scary ), that if a teeny tiny drop of white were added to give the chartreuse some depth rather than being translucent? That might be worth a try. As far as the orange side, adding white would probably give it a creamsicle color. I stopped using florescent orange, mainly because I ran out, and I'm using non bleed orange.  Same thing with orange. It almost seems you cannot use too much.

One other possibility is, salt. I usually use glass beads in my mix, with a little salt. I think a more salt added would make the colors opaque, and show the bold contrast of the two colors.

I've been working on this for a couple of days, and I'm getting close. I even tried using chartreuse glitter and orange glitter.

Makes for a nice bait, but that will have to wait. Perhaps a swimbait with an orange top half and white pearl belly. Chartreuse tail.