Colors changing

[saint308]

Has any of you had any experience with the colors changing after you pour. I poured some watermelon seed frogs the other day. They had a nice green color to them when I poured. However, now they have more of a greyish blue look to them. Not all turned this way some are still good. I poured about 5 batches or 30 or so frogs. The formula I used was:

24 dels light watermelon

4 dels black

4 oz. mf ss

I will see if I can get some pics showing the difference. Thanks. Saint.

[The Dutchman]

I have found with watermelon color that if you reheat several times the color begins to fade or wash out. It doesn't keep the green color you began with. You may have to use less plastic so you use it all in just one or two pours.

[Delw]

The only thing I can think of is your plastic was to hot, but even then you been pouring for a while, so I doubt that was your problem.

I have watermellon baits that I have had poured and sitting for years ( seriously) and they are still green wth black fleck.

did you use scents or oils in the bag? if you did that could be the culprit.

or if they hit sunlight than the plastic is short on the UV protection inside of it this is one reason why its a mush to mix your plastic well no matter whos product it is.

one other thing, did you oil your molds or have any other oils touching your plastic in or out of the bag?

Ive never seen watermellon( any brand) turn to blue before.

[dampeoples]

I had some bubblegum from Del turn once, don't know if I shook the bottle enough, or if it was something else.

[saint308]

I think it may either be the bottle was not shaken enough. It may also be that I reheated it too often and it started to fade. They have been laying out on a pan in my kitchen. No oils or sunlight have touched them. I know for sure it is not the colorant. Thanks. Saint.

[Delw]

In my experiance fading is generally not the color, no matter who's it is (unless its floresent colors some of them bleed but don't fad)

its more the plastic or the addtives that are added into it.

BTW shaking the colors won't help for fading, it will only help in getting a more potent color.

in colors the pigment settles and always needs to be mixed extreamly well.

there is nothing you can do to keep the colors from settling no matter whos colors they are.

some will settle more than others, blues, reds and flo colors are the worse for settling.

we always recommend that the customer puts a few 1/4-20 nuts in each bottle of color and shake the heck out of it before you use it. one nut wont work 2 is best. if its cold make sure you warm it up first.

on methiolate and chartruse colors April found that if you pop the bottle in the microwave for 10 seconds its a lot easier to mix especially for the methiolate. The methiolate will also settle hard on the bottom so its a really good idea to break it apart with a screwdriver then mix it very well before use.