mixing colorant

[Obie]

Just spent two days in the shop screwing up a color recipe that I have been doing for two months.  Have been using lc vilot grape and getting a deep purple color that i really liked.  Went out last night and followed the same recipe and all my baits were coming out a plum color could not figure out what i was doing wrong searched all the forums and thought i was scorching the plastic  went out today and bought silicon cups heated the plastic and by the time it hit 330° had the same problem.  Finnally i did the same recipe with ccm grape and it turned out perfect.  Must have been not been mixing the vilot grape enough early on and getting more grape then vilot.  Lesson learned just happy i figured out the issue it has been a frustrating two days.  Cant wait to try jasons new colorant sounds like mixing wont be an issue.

[ctom]

Some colors will have a bunch of pigment packing on the bottle bottom if you don't use it often. A couple stailnless 1/4" nuts tossed in the bottle before shaking work well in this case. This sounds like a clasic case of settling. Try the nuts and shake like crazy for ten minutes.