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Offline toadfrogbaits

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color help
« on: 08/30/12 05:56 UTC »
I need to make yellow chartruese with the x2 colorant . Its almost like a banana color . Any suggestions.

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Re: color help
« Reply #1 on: 08/30/12 08:05 UTC »
Banana yellow is more yellow than chartreuse. I think it would be easier just to start with bright yellow but I'll take a shot with your chartreuse.

I'd start with about 15 drops to 4 oz to opaque it a little. Make your basic charatreuse from raw plastic and cook, then while hot make your color adjustments. Start with 1 drop of white in the hot chartreuse to help stop light from penetrating the bright color, which makes it want to glow.

I'd use a very thin stick...toothpick diameter....and dip it in a dark brown or black just far enough to put a miniscule drop on the end and blend it in. You may have to do this a few times but BABY steps here is the key so mix in each dipped stick before doing another. Myself I'd lean towards the brown as a toning color since its more on the yellow end than black is. Keep some white handy to use in the same way to make any lighter adjustments.

When I am matching colors I use bamboo skewers used for cooking. These are tooth pick diameter and sharply pointed on one end which is the end I use as a color pick-up.

Personally I think you'd be steps ahead by starting with a yellow, not chartreuse. Chartreuse has uv enhancers in it that focus uv light inward and make it light up and those enhancers will fight you. Basic yellow won't do that. Basic yellow with a small dip of brown would give you your banana color in a blink. Once you're there you could always add a small drop of chartreuse to give your basic color some zip.
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Re: color help
« Reply #2 on: 08/30/12 10:15 UTC »
There are 2 choices for chartreuse in X2:

Chartreuse:


Green Chartreuse:


We have X2 Yellow on the way, which I think would be the easiest, but any brand yellow should work fine.

As far as changing the color I think Tom is spot on with a brown.  You could even use cinnamon or pumpkin seed (anything in the brown family).

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« Reply #3 on: 08/30/12 13:13 UTC »
Thanks for color names Jason. Since I am not one to make bass baits and all of the brown colors fall under that heading I don't know the names. To me brown is brown.

That banana yellow can be a tough one to make since everyone's going to see that yellow differently. And once that banana begins to get that pretty yellow you'd best be darned quick at duplicating it since bananas continue to ripen at a dangerous rate. That yellow might only be that shade you're looking for for only an hour.
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Re: color help
« Reply #4 on: 08/30/12 13:16 UTC »
 This is what I use as Banana. I'm all sold out but I have some tails made up.  http://www.caneycreekmolds.net/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=1375  Sorry about the pic but you can see the color idea.

1/2 cup reg plastic
30 drops fluor chartreuse nb
12 drops white nb

the white cuts down on translucence.

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« Reply #5 on: 08/30/12 13:52 UTC »
This is what I use as Banana. I'm all sold out but I have some tails made up.  http://www.caneycreekmolds.net/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=1375  Sorry about the pic but you can see the color idea.

1/2 cup reg plastic
30 drops fluor chartreuse nb
12 drops white nb

the white cuts down on translucence.

That's a cool color, like the inside of a Banana vs the outside.  Do you use that as a trailer?  Thanks for sharing the recipe.

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Re: color help
« Reply #6 on: 08/30/12 15:17 UTC »
Hot dang I knew I could count on you guys thanks . Got about 4000 4'' swims to shoot in that color . I really wasn't into trial and error .

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« Reply #7 on: 08/30/12 16:01 UTC »
Hot dang I knew I could count on you guys thanks . Got about 4000 4'' swims to shoot in that color . I really wasn't into trial and error .

If you are going to do it using the X2 colorants the drops will be way less.  I would start with 25% and work your way up if needed.  Once you nail it let us know.

Thanks,

Jason