lindsaycb Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 When I squirt in my colors...it doesn't do a darn thing. Speckles my bomb...maybe shades it a little bit too...but I want bright & happy bombs!Any tips you can share? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crafty1_AJ Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Some colorants are best dissolved in water; some do better in oil. My guess is you're just using the wrong kind. I use concentrated M&P powder dyes and whisk them into my liquid portion before pouring onto my dry portion. HTH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lindsaycb Posted April 5, 2006 Author Share Posted April 5, 2006 I'm using select shades...so a couple squirts and I get speckles.Okay, where's the best place to find the powders? Can I use my oxides? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crafty1_AJ Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 I use the powdered dyes for M&P from Mid Con Agrimarketing in Olathe, Kansas. I whisk a pinch (a little goes a long way -- they're highly concentrated) into my water/oil mixture before drizzling into the dry mixture. Works like a charm, and they have red, yellow, blue and green. I mix colors sometimes, such as red and green, to get a tan/light brown color, for example. Or red and yellow to yield orange. HTH! Can't remember the link for their site, but I posted it a few days ago for someone else on this board, so if you do a search, hopefully it will turn up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scented Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Here's mid-con:http://www.mid-conagri.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spellkast Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 If you're making them for yourself regular old food dye works really well, too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wickerbeal Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 I have the best luck using good old food coloring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crafty1 Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 i was having a problem with getting good bright colors with mine. so last night i tried a different method, i colored and scented my salts then added it to the rest of the recipe. worked like a charm for me. for this particular batch i used regular food coloring. the previous batch i used powedered colors and it gave me the result i wanted after working at it for a while. i think if i had colored the salts first it would have been better for the previous batch HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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