Let's go back to that red coloring again

[Scented]

Tried some red that Carrie sent me (thank you!) and I'm actually seeing orange instead in the #40 alum lake from TKB. I was curious, does it start out that way? Hoping not, but wondering just how much you guys use of it to get red.

[Barbara AL]

I just got some too from TKB I would also like to know how much to use. Scented how much did you use?

I have also heard that Merlot Mica from BB has a beautiful red tone.

Barbara AL

[Scented]

What I used was about 1/2 tsp mixed in glycerin, which I had a beautiful red before adding soap. When I added about 3/4 c. of soap to it, mixed, it went orange. Right now my midnight pomegrante is definitely orange lol.

Don't mix it with flaming red from Southern Soapers. That appears to be a darker orange, but in all fairness on the soap I used that with, I am sure the FO and TD have a lot to do with the discoloring.

[mystical_angel1219]

Do you have any Hot Mama from TKB? It's a gorgeous [iMO] true, vampy red.

[Carrie]

Do you have any Hot Mama from TKB? It's a gorgeous [iMO] true, vampy red.

I soaped it and got an ugly reddish brown color, not a true red. It is gorgeous in the bag though.

[Scented]

Haven't it, but it goes orange-ish red on me at 1/2 tsp. Pretty in the bag, but not giving off what I'm looking for and too expensive to use the whole bag to see if it would give what I want.

I'll wait and see what happens with this #40 at the end of gel in about a day. It went from orange to a very light orange and has since decided to darken. I know, don't talk about color till it's done, but I think it's simply cycling through various oranges lol.

Might be one that I will need to use more than 1/2 tsp. I know with TD in the batch, it turns it orange or a spicy looking orange, but again this one also is just starting to hit the gel state.

[redquilt]

Mixing red 33 with red 40 both fd&c colorants will give you a truer red.

Red 33 is a raspberry colored (blue red) and red 40 is orange red in soap

the combination give a red that's down the middle and more true imo.

[8-GRAN-ONES]

I knowticed that southern soaper is getting a new red..

call corvette red..says it is a true red..

[IndulgentCreations]

I knowticed that southern soaper is getting a new red..

call corvette red..says it is a true red..

I saw this yesterday too! I can't wait until it's available, it's on my list to order and try right away.

[Scented]

Yeah I asked Kelly to post on a pix lol! I'm tired of hunting for reds, but going to seek out some Red 30 now to go with the Red 40 and see what happens. I still have a few soaps to make that I want red in ... and since I'm no longer getting red out of anything it ought to be interesting to see what does come out lol.