I've been lurking -----Original Message----- From: soapcraft-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:soapcraft-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Louise Shing Sent: Monday, 19 July 2010 5:08 p.m. To: soapcraft@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [soapcraft] Re: Colour Hey Ross Beginning to wonder where you were as we haven't heard from you. Louise on 19/7/10 3:56 PM, galahad at galahad@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > Hi Jan > > What colours were you using? > > Ross > > ----- Original Message Follows ----- >> Hi everyone >> >> OMG - I made my (only) 3rd soap batch yesterday. I added >> some red soap dye and a little bit of blue, to get a >> purple, mixed it with some oil, and it looked purple, >> really dark purple in fact. Not really what I wanted but >> oh well, that was that, because I thought well that's a >> nice purple albeit dark! >> >> But this morning I'm looking at the soap and its faded >> quite a lot, but you can see the red and blue dots >> underneath the soap as if it wasn't mixed in, but it was >> completely mixed in the oil. So could someone help me >> and explain what I did wrong in the colour area. I mixed >> it with the soil first, then mixed it into the soap at a >> light trace and blended it in. Looked mixed. >> >> All three of my batches that I've done, the colours have >> not been right. Helps if I use the right stuff but this >> time I have and it's spotty. >> >> Any thoughts would be appreciated. >> >> Got my soap swap all wrapped and ready to go, what a >> relief, I hope it's ok, it was only my second try, so >> don't be too harsh. >> >> Jan >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------- >> ---------------------------------- >> >> This list is sponsored by http://www.soapcraft.co.nz - >> supplier of raw ingredients. >> >> To unsubscribe from this list go to >> //www.freelists.org/list/soapcraft/ enter your email >> address and choose unsubscribe. Or you can send an email >> to soapcraft-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with unsubscribe in the >> subject line. >> ---------------------------------------------------------- >> --------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > -------------- > > This list is sponsored by http://www.soapcraft.co.nz - supplier of raw > ingredients. > > To unsubscribe from this list go to //www.freelists.org/list/soapcraft/ > enter your email address and choose unsubscribe. Or you can send an email to > soapcraft-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with unsubscribe in the subject line. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > ------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- This list is sponsored by http://www.soapcraft.co.nz - supplier of raw ingredients. To unsubscribe from this list go to //www.freelists.org/list/soapcraft/ enter your email address and choose unsubscribe. Or you can send an email to soapcraft-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with unsubscribe in the subject line. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.839 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3012 - Release Date: 07/18/10 06:35:00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is sponsored by http://www.soapcraft.co.nz - supplier of raw ingredients. To unsubscribe from this list go to //www.freelists.org/list/soapcraft/ enter your email address and choose unsubscribe. Or you can send an email to soapcraft-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with unsubscribe in the subject line. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------