(Accidently put this post in the subcategory so I'm reposting it here).
Recently I've been trying to get Opal Yellow to strike. It seems like no matter what I do, it stubbornly remains whitish and ugly. In the picture below, I think I used Opal Yellow on the dots. There is this lovely pink in the center of the dots. I tried to recreate this in another bead and that Opal Yellow just wasn't doing its thing. I have the good stuff, too. With rings of pink on the end.
In the second bead, I also used Opal Yellow, but it wasn't doing anything (like striking), so I ended up putting pink on the bead. It has been a long time since I made the first bead, but I don't think I used pink for the dots. I know I used Opal Yellow.
But lately, when I use OY, it comes out dull and plain, either mostly white or a very pale yellow. Not at all what I want. There is some yellow in the second bead, but it's probably from another color underneath. I did use other yellows in the bead.
Any tips on how to strike it?
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Minor with two 5 lpm oxycons. Sometimes I use both of them...
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