Quote Originally Posted by fish_4_all View Post
Well, Snake River has me going in the right direction, can not thank you enough Bob.

Now I have a few questions:
Basic colors to start off, I am thinking the following:
Black, white, red, orange, pink, purple, chart and a root beer/motor oil color
How much of each? Think 4 ounce because of the lower cost and so it will last a while. Not sure how much 4 ounces will dye but should be a lot more than a couple gallons.

2 colors: can you pour one color in another mold, let it cool, insert it into part of the other mold and inject another color and have them stick together properly?

How do you know how much to mix up for filling the molds you are working on? Trial and error and best guess?

Probably lots more questions later but that's enough for now. I don't have anything yet so asking too much too early aint gonna do me any goof.
your questions are basic questions the colors that you picked are good ones all word of caution on where you buy your colors I buy most of mine from the Lurecraft because they do not bleed yes you can shoot one color in a mold let it cool for a few seconds open it up and tear the body off and leave the tail and shoot the second color also you can reverse the mold flat side to the cavities and shoot half make sure that the backside of the mold is clean with alcohol or acetone for ounces of color will go a long ways you only need a couple of those colors to start out with and I would only buy a gallon of plastic at first to see if you like it to work with hot plastic I'm sure the guys have lots of comments to make about this subject here you have some mighty good ones already posted if you need any more questions answered let us know I'm sure the guys will give you plenty of information.