Re: Need help with color mixing
Rick E. Sevier
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Title:
Re: Need help with color mixing
Creator:
Rick E. Sevier
Date:
9/7/2002
Text:
Zack,
Try using an insulin syringe to obtain small recordable quantities.
Rick E. Sevier
Student, O & P Program, Oklahoma State University - Okmulgee
>I'm interested in making my own facial prosthetics in platinum silicone, and
>I'm not sure how to go about color mixing. What is the basic set of colors
>I need to mix, and which is the best supply-house for those colors? Is
>there a standard way to mix less than a drop and still accurately record
>quantities? What are the procedures for matching someone's skin? The only
>thing I can think of is to create many slightly different color combinations,
>cure a small patch of silicone for each color, and then compare by eye. Is that
>the standard method for color-matching, or is there something more precise?
>I very much appreciate your help.
>--
>Zack Brown
Try using an insulin syringe to obtain small recordable quantities.
Rick E. Sevier
Student, O & P Program, Oklahoma State University - Okmulgee
>I'm interested in making my own facial prosthetics in platinum silicone, and
>I'm not sure how to go about color mixing. What is the basic set of colors
>I need to mix, and which is the best supply-house for those colors? Is
>there a standard way to mix less than a drop and still accurately record
>quantities? What are the procedures for matching someone's skin? The only
>thing I can think of is to create many slightly different color combinations,
>cure a small patch of silicone for each color, and then compare by eye. Is that
>the standard method for color-matching, or is there something more precise?
>I very much appreciate your help.
>--
>Zack Brown
Citation
Rick E. Sevier, “Re: Need help with color mixing,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 24, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/219651.
