water dye

[Tim Gill]

Hi all

I know I should know better then asking a question like this but basically i have goo-kited a grande a short time ago black wax and orange water. It looked good for a bit but the orange has faded to a very pale yellow. 

I used just standard food color, what brands / type of color would work and not fade, and yes I have not left the lamp by a window / UV so its not that.

Thanks

[Carol]

I put blue dye in my son's lamp and that also faded pretty quickly.  I now take an old pillow case and have been covering it every day.  Even though direct sunlight isn't on it, I think even the room being brightly lit during the day does something to the food coloring in the fluid.  I even tried food grade water based air brush ink and that also faded.  It looks awesome when I first use it, but then it does eventually fade.  I wonder if Sharpie ink would fade.  Keith redid a blue fluid lamp with Sharpies and it looks awesome.  Very much like the original LL blue fluid.  Don't know if it faded yet or not.

[Keith]

Nope, hasn't faded.  Not sharpie's though, hi-liter pen, used for highlighting books and such:

Open and remove the felt insert, then squeeze the ink into the water.  Or into a separate container so you can add whatever amount you desire

[Tim Gill]

Thanks Keith, will try that - pictures of the grande and a fue more will be uploaded soon when I have sorted it out.

[Keith]

Link to a pic from 11/5/14, 3 and a half months and no fading, pic included here also;

http://oozinggoo.ning.com/photo/blue-fluid-with-highliter-ink-proje...

[Verax]

Looks great!  I may have to try this if my food coloring one fades