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Thread: Need harbor freight yellow

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    Boolit Master hickfu's Avatar
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    Need harbor freight yellow

    Does anyone have harbor freight yellow and not going to use it?
    I have red but need at least 1 bottle of yellow to make my orange.
    I know I can buy orange PC from other places but I like the way the harbor freight paints don't mix perfectly and it has red and yellow spots in it.

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    powder paint doesn't work like liquid paint. you would get splotchy bullets, not orange....

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    Quote Originally Posted by elginrunner View Post
    powder paint doesn't work like liquid paint. you would get splotchy bullets, not orange....
    I guess I actually didnt mix HF Red and HF Yellow to get this color then....

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    As I said in my original post, It turns out Orange with yellow spots (I call it fire orange)

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    Looks good to me, if they were round I'd be going in the fridge for an orange
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    Doc sorry but I use mine to make OD green, mix kawasaki green with HF yellow, uncle sugar to the T. I have also made the orange same as you, I like it.
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    Doc can't help with yellow but I do have a bottle of HF red you can have. No shipping charges since you are in the same town.

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    Quote Originally Posted by elginrunner View Post
    powder paint doesn't work like liquid paint. you would get splotchy bullets, not orange....
    not necessarily true. Sometimes different brands/colors of powder actually mix like liquid paint but, on the most part mixing 2 (or more) PC colors will give you an exotic result.

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    Quote Originally Posted by joe leadslinger View Post
    Doc can't help with yellow but I do have a bottle of HF red you can have. No shipping charges since you are in the same town.

    I appreciate it Joe but I have 3 bottles of HF Red already... I mix red to yellow 2 to 1 for my orange color.
    There is someone selling an open bottle on ebay for $8.00 but they want $15.20 shipping

    I emailed them saying I would buy it if they poured the PC into a ziplock bag and shipped it USPS small flat rate but they wont reply... oh well I will make due with the amount I have left or just buy another color to finish up my bullets with.

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    Is there something from “Smoke” that might do the trick? His powders are very proven.

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    I ordered 4 different colors today so I will see how they work out.... Im going with just solid colors to test my way of doing PC.

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    I may have. Will need to check...if so, it's yours. I'll need to find a box to fit it. Of course, I'll need an address. Went and looked....it's about 5/8's full.
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