Anyone use food color?

[Lunarphase]

I see lots of guys using Crayons for color in their lube.
Does any one use "Food Color"?

[44man]

Once loaded, what do you see?
It matters if you use different lubes for a lot of stuff so you know what to use but in general, one lube can be SBB. Don't ask what that means!

[gbrown]

+1 with 44man. I have used crayons, but generally leave the lube in it's natural form. Food coloring won't work, at least it did not for me. I used it in a lube with paraffin and the food coloring is water based. It did not mix. Luckily, it was in a test batch, so I didn't lose much.

[H.Callahan]

I think you could use candle coloring (http://www.candlewic.com/store/category.aspx?q=c7). Prices seem pretty cheap and it doesn't look like you need a lot for smaller batches.

[lar45]

Food color did not work for me.
http://www.letitshineusa.com/products.asp?cat=172
These people are great to work with and have these color chips in a wide range of colors. One pack contains 10 chips and is enough for around 10# of wax. I've tried them in small custom lubes batches and they worked pretty good.

[Lunarphase]

Thanks, those were the answers I was looking for.

Yes, I'm gunna be tryin out a few different recipes so I want to isolate them by color so there are no mix-ups. Black powder, Leveractions, and Bolt actions, with different bullet velocities.

You guys rock.
Thanks,
Lunar