What pigments can't be pressed...

[Lndsy]

I had trouble with Silver Fog, it pressed ok and then fell apart right away. I also had trouble with the 3rd darkest, bronzy color that I cant remember the name of from the warm eyes set. I used 99% rubbing alcohol, left overnight and then a c clamp the next day. So I guess the metal rule is somewhat true.

All of the other pigments from both Warm and Cool eyes, Your Ladyship, Sweet Sienna, as well as Pink Bronze all worked awesome when pressed.

 

[gigglegirl]

I found my Deep Blue Green pigment started to really crumble after the first use after mixing it with alcohol and letting it dry--I wonder if I had added too much alcohol which when it evaporated left a lot of "space" so it became crumbly....need to press harder perhaps?

Also (I'm sure this goes without saying but dummy me did this) DO NOT drop a palette that contains pressed pigments. I nearly had my heart jump into my throat as I was moving my desk and two MAC palettes dropped. The e/s purchased from MAC seemed alright but the pigments *ewww* mess--Blue Brown, Forest Green *yikes* and Deep Blue Green pretty much all left the pan. SO sad, wasted pigment....esp. a d/c one like Forest Green. Man have I learned my lesson!!

 

[igswonderworld]

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Originally Posted by MACATTAK I bought a few pressed pigments before & pastorale & aire-de-blu came completely crumbled/broken. Those textures may not do well being pressed.

I pressed pastorale and it turned out to be perfect - it is so much easier to use this way..

 

[JessieLovesMac]

Hey gals,
Yesterday I had some pans arrive from the states and I went mad pressing pigments!! Some worked fantastically and others well... Here is what I pressed what went right and what went wrong!

Accent Red - Pressed really pretty , looks fantastic in my palette, But has no color pay off what so ever

. Not recommended

Basic Red - Pressed ok, looks a little bit wrinkly like an old woman bum, slight color pay off. Wouldn't really recommend.

Bright Fuchsia - Pressed really well! Huge color pay off. Recommended!

Helium - Pressed well. Slight color pay off. Wouldn't recommend.

Steel blue - Looks wicked! Huge color pay off. A little weary and will be interested to see how it looks in a week or so. As MissChievous Said

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Originally Posted by MissChievous The "chunky" pigments don't press well, they crumble after a while. Steel Blue seemed fine at first but after amount a month or so, the pigment lifted up and crumbled, seemingly all by itself. Very weird.

So hopefully this isn't going to end up the same.

True chartuse - Perfect. Pressed well. Huge color pay off. would recommend

Rush metal - Looks so pretty. No color pay off

wouldn't recommend

Orange - Pressed well. Huge color pay off. Would recommend.

Primary yellow - Pressed well. Huge color pay off. Would recommend.

Burnt Burgandy - Old lady's bum look again. No color pay off. Wouldn't recommend.

Violet - I think I might have added to much alcohol with this one or pressed to hard I thought it would defiantly work

No color pay off again. I wouldn't recommend.

So in the end most of them were a bit of a disaster. And I now wish I had found this thread before I started this little journey. So much wasted pigment

I used mac - Mixing medium ~ Alcohol, as my base.

Hope this helps everyone else!!
xx
Jessie

 

[magi]

Oh, that´s very interesting. Someone asked in our German forum, because her matte Pigments didn´t stay inthe pan - but mine look great and I was confused. I pressed POLISHED IVORY and COOL PINK in small pans and they are great. PI is already hitting the pan and CP was flying around without any case in a box and didn´t even crubled. Great...

I also have a 3g-Pan pressen with one half COOL PINK and another HELIUM (I love this combo as a blush and so I can mix them how I like). Also in this large panCP is great - HELIUM ist crumbling a bit. There comes lot of product off with using it with a brush, but it´s OK.

I also purchased here a pressed STEEL BLUE. I survived the shipping overseas, but after a while it plopped and my palette was alway full of BS, so I take the pigment off the pan and put it back to a jar...

 

[JessieLovesMac]

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Originally Posted by JessieLovesMac Hey gals, Yesterday I had some pans arrive from the states and I went mad pressing pigments!! Some worked fantastically and others well... Here is what I pressed what went right and what went wrong! Accent Red - Pressed really pretty , looks fantastic in my palette, But has no color pay off what so ever . Not recommended Basic Red - Pressed ok, looks a little bit wrinkly like an old woman bum, slight color pay off. Wouldn't really recommend. Bright Fuchsia - Pressed really well! Huge color pay off. Recommended! Helium - Pressed well. Slight color pay off. Wouldn't recommend. Steel blue - Looks wicked! Huge color pay off. A little weary and will be interested to see how it looks in a week or so. As MissChievous Said So hopefully this isn't going to end up the same. True chartuse - Perfect. Pressed well. Huge color pay off. would recommend Rush metal - Looks so pretty. No color pay off wouldn't recommend Orange - Pressed well. Huge color pay off. Would recommend. Primary yellow - Pressed well. Huge color pay off. Would recommend. Burnt Burgandy - Old lady's bum look again. No color pay off. Wouldn't recommend. Violet - I think I might have added to much alcohol with this one or pressed to hard I thought it would defiantly work No color pay off again. I wouldn't recommend. So in the end most of them were a bit of a disaster. And I now wish I had found this thread before I started this little journey. So much wasted pigment I used mac - Mixing medium ~ Alcohol, as my base. Hope this helps everyone else!! xx Jessie

Hey Gals! Just wanted to give you all an update on the pigments that I pressed I ignored them for a couple of weeks because I did not like them and they made me upset

But now I am stoked with most of them!!

Accent Red - Pressed really pretty , looks fantastic in my palette, Great Color Pay off!

Basic Red - To start with this pressed well and looked great! When I went back to it, it looked a little smaller as though it had shrunk! So I flipped it up side down and it fell straight out! Which was great! The bottom of it was slightly bigger than the top so I pushed it back in the pan but the opposite way around! It squeezed in nice and tight and now has a great color pay off! And looks better than ever the top is so smooth except for a brush mark!

Bright Fuchsia - Pressed really well! Huge color pay off. Recommended!

Still Great!
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Helium - Pressed well. Slight color pay off. Wouldn't recommend.

Now has a great color pay off!

I would Recommend

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Steel blue - Looks wicked! Huge color pay off. A little weary and will be interested to see how it looks in a week or so. As MissChievous Said

Steel Blue is still going great! Has not crumbled yet!

True chartreuse - Perfect. Pressed well. Huge color pay off. would recommend.
Still Great!

Rush metal - Looks so pretty. No color pay off

wouldn't recommend.
Now has a huge color pay off! So I would recommend

Orange - Pressed well. Huge color pay off. Would recommend.
Still Great!

Primary yellow - Pressed well. Huge color pay off. Would recommend.
Still Great!

Burnt Burgandy - Old lady's bum look again. No color pay off. Wouldn't recommend.
Now has a slight color pay off but only when I stroke my press my finger over it to grab some color.. Was the same as basic red how it lifted and i placed it back in the pan th opposite way. I would suggest If you have to press it to used the smallest amount of alcohol possible.

Violet - I think I might have added to much alcohol with this one or pressed to hard I thought it would defiantly work No color pay off again. I wouldn't recommend.
This one set with a really hard top and I accidentally put alot of mixing medium with it so it went really runny. So I have scraped the top layer off and now it had a fantastic color pay off!

So now I'm a bit happier with my pressed pigments and would recommend most of those!

 

[jdmac]

I've never had any problems pressing pigments until I pressed Mauvement & Sweet Sienna. I think my alcohol was 70 or 80 something %.

These two pigments are silvery/mauvey in color, but they both ended up with a green layer on top! =( (under this layer, things are normal).

I looked like it had oxidized?! It wasn't chunky or strange in texture, but when I made contact with the skin to try wiping off the layer, it definitely had green mixed into the color and the pigment stained my skin!! If remember correctly, it was a day or so and a lot of scrubbing before the color came off my skin.

Anyone else have this problem? It seems like others have been able to press these particular pigments successfully-I wonder if it's the lower content alcohol that I'm using??

Any advice?

 

[MrsMay]

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Originally Posted by jdmac I've never had any problems pressing pigments until I pressed Mauvement & Sweet Sienna. I think my alcohol was 70 or 80 something %. These two pigments are silvery/mauvey in color, but they both ended up with a green layer on top! =( (under this layer, things are normal).

I've just pressed (among others) sweet sienna, and it worked perfectly.

I did notice that there was a little bit of bright blue residue on my finger afterwards from the liquid that seeped out whilst pressing, but apart from that it's worked really well.

I also got this residue when I pressed mutiny, but the finished product with that was also fine.

Perhaps it depends on the alcohol to pigment ratio as to whether there is the blue/green layer on top? I usually mix mine so that they are like cake batter and dont have any liquid sitting on top...

Hope that helps!

 

[pinkkvintage]

has anyone pressed electric coral?
i pressed mine and its hard... i thought it was maybe because i didnt put enough alcohol in it or something?


so electric coral?
howd it work for you all

 

[veralicious]

i just swapped for entremauve & smoke signal pigment so i can press them but after reading this thread, i guess those 2 aren't pressable?

or is it possible?

 

[angiehorror]

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Originally Posted by pinkkvintage has anyone pressed electric coral? i pressed mine and its hard... i thought it was maybe because i didnt put enough alcohol in it or something? so electric coral? howd it work for you all

Came here to ask the same question.

I recently pressed my electric coral sample and it came out great.
I decided I love it so much, that I wanted to make a full pan.
I bought a full jar off someone (who claims it is authentic, and it seems to match my sample residue perfectly) but when I pressed the new pigment, it dried ROCK HARD. It's not even swipable. Chopping it back up is not even an option it's so hard.

Did I use too much alcohol?

My first thought was maybe this was a knock off...but it looks authentic to me. (jar, cap, color, and all)

The other pan I pressed came out AWESOME...so I'm confused now

Any help would be much appreciated!!!

 

[lil_kismet]

I've pressed a number of pigments over the past couple of years and they remain in tact -- none of them have shattered or crumbled to date.

I think MrsMay is right about the pigment to alcohol ratio. If the consistency is too runny, there isn't going to be enough pigment packed into the pan once it is dried, coz all the alcohol has evaporated. Try to make sure the consistency is on the thick side (as MrsMay described, a cake batter-like consistency). I always add very generous amounts of pigment ensuring that there is enough pigment (rather than alcohol because that is just filler to liquify the pigment) to fill the entire pan. I keep adding until the thick consistency is almost overflowing. Allow it to dry thoroughly before pressing. I use 99% Isopropyl Alcohol.

 

[lil_kismet]

I've pressed a number of pigments over the past couple of years and they remain in tact -- none of them have shattered or crumbled to date.

I think MrsMay is right about the pigment to alcohol ratio. If the consistency is too runny, there isn't going to be enough pigment packed into the pan once it is dried, coz all the alcohol has evaporated. Try to make sure the consistency is on the thick side (as MrsMay described, a cake batter-like consistency). I always add very generous amounts of pigment ensuring that there is enough pigment (rather than alcohol because that is just filler to liquify the pigment) to fill the entire pan. I keep adding until the thick consistency is almost overflowing. Allow it to dry thoroughly before pressing. I use 99% Isopropyl Alcohol.

Oops, double post! SORRY!!