Tuxedo?

Mand · February 10, 2011, 08:07:23 AM

Hi all,

I found some Tuxedo buried under two bundles of CIM Olive yesterday (I don't even like green - why do I have two bundles of the stuff?

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Does anyone have any "hot" tips on using it - i.e. what colours does it work best with - and is it any good for stringer work - or is that the black that webs?? I can't remember... $:-\$

Thanks,

Mand

Trudi · February 10, 2011, 08:18:18 AM

I could be wrong but I think it's just normal black - hades will web!

Kaz · February 10, 2011, 08:20:49 AM

No it's not normal black - try some white dots or stringer lines on it and see what happens!
Julie did a write up on it somewhere - her blog

Kazx

helenfc · February 10, 2011, 08:47:29 AM

http://juliefountain.blogspot.com/2010/10/messy-testing-tuxedo.html

its really interesting, i never know tuxedo did that!

Mand · February 10, 2011, 09:39:02 AM

Aha! That's where I saw it previously. Many thanks Kaz! I have a couple of beads where I've mistakenly used what must be Tuxedo in the past with red and white, and got some pretty results with silvering around the edges, but I didn't realise it was Tuxedo, I thought it was effetre black....

Blue Box Studio · February 10, 2011, 10:46:49 AM

Ooh, and I thought it was just black when I bought it. Goody, something different in the play pen.

Alison G · March 08, 2011, 12:32:36 AM

Wish I'd re read Julie's blog. I bought some because I resented the price of Hades and I'm not fond of the Effetre one, pulled into stringer for dots, and yes it's indigo!

Nice over dirty martini on white though!

Jolene · March 08, 2011, 04:08:40 AM

It does this as well

Mand · March 08, 2011, 07:42:47 AM

Oooh, thanks Jolene.

I need to play with Tuxedo...

Alison G · March 09, 2011, 12:26:45 PM

Oh yes, thanks Jolene, I too will be playing.

I managed to make Stoneground go really gold yesterday but, like a fool, I didn't keep track of what I was using. Must make notes!