stoopid orange turning red

[FosterFire]

My old, old Moretti special orange stays orange. Reliable, dependable, pumpkin Halloween orange. The last few batches I have purchased have orange that goes RED. I have to baby it, persuade it, talk to it nice, practically buy it a drink and the stuff stays orange maybe 50% of the time.

What I want to know is...

is there a trick you have discovered to keeping it orange?

or is there a new batch someplace that stays orange (hoping) ??

[suzanne]

I don't know if you are stuck on Moretti, but Cim has the cutest nicest pumpkin orange out. If that doesn't work, maybe you ought to try vetrofond orange

[FosterFire]

Tried the vetro pumpkin which is a true real-life pumpkin meaning a very yellow-ish orange. I know that real pumpkins are that color but people seem to expect Halloween pumpkins to be a sort of navel orange color and that's what I need.

The oranges I have get a red tip to them when heated and a quick trial spacer bead usuallu comes out red.

[Lara]

Robin, I hear you. I'm having the same problem lately. It doesn't look red at the end of the rod, but in the bead, looks very red. I have an opaque and a transparent that are lovely in the rod. SIGH.

[RyanTheNumberImp]

I find the CIM pumpkin to be too translucent. I have a batch that stays very orange, but I have had one in the past that was pretty much red.

[wendbill]

I used to be able to keep red, red and orange, orange on the hothead. These days when I want red I usually use orange on the minor....

If I turn the flame down really really low they stay the colours they're supposed to.

Seems to be the longer you work them the darker they get.

[truegem]

Lately the orange I have been buying (either vetrofond or effetre, not sure which) has been yellowy-orange and I want it to be bright deep ORANGE!
I find this a tad annoying. Haven't had the red problem, but it looks red when it's hot.