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May 26, 2009 at 7:48 pm #766175
I was thinking it is the same red paint from the Rubies.. but I’m not sure..
May 26, 2009 at 7:52 pm #766176So it’s faded on one side and not the other? Wacky!
May 26, 2009 at 7:57 pm #766177pegasi1978 wrote:So it’s faded on one side and not the other? Wacky!
exaclty.. it’s so weird
May 26, 2009 at 8:01 pm #766178frozendragon wrote:pegasi1978 wrote:So it’s faded on one side and not the other? Wacky!
exaclty.. it’s so weird
I guess if you want the color to even out, put the other side in direct sunlight for a time.May 26, 2009 at 8:05 pm #766179LOL.. I was thinking about that…
and did you see.. I really can’t spell today.. LOL 🙄
May 26, 2009 at 8:09 pm #766180It looks kind of cool. Maybe fading Red Fires intentionally will become a trend. 😆 I wonder how different it looks compared to a regular gold?
May 26, 2009 at 8:13 pm #766181Lokie wrote:It looks kind of cool. Maybe fading Red Fires intentionally will become a trend. 😆 I wonder how different it looks compared to a regular gold?
it’s a lot more copper than the regular gold.. and no violet interference.. it’s just funky
May 26, 2009 at 8:17 pm #766182frozendragon wrote:and did you see.. I really can’t spell today.. LOL 🙄
Nope I didn’t see.
May 26, 2009 at 9:25 pm #766183When I worked at a large-format print shop, we always assured our customers that our inks were UV treated and that outdoor signage would resist fading for 1-3 years. Some pigments seemed to be more vulnerable to damage though. A sign placed outside with blue, yellow, black and red pigments would look like a regular blue, yellow, and black sign in a year or so. Those darn reds just hate the light.
My guess is that red pigments on any Windstone will fade faster than other colors–so red Windstones would be at the highest risk for fading, while a green dragon, for example, would be comparatively unaffected if it sat in the same place as the red. More speculation than anything else–I’m not about to test it!!
Placing a red dragon in a window exposed to that deathly desert heat and sun…that would test just about any paint’s limits! 😆
May 26, 2009 at 9:37 pm #766184I actually like how it looks with the fading paint not that I’m going to put my ruby lap in the sunlight 😀
May 26, 2009 at 10:47 pm #766185ariankentara wrote:I actually like how it looks with the fading paint not that I’m going to put my ruby lap in the sunlight 😀
I liked it too, but I wouldn’t subject my OW to it!
May 26, 2009 at 11:02 pm #766186The really ironic thing is, it looks great. 😮 Very handsome and dragony shade.
Tempted to squeak for a limited run of a pre-faded tone. 😆
May 26, 2009 at 11:03 pm #766187I liked the color too at first.. until I saw that it was faded.. then I was like.. darn it’s not really that color..
and about the heat.. Flagstaff isn’t really desert.. it’s more mountains.. it’s not extremely hot there..in fact it was pretty cool and raining while we were there.. and it gets a lot of snow in the winter.. but the elevation has something to do with the strength of the sunlight.. closer to the sun the more potent the light..
at least that’s how my friend put it.. LOL
May 26, 2009 at 11:06 pm #766188omg… the first thing I did was check my ruby fledgie. He gets a teeny (and I mean teeny) amount of morning sun, but his left and right sides are the same… no fading. He has the older ruby paint job with the dark purplish tint. If I’m not mistaken, I remember someone saying that’s auto body paint. I wonder if that makes a difference?
Poor scratcher has a split personality, but it’s really neat. 🙂 I think I would have to bake his other side and even him out. 😀
May 27, 2009 at 2:34 am #766189Wow…. that’s good to know about the Red Fire dragons. I have to say I really like the way that one side looks though, even if it is very faded. Thanks for posting!
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