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Old 11-08-2006, 11:10 AM   #1
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What color skimmate should I be aiming for?


Is it better to skim wet or dry? If skimming wet, what color skimmate should I be aiming for? It seems to be a few shades lighter than iced tea for me... Somewhere inbetween iced tea and ginger ale.
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Old 11-08-2006, 11:22 AM   #2
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yeah that is good if you skim wet. me i skim inbetween wet and dry and i get a dark greenish chocolate color
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Old 11-08-2006, 11:57 AM   #3
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Mine is a light green tea color but i run pretty wet
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Old 11-08-2006, 01:21 PM   #4
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Light green tea here too.
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Old 11-08-2006, 02:11 PM   #5
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Like this.....a little on the wet side!!

A little darker would be middle road. Darker yet is fairly dry!
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Old 11-11-2006, 09:47 PM   #6
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My is dark yellow.
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