I just wanted to update you guys on what's going on.
It turns out that all of the dyes Mayhem supplied me with are based on UK color codes, and don't technically exist in the USA.
The USA and our FDA have different dye codes for the same dyes, and in some cases certain versions of dyes that exist in EU or UK don't exist here in the US, and vice-versa.
It took me a month after I got the info from Mick before I could even find a dye supplier that was willing to take the information I had, and try to track down USA analogues... and the only reason they were even willing to do that is because they have a UK office that they can correspond with directly.
That said, for me to be able to produce USA analogues of Mick's dyes, I'm basically having to reverse engineer and test the entire product line from scratch, which is almost impossible considering that I don't have anything but pictures to go on.
I had some settling issues at first, but hooked up with a chemist and through correspondence with the dye company's tech dept., am working my way through the colors one by one.
To complicate matters, some dye colors are made from more than one base, and my dye supplier gave me 2-3 versions of each base to try. That is pretty hellish when you're trying to duplicate a result.
Being that I've pretty much made my own product line from scratch, I'm not sure it would even be appropriate to call these dye's "Mayhem's", because they most certainly are not the same dyes.
When I got started on this, I (incorrectly) assumed that I would just be able to find all of the same dyes, and copy Mick's recipies. That couldn't be farther from the truth.
I am still willing to work with Mick, and send him some samples of my dyes for comparison to his, or whatever he wants to do. I pretty much am just doing this now so it doesn't seem like it was all wasted time, so I'm good with anything. I may just release these under my brand, because they don't really equate to Mick's dyes. That's something I'll have to figure out in time.
edit: On top of all of that, my new job has been INSANE. Luckily a lot of dye testing inolves it just sitting around and waiting for something to happen. It's been a LONG time since I've even logged in or checked in on what is going on in the computer/LC world, because I've been so busy with my new job. It's obvious that quite a few things have changed with Mick since I last was around.
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