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Posted by Graeme on September 4, 2001 at 08:34:31:

I have a design on my arm that was fading, it was originally done in
a premix paste. I went over it last night and addedd a lot more to
it, going around and under the forarm on the wrist. I used my own
mix ( jamilla, lemon, small amount tamarind concentrate) I
sugar/lemoned the whole thing and waited two hours. A peice fell of
leaving absolutely no visible stain. So... I steamed the design for
about 5 minutes then tissued it and then cling filmed it and slept on
it.
This morning the tissue was brown and upon peeling it off had not
smudged ( much to my surprize). Now heres the curious bit. Under my
wrist is a dark walnut shell/orangey colour, some of the old retraced
design is also the same colour, however part of the old design is
hardley visible and a strip of the new design on the inner side of my
arm running from wrist towards elbow, is also very weak. I would have
thought that the darkest stain would have been the old design being
retouched and the under wrist I was expecting to be very weak as it
is not thick or hard skin. Any suggestions?

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: I have a design on my arm that was fading, it was originally done in : a premix paste. I went over it last night and addedd a lot more to : it, going around and under the forarm on the wrist. I used my own : mix ( jamilla, lemon, small amount tamarind concentrate) I : sugar/lemoned the whole thing and waited two hours. A peice fell of : leaving absolutely no visible stain. So... I steamed the design for : about 5 minutes then tissued it and then cling filmed it and slept on : it. : This morning the tissue was brown and upon peeling it off had not : smudged ( much to my surprize). Now heres the curious bit. Under my : wrist is a dark walnut shell/orangey colour, some of the old retraced : design is also the same colour, however part of the old design is : hardley visible and a strip of the new design on the inner side of my : arm running from wrist towards elbow, is also very weak. I would have : thought that the darkest stain would have been the old design being : retouched and the under wrist I was expecting to be very weak as it : is not thick or hard skin. Any suggestions?
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