string making - different colors different thickness twist problems

[Tedd]

Any tips on how to manage the thickness problems when making flemish strings. Brighter colors are usually thicker. I have made plenty of strings. It seems like I am getting worse at having one bundle bo too long when it is time to finish.
When making a string the darker bundle gets shorter than the bright bundle. By the time I am finished the dark bundle has too much slack. Sometimes if I stretch it when almost unwound I can get both bundles pretty close.
I have started making the dark bundle longer.  Doesn't seem right.  But it works for me.
What is the best way to fix this?

[Pat B]

Ted, I use only B-50 and have never noticed a thickness difference in different colors. Don't know about other string materials.

[LBR]

To help solve the color bleeding problem BCY uses a coating rather than a dye, and it does make some colors a tiny bit thicker--especially the brighter colors.  White will always be the thinnest, as it has no color added at all.

One solution is as you said--and if it works for you, nothing wrong with it.

Another is to use one strand less in the bundle with the thicker strands.  Won't hurt a thing.

Finally, you can adjust the twist in the bundle with slack in it--add a little extra as you go to keep the bundle tension even.

Chad

[Orion]

I either use one strand less of the colored material, i.e., 5 of white and six of black in the bundles.  Or I use more black in the padding, for example, three or four black strands vs 2 white, for a 11-12 strand D-97 string padded to 17-18 strands in the loops.

[rraming]

I went to three bundle strings, 15 strands of D97

[LBR]

This is one of the areas the smaller strand materials like 8190 and BCY-X have an advantage as well.