One Back Color

352 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Oil & Water / One Back Color
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Walter B. Gibson Like Seeks Like 3&3, precursor to Oil & Water using glide
 		1940
The Jinx (Issue 91)
569
Edward Marlo, Jean Hugard Do As I Do - U Can't Unless I Want U 2 eight cards for performer and spectator, basically oil&water effect, two methods, Hugard's and Marlo's
 		1941
Early Marlo (Issue Amazing, Isn't It?)
37
Jack Potter 3 Jacks Every Time three jacks are laid alternated with indifferent cards and come to the top, as a prelude to "3 Jack & a Pat" by Weisbecker
Related toAlso published here May 1947
The Phoenix 101-150 (Issue 125)
503
Edward Marlo Oil and Water 4&4, two extra cards
VariationsAlso published here 1953
The Cardician
111
Bill Simon Water & Oil 4&4
 		Nov. 1953
The Phoenix 251 — 300 (Issue 293)
1170
Dai Vernon Oil and Water 4&4, extra cards
Related toVariations 1960
More Inner Secrets of Card Magic
20
Dai Vernon Wedge Break Displacement
Variations 1960
More Inner Secrets of Card Magic
22
Verne Chesbro Ultimate Color Separation 4&4
  • A Sample Routine (six phases)
 		1963
Ultimate Color Separation
2
Verne Chesbro Mixes and Stacks discussion of starting positions for counts, 4&4
 		1963
Ultimate Color Separation
13
Verne Chesbro Chapter III 4&4
 		1963
Ultimate Color Separation
16
Verne Chesbro Chapter IV 4&4
 		1963
Ultimate Color Separation
18
Verne Chesbro Chapter V 4&4
 		1963
Ultimate Color Separation
20
Verne Chesbro Spelling The Colors "black" and "red" is spelled alternately with four reds and four blacks and cards of that color turn up, various methods, as oil & water interlude
Related to 1963
Ultimate Color Separation
27
Verne Chesbro Bottoms Up reds over blacks, blacks come to top as block, using Veeser Concept
 		1963
Ultimate Color Separation
32
Verne Chesbro At Random 4&4, cards mixed, then shuffled, then dealt into two hands
 		1963
Ultimate Color Separation
38
Verne Chesbro Continuous Mix 4&4, cards separate with down under deal
 		1963
Ultimate Color Separation
39
Harry Lorayne Faro Blockbuster 3&3, as climax the cards are reversed in deck, some faro shuffles, then deck is separated in red and blacks
 		1967
Deck-Sterity
92
Herb Zarrow Oil and Water Phase 3&3
 		1967
Deck-Sterity
95
Ben Christopher Status Quo reds and blacks separated, they stay separated despite shuffling, then done with small packet (4 & 4)
Related to Mar. 1969
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 4 No. 5)
248
John Hamilton Instant Oil 4&4 (based on a Marlo 3&3 handling from Ibidem)
 		Mar. 1970
Epilogue (Issue 8)
64
Edward Marlo Dealing in Oil and Water 4&4, Benzais' Cop, dated 1962
 		1970
Advanced Fingertip Control
140
Lin Searles M/Separation 4&4, using the Monge Shuffle
 		July 1971
Epilogue (Issue 12)
89
Sam Leo Horowitz Oil & Water Aces and Queens
 		Autumn 1971
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 6 No. 5th Folio)
450
Sam Leo Horowitz Honeycutt Plus Queens and Kings are paired, yet separate again
 		Autumn 1971
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 6 No. 5th Folio)
452
George Sands Homogenized Oil and Water 4&4, extra cards, multi-phase routine
Inspired by 1971
By George, It's Sandsational
2
Karl Fulves Unmix 2&2
 		1972
Mexican Monte
12
Karl Fulves Maximum Leader 2&2 oil water, twisting, then all backs change to various colors
 		1972
Mexican Monte
18
Jerry K. Hartman Mix Nix two-phase Oil and Water, devised to lead into Robertson’s anti-oil-and-water, see reference
Related to
  • "Robin's Anti-Oil-and-Water" (Robin Robertson, Handle with Care, 1964, p. 32)
 1972
Packet Magic
56
Karl Fulves Random Notes (2) miniature Oil & Water
 		1973
Packet Switches (Part Two)
108
Karl Fulves Oil & Water 5&5, cards alternate at climax
Related to 1973
Notes From Underground
3
Karl Fulves Technicolor Oddity four reds and four blacks are mixed in various ways (klondike shuffle, under/over shuffle), yet separate
Variations 1973
Notes From Underground
7
William P. Miesel Mini Oil and Water 2&2, four phases
Also published here 1975
Card Cavalcade 3
96
Karl Fulves Strike/Oil 4&4, unconventional
Related to July 1975
Epilogue (Issue 24)
229
Karl Fulves Red/Black Mystery 4&4 alternated, separated in four and four, a fifth card added to each group makes whole group red and black
 		1975
Methods with Cards — Part 1
10
Karl Fulves The Basic Color Upset 4&4
 		1975
Methods with Cards — Part 2
98
Karl Fulves Calculated Colors 3&3 or 4&4, weird mixing procedure, "mathematical oil & water"
Variations 1975
Methods with Cards — Part 3
208
Karl Fulves Kannibal Kards - Phase One four Jacks alternate, joker placed in middle, colors separate
 		1975
Kannibal Kards
1
Karl Fulves Other Suggestions (A) 2&2 oil and water
(B), (C) & (D) suggestions for cannibal themed tricks
 		1975
Kannibal Kards
7
Edward Marlo Dissertation on Oil and Water credit information
 		1976
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 1
143
Edward Marlo Oil and Water plus Climaxes 4&4, routine with all black climax
 		1976
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 1
148
David Solomon "Conditioned Oil and Water" 4&4
 		1976
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 1
158
Edward Marlo "Further Dissertation on Oil and Water" more on crediting and history, with letters to George Sands, Bruce Elliott
 		1976
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 1
160
Edward Marlo 3rd Phase (Oil and Water) 4&4
 		1976
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 1
165
Edward Marlo, David Solomon "Oil and Water" 4&4, three phases
Inspired by
  • "Wild Root" (Ibidem)
 1976
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 1
166
Ken Beale Apartheid II 3&3
Related to
  • "Apartheid" (Ibidem)
 1976
Epilogue (Issue Special No 4)
291
Karl Fulves Snapblack 2&2, first oil&water phase, then twisting phase, then all become black
Related to 1976
Epilogue (Issue Special No 5)
306
Karl Fulves Oil & Water
  • Tri It (3&3 separation)
  • X3 (3&3 mixing phase)
  • The Primaries (4&4 mixing phase)
Related to 1976
Epilogue (Issue Special No 5)
311
Jon Racherbaumer Oil & Water credit information
 		1976
Kabbala — Volume 3 (Vol. 3 No. 4)
45
Alex Elmsley, Edward Marlo, Jon Racherbaumer Oil Slick & Water Wonderful 4&4, alternation climax
Related to 1976
Kabbala — Volume 3 (Vol. 3 No. 4)
46
Jon Racherbaumer The Veeser Phase 4&4
 		1976
Kabbala — Volume 3 (Vol. 3 No. 4)
48
Edward Marlo Early Oil & Water 5&5, then more cards
 		1976
Kabbala — Volume 3 (Vol. 3 No. 4)
49
Gene Castillon, Jon Racherbaumer The Floating Phase 4&4
 		1976
Kabbala — Volume 3 (Vol. 3 No. 4)
55
Jon Racherbaumer Obiter Dictum comments on Oil & Water and Hofzinser connection "The Magic Separation"
 		1976
Kabbala — Volume 3 (Vol. 3 No. 4)
56
Philip T. Goldstein More Oil, More Water 4&4, four phases
Also published here 1976
Classic Tackler
12
Harvey Rosenthal Yet Another Technicolor Oddity five reds and five black cards
Inspired byRelated to 1976
Close-Up Sampler — Part 1
15
Shigeo Futagawa Japanese Ace Trick Oil and Water effect with two red Aces and two black Aces, 2&2
Also published here 1976
Subtle Card Magic — Part One
22
Nick Trost Three Jacks - Three Aces Separation type of effect
 		1976
Subtle Card Magic — Part Two
5
Karl Fulves Color Flash spectator shuffles small packets
 		1977
Packet Switches (Part Four)
254
Gene Maze Manhattan Transfer 3&3, two phases
 		1977
Packet Switches (Part Five)
342
Bob Farmer, Bert Allerton, Jerry Mentzer Jazz Pieces - Body & Soul a red and a black jumbo card are cut into four pieces, the pieces change places, oil and water, missing part of the description is published in "Jazz Pieces"
Related toVariations Oct. 1977
Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 2)
476
Juan Tamariz The Oil and Water of Tamarix 4&4, two phases
Variations Nov. 1977
Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 3)
484
Philip T. Goldstein Deca Oil & Water 5x5
 		1977
Scattershot
9
Philip T. Goldstein Mixtant colors mix 4&4
Also published here 1977
Scattershot
9
Philip T. Goldstein Up & Down Mixtant 4&4 cards mix face up and face down
Also published here 1977
Scattershot
10
Dai Vernon Vernon's Oil & Water 4&4, five phases
Related to 1977
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. Close-Up Folio #10)
1029
Ng Bo "The Great Wong" Oen Slow Motion Oil & Water 3&3, one extra
Variations 1977
Innovative Magic No. 1
7
José de la Torre Oil and Water (1) 4&4, with jumbo cards, turning over center two cards ploy
Related to 1977
Magicana of Havana in New York
6
José de la Torre Oil and Water (3) 4&4, with jumbo cards
 		1977
Magicana of Havana in New York
24
José de la Torre Oil and Water Finale 4&4, with jumbo cards
 		1977
Magicana of Havana in New York
25
Allan Ackerman Streamlined Oil and Water 3&3, full deck finish
 		1978
Here's My Card
77
Bob Farmer Jazz Pieces missing part of text and illustrations
Inspired by Jan. 1978
Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 5)
512
Danny Dew Oil and Water 4&4, extra card
 		1978
Magic and Methods of Ross Bertram
150
Karl Fulves ColorSlip 2&2 with Joker im middle, "This is an odd variation of the color-separation effect."
 		1978
Transpo Trix
27
Karl Fulves Transit Notes 5&5
Related to 1978
Transpo Trix
58
Dai Vernon Instant Oil & Water 4&4, extra card
 		1978
The Chronicles (Issue 12)
1175
Jerry K. Hartman Fixit Mixer Oil and Water
Related toAlso published here 1978
Loose Ends
69
Arturo de Ascanio Agua y Aceite "Por Culebreos" 4&4, extra card, later two extra cards, three phases
Inspired byAlso published here 1978
La Magia de Ascanio — Vol. 2
65
David Solomon 8 Card Oil and Water 4&4
 		1979
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 3
125
Edward Marlo Pure Oil and Water 4&4
Related to 1979
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 3
127
Karl Fulves Infra Red 4&4
  • The Premise
  • The Routine:
1. The Shah's Gambit
2. Second Chance
3. Unmisers
4. The Impossible Phase
Variations 1979
Four Color Problems
3
Karl Fulves Contact Colors 2&2, with card with cut-out section
 		1979
The Topological False Count
7
Stewart Judah Oil & Water "Retrospective"
3&3, extra card
Related toVariations 1979
The Chronicles (Issue 18)
1239
Karl Fulves Push Push 3&3, based on 6-as-6 false count
Related to 1979
The Chronicles (Issue 21)
1267
Karl Fulves Drift 4&4, way to displace color so spectator can mix cards
 		1979
The Chronicles (Issue 24)
1299
Karl Fulves Infra Red 4&4, addition to referenced trick
Inspired by 1979
Interlocutor (Issue 34)
131
David Britland Quick Slick several phases, 4&4
Inspired by
  • Karl Fulves' "Oil and Water" in "The Linking Ring" Vol. 53, Nr. 8. 1973, P. 74.
Variations 		Sep. 1979
The Talon (Issue 5)
56
Howard A. Adams ESP Oil Water with cards face up and face down
 		1979
OICUFESP (Issue 2 - ten MORE brand new esp card miracles)
6
Nick Trost Oil & Aces 4&4
Inspired by 1979
Impromptu Card Magic
7
Frank Garcia Oil and Water kings and aces
 		1980
Exclusive Card Secrets
62
Gene Maze Oil and Water 3&3, four phases
 		1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
30
Karl Fulves Principle Prism 4&4, reds and blacks are mixed and they still alternate, weird effect, two phases
Inspired by 1980
Parallel Lines
13
Karl Fulves Part One introduction to "instant, visual color separations"
 		1980
Color Quik
2
Karl Fulves Six Quik 3&3, reds face-up and blacks face-down, could be odd-backed, separation in stages, then at once
Related to 1980
Color Quik
3
Karl Fulves Quik Ending alternate procedure for "Six Quik"
Related to 1980
Color Quik
6
Karl Fulves Color Quik 2&2, reds and blacks mixed in fan condition, when fan is turned over colors have unmixed, visual, multiple phases, selected card appears as finale and signature on it changes into mirror writing
 		1980
Color Quik
9
Karl Fulves Automatic Oil 4&4, three phases
 		1980
Color Quik
25
Karl Fulves Arm Twister 4&4
 		1980
Color Quik
27
Karl Fulves Diagonal Switch 4&4, mixing process for Oil & Water
Related to 1980
Color Quik
27
Karl Fulves Cornered Colors 4&4, based on previous "Diagonal Switch"
 		1980
Color Quik
28
Karl Fulves Red Riser some red and black cards mixed, reds rise to top one by one
Related to 1980
Color Quik
30
Karl Fulves Scribble 4&4, instant unmix, face-up and face-down
 		1980
Color Quik
33
Karl Fulves Interspace notes on "Ultra Mix" routine
Related to 1980
Color Quik
34
Karl Fulves Oil & Arabs 2&2, with transformations
Related to 1980
Color Quik
35
Karl Fulves Zen And Water 4&4, spectator mixes cards, posed as problem
 		1980
Color Quik
35
Karl Fulves Part Three on strength (or lack of) of oil and water plot and finales
 		1980
Color Quik
40
Karl Fulves Mesmerism reds & blacks mixed, they cling to card box, then one color drops free
 		1980
Color Quik
45
Karl Fulves Gargoil oil & water combo with follow the leader, no method
 		1980
Interlocutor (Issue 41)
163
Arturo de Ascanio Öl und Wasser 4&4, extra card, later two extra cards, multiple phases
 		1980
Das Ascanio Seminar — Graz 1980
6
Arturo de Ascanio Agua y Aceite "Por Culebreos" 4&4, extra card, later two extra cards, three phases
Also published here 1980
El Manejo de la Carta Doble
2
Keith Davies Oil Shake 4&4, mixing climax
Inspired by 1980
The Talon (Issue 6)
87
Al Smith Jazlik 4&4
Inspired by 1980
Cards On Demand
37
James G. Thompson Jr. Punktum! routine with blank cards and colored spots/circles on them
Also published here
  • Linking Ring Parade 1967
 Jan. 1981
Intermagic (Vol. 7 No. 4)
146
David Solomon Refined Oil and Water 4&4
Variations 1982
Sessions
125
Karl Fulves Ices and Kings four Aces, four Kings, two cards exchanged, stay separated, and so on, credit claim
Related toVariations 1982
Six Impromptu Card Tricks
6
Karl Fulves Iced Notes comments on previous trick and presentational ideas
 		1982
Six Impromptu Card Tricks
10
Christian Scherer Öl und Wasser 4&4
Inspired by 1982
Card News '82
65
Christian Scherer Öl und Wasser Encore 4&4, with two extra cards
 		1982
Card News '82
71
Harvey Rosenthal Another Technicolor Oddity with five red and five black cards
Inspired byRelated to Dec. 1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 20)
387
William P. Miesel Mini Oil and Water 2&2, four phases
Also published here 1982
Packet Tricks
24
Peter Kane Passing the Alternation two packets with each four red-backed and blue-backed cards, one packet separated and one alternated, that state transposes
 		1982
Kane
60
Edward Marlo Clearly Oil and Water 4&4, two extra cards, four phases, spectator assists
 		1983
Marlo without Tears
223
Daryl Martinez Sunrise four of a kind, reds come back to top even though when alternated
 		1983
The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 2
91
Magic Ronnay The New Oil and Water Routine with eight identical red and eight identical black cards, five phases
 		Oct. 1983
Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 1)
1161
David Britland O + W 4&4, one mix and one un-mix
Variations 1983
Deckade
6
Karl Fulves Oil And Water credit information on the plot, Hofzinser, excerpt from "Tricks with Prepared Cards" (Donald Holmes, 1913)
 		1983
Worknotes On Brainwave
104
James G. Thompson Jr. Traue keinem As! longer routine with Aces and Kings, with following items and 4&4 oil water
 		Aug. 1983
Intermagic (Vol. 10 No. 2)
62
Reinhard Müller Öl und Wasser in Zeitlupe 3&3, with jumbo cards
Inspired by 1983
Riesenkarten 1
10
Ray Kosby Cooking With Oil & Water 4&4, separation and mixing phase
 		1984
The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 3
103
Ernst Pancrazi Four Parts Oil 4&4, no extra cards, four phases
Variations Feb. 1984
Apocalypse (Vol. 7 No. 2)
883
Oil and Water No. 15, involving dealing, 4&4
 		1984
More Self-Working Card Tricks
22
Karl Fulves Checkers No. 16, off-beat dealing and turnover of packets, 3&3
 		1984
More Self-Working Card Tricks
24
James Swain Slow Motion Oil and Water 3&3
 		July 1985
Apocalypse (Vol. 8 No. 7)
1088
Edward Marlo An Oil and Water Phase 4&4, with remix phase
Related to 1985
Formula One Close-Up
66
Larry Jennings, Edward Marlo, Dai Vernon Oil & Perrier 4&4, three phases
 		1985
Lake Tahoe Card Magic
57
Ben Harris Oil and Water Delux 4&4
 		1985
Midnight Special
17
Justin Higham Paddling in the Oil and Water 4&4
 		1985
All Hands on Deck!
12
Ben Harris Apocalypse Variations or Additions
Inspired by Feb. 1986
Apocalypse (Vol. 9 No. 2)
1174
Edward Marlo Challenge Oil and Water or Try This With a Glide 6&6
Variations 1986
Thirty Five Years Later
23
Dai Vernon Oil Slick 4&4
Related to 1987
The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1
169
Edward Marlo An Oil and Water Story 4&4, four phases, surprise kicker
 		1987
Special Effects
80
David Neighbors Slow-Motion Oil and Water 3&3, three phases
 		1987
Riffling the Pasteboards — Again!
18
Jon Racherbaumer Whose Oil And Water? credit essay
Inspired by Oct. 1987
Inside Out (Issue 3)
10
René Lavand Red and Blacks: "I Can't Do It Any Slower" five phases, one handed, 3x3
VariationsAlso published here 1987
Lentidigitation
7
Carroll Mounier Simple Oil/Water Effect 4&4, no extra cards, turning over center two cards
Related to July 1988
Apocalypse (Vol. 11 No. 7)
1518
Mark Sicher Simpler Oil/Water 3&3, no extra cards
 		July 1988
Apocalypse (Vol. 11 No. 7)
1519
Juan Tamariz Application to "Oil and Water" analysis of general effect and variations
 		1988
The Magic Way
77
Juan Tamariz Tamariz' Oil and Water 4&4, two phases
 		1988
The Magic Way
85
Juan Tamariz Audacious Method 4&4
 		1988
The Magic Way
129
Juan Tamariz Stripper Deck Methods 4&4, two methods
 		1988
The Magic Way
132
Juan Tamariz Strip-Out Method 4&4
 		1988
The Magic Way
135
Juan Tamariz Tenkai Method 4&4
 		1988
The Magic Way
136
Juan Tamariz The Pick-up Method 4&4
 		1988
The Magic Way
150
Juan Tamariz Super Oil and Water 4&4, seven double facers
 		1988
The Magic Way
151
Juan Tamariz Double Oil and Water 4&4, face-up, face-down
Related to 1988
The Magic Way
155
Juan Tamariz Flip-Flop 4&4, acrobatic flaps ala Zapped
 		1988
The Magic Way
160
Juan Tamariz Two by Two 4&4
 		1988
The Magic Way
162
Juan Tamariz Under the Spectator's Hand 4&4, spectator does everything
 		1988
The Magic Way
165
Juan Tamariz Instant Method 4&4, using TPC and perpendicular spread hide-out
 		1988
The Magic Way
168
Juan Tamariz Yourself 4&4
 		1988
The Magic Way
171
Juan Tamariz Roughing Method 4&4
 		1988
The Magic Way
175
Edward Marlo In Oil and Water 3&3, Olram Subtlety application
 		1988
M.I.N.T. — Volume I
189
René Lavand Red and Blacks: "I Can't Do It Any Slower" five phases, one handed, 3x3
Also published here 1988
Slow Motion Magic
43
Roy Walton Second Thoughts on Oil and Water 4&4
VariationsAlso published here
  • Ibidem
 1988
The Complete Walton — Volume 2
104
Mark Sicher Salad Displacement
Feb. 1989
Apocalypse (Vol. 12 No. 2)
1605
Brother John Hamman The Knavish Deuces oil&water and follow the leader combo
 		1989
The Secrets of Brother John Hamman
103
Karl Fulves Dollar Swindle 3&2, dollar bill placed in packet, color separate to either side of bill
 		1989
And a Packet of Cards
5
Sam Schwartz Interrupted Ices four Aces, four Kings, two cards exchanged, stay separated, and so on
Inspired by 1989
And a Packet of Cards
7
Karl Fulves Remix three packets with red-black-mixed cards, two are separated but remix, the third separates
 		1989
And a Packet of Cards
15
Karl Fulves Demi-Device 2&2, featuring a displacement count
 		1989
And a Packet of Cards
21
Karl Fulves Mexipo 2&2 oil & water sequence with a card transposition, "As the title indicates, this is a transpo-type trick using a Mexican turnover."
 		1989
Quick Card Tricks
11
Karl Fulves Follow the Leader & Oil and Water combination, plot suggestion
Related to 1989
The Black & White Trick
iii
Jon Racherbaumer Karl Fulves: The Great Pretender eight pages on credit fights, J. W. Sarles
  • Item One: Marlo & Double Vanish & Recovery
  • Item Two: Scorpio Switch vs. Another Sandwich Switchout (The New Tops, June 1985)
  • Item Three: Spectator cut the Aces plot
  • Item Four: Bottop Change
  • Item Five: Jordan Count
  • Item Six: Oil & Water effect
Related toAlso published here Oct. 1989
Inside Out (Issue 7)
7
Ray Kosby Never The Twain Shall Mix 4&4, spectator and performer mix cards together
VariationsAlso published here 1990
Spectacle
41
Alberto Reyes The Red & Black Capers 4&4
 		May 1990
Apocalypse (Vol. 13 No. 5)
1777
Doug Edwards Tossed Salad 3&3
 		Oct. 1990
Apocalypse (Vol. 13 No. 10)
1837
Edward Marlo, David Solomon Million Dollar Oil And Water Two phase Oil and Water with four reds and four blacks
VariationsAlso published here 1990
David Solomon T.A.O.M. Convention
14
Philip T. Goldstein More Oil, More Water 4&4, four phases
Also published here 1990
Focus
91
Philip T. Goldstein Mixtant colors mix 4&4
Inspired by
  • a routine by Leslie Guest in "Linking Ring" October, 1929.
Also published here 		1990
Focus
97
Philip T. Goldstein Up & Down Mixtant 4&4 cards mix face up and face down
Also published here 1990
Focus
98
Larry Jennings Oil and Water 4&4, all black finale
VariationsAlso published here 1990
Up in Smoke and Other Tantalizing Mysteries
26
Ray Kosby, Larry Jennings, Dai Vernon K. J. V. Oil and Water 4&4, four phases, with mixing phase
Also published here 1990
Up in Smoke and Other Tantalizing Mysteries
31
José Carroll Oil and Water in a Wine Glass vertical, 4&4, one color disappears as climax
VariationsAlso published here 1991
52 Lovers — Volume II
59
Alex Elmsley Shale Fellow Well Met Oil and Water combined with Follow The Leader, 4&4
 		1991
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1
34
Alex Elmsley, Brother John Hamman The Atomic Aces four phase variation on Hamman's "Final Ace Routine", including Oil & Water and Follow the Leaders Phase
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 1991
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1
217
John Carney Oil on Troubled Waters 3&3, deck separation climax
Variations 1991
Carneycopia
234
Scott Robinson Valdez and Water with four aces, four phases
 		1991
The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 38)
696
Jon Racherbaumer The Great Pretender: Karl Fulves eight pages on credit fights, J. W. Sarles
  • Item One: Marlo & Double Vanish & Recovery
  • Item Two: Scorpio Switch vs. Another Sandwich Switchout (The New Tops, June 1985)
  • Item Three: Spectator cut the Aces plot
  • Item Four: Bottop Change
  • Item Five: Jordan Count
  • Item Six: Oil & Water effect
Also published here Sep. 1991
Racherbaumer Papers (Issue 1)
6
Jerry K. Hartman Fixit Mixer 4x4
Also published here 1991
Card Craft
376
Fred Kaps, Channing Pollock Agua y Aceite 4&4, two phases
 		1992
La Magia de Ascanio — Vol. 3
79
Arturo de Ascanio Un Juego Inedito 4&4, three phases
Also published here 1992
La Magia de Ascanio — Vol. 4
88
Edward Marlo Agua y Aceite translation by Ascanio
4&4, two extra cards
Also published here 1992
La Magia de Ascanio — Vol. 5
54
Alex Elmsley Los Ases Atomicos translation
four phase variation on Hamman's "Final Ace Routine", including Oil & Water and Follow the Leaders Phase
Also published here 1992
La Magia de Ascanio — Vol. 5
65
Arturo de Ascanio Agua y Aceite "Por Culebreos" 4&4, extra card, later two extra cards, three phases
Also published here 1992
La Magia de Ascanio — Vol. 6
10
Edward Marlo Challenge Oil and Water or Try This With a Glide 6&6, condensed three-phase version
  • Simmons Note (Ken Simmons)
Inspired byRelated to 1992
A Final Farewell Lecture
26
Hideo Kato 東京湾の“水と油” (Tokyo Bay Oil and Water)
 		1993
Larry Jennings's Card Technique
161
Dan Harlan Sludge and Ice Oil and Water five ten blank cards, five have a red cross and five a black cross on it, several phases
 		June 1993
The Minotaur (Vol. 5 No. 2)
9
Bob Farmer Jazz Pieces/Body and Soul two giant card cut into four pieces, two pieces transpose, then oil and water phase with the 4&4, Jazz Aces with the pieces
Inspired by 1993
Card File
25
Peter Duffie Oil Foil 5&5
Inspired by 1993
Card Selection
24
René Lavand Red an Blacks - I Can't Do It Any Slower six phases, 3x3
Also published here 1993
Magic From The Soul
69
Florentin Oil-And-Water Poker strange combo
 		June 1994
Apocalypse (Vol. 17 No. 6)
2368
David Regal To Mix or not to Mix 3&3
 		Oct. 1994
Apocalypse (Vol. 17 No. 10)
2422
Jon Racherbaumer Whose Oil and Water? credit essay, seven pages
Variations 1994
Facsimile (Issue 2)
33
Karl Fulves Memphis Mix 4&4
Related toVariations 1994
Rigmarole (Issue 8)
93
Karl Fulves Memphis Mix handling detail
Related to 1994
Verbatim (Issue 10)
129
Rudolf Braunmüller Die unzertrennlichen Rieseenkarten two jumbo cards cut into four pieces, routine with the pieces, 4&4
  • Phase 1 - "Follow the Leader"
  • Phase 2 - "Öl und Wasser"
  • Phase 3 - "Jazz Asse"
Inspired by May 1994
Intermagic (Vol. 18 No. 3)
99
Aldo Colombini Follow the... Oil and Water 10&10, combining Follows the Leader and Oil and Water, two selections are found as well
 		1994
The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini
94
Jack Potter Unstacked Jacks No. 39, 3&3 oil water phase as intro for Three-Jacks Deal
Also published here 1995
Self-Working Close-up Card Magic
78
Roy Walton Mini Mix 3&3
Inspired by 1995
Underworld (Issue 1)
13
Karl Fulves 6-Card Repeat & Oil & Water effect combination, posed as problem
 		1995
The Fine Print (Issue 2)
32
René Lavand I Can't Do It Any Slower! 3&3, six phases, deck finale
Also published here 1995
Inside Cardmagic
73
Aldo Colombini Nice Salad 4&4, red and black cards transpose, then mix
 		1995
What's Up Deck?
83
Aldo Colombini Italian Dressing 4&4, with mixing climix
 		1995
What's Up Deck?
89
Paul Cummins Deliberate Oil & Water 4&4
 		1996
from a shuffled deck in use... Part Two
22
Michael Skinner Oil and Water Rides Again 4&4, three phases, all red climax
 		1996
Classic Sampler
9
Baltazar Fuentes Oil and Water for Experts 3&3, no extra, four phases
Inspired by
  • Rene Lavand's routine
 1996
Arempi
18
Pablo Domenèch Rojas y Negras 4&4, extra card
 		1996
La Magia de Pablo Domènech
78
Peter Duffie Separatic 3&3
Related to
  • Stuart Judah routine
 1996
With Cards
11
Herb Zarrow Progressive Oil & Water 4&4, then 3&3, then 2&2, then 1&1, dated 1955
Variations 1997
Underworld (Issue 6)
71
Herb Zarrow Progressive Variations
Inspired by 1997
The Fine Print (Issue 6)
139
Eugene Burger Solomon's Oil And Water Routines "An Introduction"
 		1997
Solomon's Mind
90
David Solomon Million Dollar Oil and Water 4&4, three phases
Also published here 1997
Solomon's Mind
93
David Solomon A Small Color Collision 4&4, one gaffed card
 		1997
Solomon's Mind
98
Eugene Burger "Is Seeing Believing?" presentation for Oil & Water plot
 		1997
Solomon's Mind
105
Adrian "Ramblar" Guerra According to the Pad 4&4, pad is half red and half black, mixed and top four placed on red side of pad and others on black, the separate, three phases
 		1997
Notes
15
Simon Lovell Oily Snobs 4&4
  • Phase One - Mix and Separate
  • Phase Two - Try Harder, Tramps!!
  • Phase Three - The Solo Tramps Goes For It!
Related to 1997
Simon Says!
98
Biddle Oil & Water 4&4
 		1998
Card College — Volume 3
508
R. C. Fields Diminuendo simplified handling
Inspired by 1998
The Fine Print (Issue 7)
173
Alexander de Cova Öl und Wasser - Meine Lieblingskombination(en) 4&4
  • Meine Philosophie...
  • Die verwendeten Griffe
  • Das Vortragsthema
  • I. Die erste Separation
  • II. Die zweite Separation
  • III. Die dritte Separation
  • IV. Die Überrschung
  • Bonus
 		1998
Intermagic (Vol. 22 No. 2)
48
René Lavand It Can't Be Done Any Slower (An Oil and Water) 3x3
 		1998
The Mysteries of my Life
68
Wesley James Olive Oil On The Side 4&4, with false (empty) deals and full-deck finale
Inspired by Oct. 1998
Onyx (Issue 5)
5
Ken Simmons Handling for Marlo's Jacks & Tens Routine 3&3, four phases
Inspired by
  • "Oil & Water - Water & Oil - Oil & Water (Three Jacks and Three Tens)" (Ed Marlo, Ibidem, Dec. 1958)
 Oct. 1998
Onyx (Issue 5)
39
Guy Hollingworth Oil and Water 3&3, optical alignment
 		1999
Drawing Room Deceptions
39
Karl Fulves Supplementary Note credit information on Oil & Water
Related to 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
189
Justin Higham Unaccounted Oil & Water 4&4
Variations 1999
Collected Card Notes
90
Justin Higham Displaced Oil & Water 4&4
 		1999
Collected Card Notes
92
Justin Higham Displaced Oil & Water Climax 4&4, magical mixing
 		1999
Collected Card Notes
93
Justin Higham Direct Oil & Water 4&4
 		1999
Collected Card Notes
93
Justin Higham Preset Oil & Water Climax 4&4, magical mixing
 		1999
Collected Card Notes
94
Justin Higham Collected Oil & Water 4&4, magical mixing
Inspired byVariations 1999
Collected Card Notes
94
Justin Higham Aesthetic Oil & Water 4&4
  • Variation
 		1999
Collected Card Notes
95
Aaron Goldberg Light And Dark 4&4, four phases
Inspired by Apr. 1999
Onyx (Issue 7)
34
Aaron Goldberg Insta-Mix
Inspired by Apr. 1999
Onyx (Issue 7)
35
Fredric P. Lamazor Final Sequence 4&4
 		1999
Card Sleight of Hand Innovations And Improvements
58
Don England Slick Oil and Clarified Water 4&4
 		2001
Don England's Paradox
140
Justin Higham Unaccountable Oil and Water 4&4
Inspired by 2001
The Simulation of Miracles
23
Harry Lorayne Two Over Easy 4&4
Inspired by
  • Gabi Pareras idea
Also published here 		2001
Personal Collection
209
Wolfgang Moser Öl & Wasser 3&3, deck separation kicker
Inspired by 2001
Intermagic (Vol. 24 No. 3-5)
131
Aldo Colombini Roller Coaster! seven Joker and Eight of Clubs, they change into seven Eights and one Joker, then four each, they transpose and mix, 4&4
 		Sep./Oct. 2001
Mr. Gadfly (Vol. 1 No. 3)
35
Gabi Pareras Magnetismo Animal 4x4
  • El Espectador "Magnetico"
 		2001 ca.
El Efecto — Para un "Mundo" de Ficción Mágica
40
Darwin Ortiz Ultimate Oil & Water 3&3, deck seperation and remix climax
Inspired by 2002
Scams & Fantasies with Cards
158
Jamie Badman Oil & Water World "From what I hear, Mr. Gadfly is going to get bigger, brighter, and better very soon."
4&4, three phases
 		Jan./Feb. 2002
Mr. Gadfly (Vol. 2 No. 1)
58
David Ben Oil and Water
2003
Tricks
61
Tony Cachadiña Rojas y Negras 4&4, several phases
 		2003
La Magia Española del Siglo XX
214
Luis H. Trueba Agua y Aceite three phases 4&4, last phase 6&6 handled by spectator
 		2003
Magia y Dramagia
81
Anthony Owen SOBW 3&3, three phases, last one phase up
Also published here 2003
Some Tricks
16
Sebastien Clergue Lava Lamp alternate handling for last phase of SOBW, face up oil and water sequence, 3&3
Also published here 2003
Some Tricks
27
Edward Marlo, Ron Bauer Time Machine three reds and blacks are alternated, Ace of Spades put in center of one half, the other half shuffled upside-down, all things are undone when traveled back in time
Inspired by
  • "Time Machine" (Ed Marlo, Ibidem #7)
 2004
Time Machine
2
Ron Bauer Three Ways to Secretly Switch the Two Center Colors as preparation for oil and water
 		2004
Time Machine
20
Ray Kosby, Dai Vernon, Larry Jennings K.J.V. Oil and Water 4&4, four phases, with mixing phase
Also published here 2005
Up In Smoke
21
Larry Jennings Oil And Water 4&4, all black finale
Also published here 2005
Up In Smoke
28
Arturo de Ascanio Oil and Water Featuring the Ascanio Spread 4&4, extra card, later two extra cards, three phases
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 2006
The Magic of Ascanio — Studies of Card Magic
66
Fred Kaps, Channing Pollock Oil and Water 4&4, extra card, two phases
 		2006
The Magic of Ascanio — Studies of Card Magic
116
Arturo de Ascanio Sleightless Oil and Water (or so it seems) 4&4, extra card, multi-phase routine
Also published here 2006
The Magic of Ascanio — Studies of Card Magic
194
Arturo de Ascanio Eight-Card Oil and Water 4&4, three phases
Related to
  • similar version in "Ilusionismo" N° 180, 1960.
Also published here 		2006
The Magic of Ascanio — Studies of Card Magic
294
Jack Avis Oil and Water Again - Agai - Aga - Ag - A 4&4
 		2006
Rara Avis
105
Jack Avis An Oil and Water Move 4&4, using bottom deals and Elmsley Count
 		2006
Rara Avis
106
Shannon Clark Well-Oiled Pack 3&3 multi-phase routine with separating deck climax
 		2006
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7
194
Hiroyuki Sakai Color Sunder 4&4
  • Part I: The First Separation
  • Part II: The Second Separation
  • Part III: The Transposition
 		Oct. 2006
Genii (Vol. 69 No. 10)
24
Alexander de Cova Groundhog Day 4&4, all red kicker, unusual presentation, oil & water combined with silk knotting and Groundhog Day movie presentation
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 2006
The California Lecture 2006
15
Denis Behr Oil & Water 3&3, deck separation as climax
 		2007
Handcrafted Card Magic
66
David Acer The Immiscible Eight 4&4, three phases, only first phase is Acer's and is described here
Related to 2007
The Magician's Ltd Cookbook
19
David Solomon Million Dollar Oil & Water II 4&4, three phases
Inspired by 2007
The Wisdom of Solomon
185
Shiv Duggal Mixed Blessings 3&3
  • Phase One: The First Separation
  • Phase Two: Shake Well to Mix
  • Phase Three: The Second Separation
  • Phase Four: The Face-Up Separation
 		Mar. 2007
Genii (Vol. 70 No. 3)
20
Ken Krenzel Oily Triumph 4&4, face-up red cards alternated with face-down black cards, then all face down but still mixed, then separated
 		Apr. 2007
Genii (Vol. 70 No. 4)
39
Ray Kosby Mix Nix 4&4, spectator and performer mix cards together
Also published here Mar. 2007
Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. 1)
8
Alexander de Cova Oel & Wasser 4&4, all-red climax
Also published here 2007
Seminar 1516
7
Alexander de Cova Öl und Wasser 4&4, all-red climax
Also published here 2007
Seminar 2007
5
Miguel Gómez Momentos especiales entire act, two cards are selected and six Jokers turn into cards to form two four of a kinds, followed by Oil and Water and Reset and in the end cards change back to Jokers, using an envelope
  • Primer acto: Wild Card
  • Segundo acto: Mini "Arena y agua"
  • Tercer acto: Reset
  • Epilogo: Al final, regreso al principo
 		2007
El Placer de la Magia
22
Miguel Gómez Arena y Agua 4x4., three phases
 		2007
El Placer de la Magia
119
Tom Stone Idea for Oil & Water
  • padding
4&4, four reds alternated with four blacks put in handkerchief, all put in handkerchief, one color penetrates one by one
 		2007
Flatland Fever
17
Nick Trost, Shigeo Futagawa The Trost Four-Ace Routine
  • Phase One - The Transposed Aces
  • Phase Two - Japanese Aces (2&2, Futagawa)
  • Phase Three - Flapjack Aces
Also published here 2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
378
Nick Trost The Ambitious Jacks Jacks and indifferent cards are alternated on top of the deck, Jacks come to top, repeat, then small packet handling
 		2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
471
Román García Agua y Aceite ideas the faro fan for Oil and Water
  • Evaporación y condensación (à la Carroll, one color vanishes and reappears)
  • Agitación
Inspired by 2010
Nanomagias
138
Juan Tamariz Oil Strike 4&4, visual phase with ladder/staircase switch
 		Nov. 2010
Genii (Vol. 73 No. 11)
68
Lance Pierce Oil & Water 4&4, four phases
Inspired by 2010
Elements
49
Alexander de Cova, Richard Vollmer Und täglich grüßt das Murmeltier... 4&4, all red kicker, jumbo cards
Also published here 2010
Better Than Hartz 4
15
Alexander de Cova Murmeltier 4&4, all red as climax
Also published here 2010
Seminar Saalbach 2010
3
Alexander de Cova, Richard Vollmer Murmeltier 4&4, all red kicker
Related toAlso published here 2011
Seminar-Leviten
3
Wolfgang Moser Öl & Wasser 3&3 with hole deck kicker
 		2011
Kreationen
21
Jon Racherbaumer Bile and Blood 4&4, all black finale, five phases
Inspired by Mar. 2011
Antinomy (Vol. 4 No. 3)
17
Michał Kociołek In Oil, Under Water 4&4, two phases
 		2012
8 Effects and a Sleight
42
Tom Stone Flustered Curiosity 4&4
Inspired by June 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 6)
30
Tom Stone Sloppy Mix 4&4
 		June 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 6)
31
Tom Stone Spiked O&W 4&4
 		June 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 6)
32
Tom Stone Oil and Words 4&4, displacement idea
 		Aug. 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 8)
31
Dani DaOrtiz Oil and Water Done in the Spectator's Hands
  • DaOrtiz a la Carte!
4&4
Also published here Nov. 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 11)
22
Harapan Ong, William Eston Full Deck Oil & Water 4&4, deck finale
Inspired by 2014
Close Culls
30
Tomas Blomberg Tabled Oil & Water 4&4, three extra cards, one phase
 		2014
Blomberg Laboratories
274
Bébel L'Huile et L'Eau 4&4, multi phases
 		2014
Notes de Conférence 1
3
David Britland Return to Oil and Water
  • Cardopolis
4&4
 		Nov. 2014
Genii (Vol. 77 No. 11)
26
Gabi Pareras Agua y Aceite I 4x4, with follow the leader ending
  • Alternativa
 		2014
Rutinas I
23
Gabi Pareras Agua y Aceite II 6x3 as 4x4, all cards are red as climax
 		2014
Rutinas I
27
Helder Guimarães The Solo Act
  • 1. Triumph
  • 2. Anti-Oil and Water
  • 3. Kings Production
  • Finale - Cards to New Deck Order
 		2015
The Veriloquent
35
Alexander de Cova Das Murmeltier 4&4, all red kicker, unusual presentation, oil & water combined with silk knotting and Groundhog Day movie presentation
Also published here 2015
Burners — Vol. 3
37
Harapan Ong The Incomplete Strip-Out stripping cards out from a tapered deck with an unsquared deck
  • Shuffle stacking sandwich demo: shuffling selection between two Jokers
  • Full deck red-black separation
  • Oil and Water: Spectator separates the colors themselves
 		2017
A New Angle
151
Harapan Ong All Hail the Great Leader Four red cards and four black cards keep remaining separate despite being mixed (follow the leader), when placed together they mix, when placed back with their leaders they separate again
Related to 2017
Wabi-Sabi
14
Edward Marlo Outjogged Oil and Water
2017
Wabi-Sabi
19