Anyone care to help out with a heads up on mixing recipe for butterscotch or beer bottle brown resin tint…similar to the nose of this Bing Mini Simmons. I’m looking to vary the strength to achieve both lighter and darker versions of this Bing sample.
I’m far from an expert but I did read here that instant coffee grounds are good for brown. If you used a small amount it might work.
Hmmmm…hadn’t thought of that one beerfan. Could be worth a try, and I think you would need to strain the resin well before pouring.
Thanks Huck for that link. I remember seeing those mixing vids on youtube ages ago but had forgotten about them.
I also found my trusty colorwheel which provided the info, though not all tints and pigments react how they should. The other day I mixed red and blue…now on any normal day you would expect to get Purple, but instead I got an aweful reddish brown… like red oxide metal prep paint.
Always learning…
Hi Shane-have you thought about making a storyboard for testing colors and intensities? I tend to add way too much tint or pigment to resin and what looks OK in the cup is too dark on the fnished product.
You should always be straining it anyway.
to get that color/ similar color I use Roman brown and golden yellow. more golden ellow just a few drips of the roman brown.
Acqua_Glassing, What brand of tints are you using with those names?
I’ve done a few tests today with a new brand available down here which are super high intensity and fluid consistencity. Amazing results and today mixed deep violet and yellow together and came up with something very close, but need to do a proper test laying it down over 6oz x 2 layers to see the true effect on foam scrap first.
Yes I have jrandy… and have been keeping acurate mixing recipes for the past few months…a diary if you will of every batch of resin including temps and kick times. My problem in the past has been what looks right in the cup, is way too light once down on the board, so I always do a test first.
I think every old school laminater, if they were honest with you, has had the same experience. I sure did. You are not alone.
Bill
That’s why you mix your color in the bucket without catalyst and then drop a couple of large drops with the stir stick on newsprint/ newspaper. To what degree you can read the print thru the resin determines how close you are to the desired tint. and if you dab a little on an old piece of foam you’ll get an idea how close you are with the color. Acqua is right on the pigments. You don’t need a color wheel you need to work on training your eye to recognize colors. Lowel
they had a pigment / tint [if diluted enough] called butterscotch , at my old west oz supplier. Having difficulty finding it here in vicco …
but I DID have success mixing an orange tint , a tiny bit of black , and a tiny bit of red , a few times …somewhere among my threads on fins , there could be photos , I’m pretty sure !
To further what MCDING said. When testing tints. I use a rail offcut sanded smooth, with an offcut of glass over it… to see the saturation in both the foam and the cloth.
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That’s exactly what I have started doing Aqua… its the perfect way to see exactly what you’re gonna get…takes any guesswork out of it…at least until you have all your favorite colours nailed.
cheers
Using fiberlgass hawaii tints and pigment… I would go with Orange tint, add some smoke tint and you should have a nice amber/beer hue.
For color testing, I have an extra blank on hand and use a black sharpie to write on it. Dab the resin over the words to gauge both color as well as transluceny.
found it , Shane !
[there "may "also have been a previous thread on this ? … called 'how do I get a caramel tint ? " , or some such , perhaps ?? ]
doubtless a 'google search’will find it
[ " google is your fwend , centuwion ! " 
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cheers
ben