I have looked in the archive’s but could not find anything. Has anybody used dry artist pigment with epoxy? I did some sample tests on some scrap foam and found it to be super bright and vibrant. The colors i am trying are ultramarine blue and carbon black. Thinking of coarse the blue for the body and the black for the pinline’s. Any thoughts on these pigments would be great. If it works, the colors that are available are amazing. Stay solid Dave
I have looked in the archive’s but could not find anything. Has anybody > used dry artist pigment with epoxy? I did some sample tests on some scrap > foam and found it to be super bright and vibrant. The colors i am trying > are ultramarine blue and carbon black. Thinking of coarse the blue for the > body and the black for the pinline’s. Any thoughts on these pigments would > be great. If it works, the colors that are available are amazing.>>> Stay solid>>> Dave – Dave, I
ve used powdered pigments in both polyester and epoxy resins for many years with excellent results. But I should qualify that by saying never as a true opaque color used in a thin coating. Yes, they can be incredibly vivid. The primary variable seems to be whether or not the pigments are pure and if theyre lightfast. Depending on the application, even powders as inexpensive as poster tempera can work quite well. There are also extremely concentrated powdered dyes called analines/anilines which are often used by luthiers and other woodworking artisans. They also have application to surfboard building.
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ve used powdered pigments in both polyester and epoxy resins for > many years with excellent results. But I should qualify that by saying > never as a true opaque color used in a thin coating. Yes, they can be > incredibly vivid. The primary variable seems to be whether or not the > pigments are pure and if theyre lightfast. Depending on the application, > even powders as inexpensive as poster tempera can work quite well. There > are also extremely concentrated powdered dyes called analines/anilines > which are often used by luthiers and other woodworking artisans. They also > have application to surfboard building. Dale, Thanks for your response. I bought my dry pigments from Daniel Smith here in seattle, There website www.danielsmith.com has a listing for all there dry pigment and ratings for lightfastness. I’m glad to hear that you have had success with dry pigments. I’m thinking of using it in the final coat of the epoxy process a.k.a gloss coat. What do you think? I hoping to acheive a nice deep color for the 6’10 that I am working on.
Dale, Thanks for your response. I bought my dry pigments from Daniel Smith > here in seattle, There website www.danielsmith.com has a listing for all > there dry pigment and ratings for lightfastness. I’m glad to hear that you > have had success with dry pigments. I’m thinking of using it in the final > coat of the epoxy process a.k.a gloss coat. What do you think? I hoping to > acheive a nice deep color for the 6’10 that I am working on. – Sorry for the delayed response Dave- our home PC finally expired. So, with my work schedule and all, it looks like I
m going to be mostly out of the loop until we can find something else. My advice on your project is to make a few test panels that are large enough to observe clearly and really get a feel for what the final results will be, i.e. at least 12" x 12". Transluscent colors are easy, but be careful with deeper tones, especially opaques... you dont want to add so much dry pigment to the mix that it corrupts the quality of the epoxy. Ive used dry pigments in surfcraft building as well as with luthiery projects. Have fun and let us know how that 6-10" turns out!
–>>> Sorry for the delayed response Dave- our home PC finally expired. So, with > my work schedule and all, it looks like I
m going to be mostly out of the > loop until we can find something else.>>> My advice on your project is to make a few test panels that are large > enough to observe clearly and really get a feel for what the final results > will be, i.e. at least 12" x 12". Transluscent colors are easy, > but be careful with deeper tones, especially opaques... you dont want to > add so much dry pigment to the mix that it corrupts the quality of the > epoxy. Ive used dry pigments in surfcraft building as well as with > luthiery projects.>>> Have fun and let us know how that 6-10" turns out! Thanks Dale, I will keep that in mind and will make some test patches first. I will post a picture when its done. Sorry about your home p.c. Thanks again