Ok so the big boy fish is almost ready to glass and the guy I am making for wants something different than just white. I have been toying with the idea of pouring a small cup of tinted resin on the deck (mabey two colors yellow circle on bottom and blue in the middle of that so it blends a lil and turns green) then squeegee the two colors toward the tail so it resembles a fire ball with a tail, but not over the rails so i can still do a free lap.(dont want to try a cut lap just yet). Here are some foreseen problems that i need a swaylaholics help to figure out. First since i am still learning I want to use UV resin and a small batch of catalized resin for the colors because i heard UV and pigment do not mix well. Second what order should i do it? pour colors and then UV over it and bring into the sun? Or can i just do the colors and not even saturate the entire cloth and once it kicks UV lam the rest. OR is this a bad idea. I hope it is clear what i am trying to do. Any ideas how i should attack my mini resin tint idea? Thanks again guys.
one thing you could do would be to glass as normal, then before it totally kicks, apply the tinted resin. keep in mind, you’ll have a hard time keeping that stuff on the deck only.
Here is how I would approach it if you want to do an abstract resin effect. Use a 4 oz. inlay that is taped off, maybe even in an abstract shape (good practice for your cutlaps). You will get “hard” edges on the color inlay area, it won’t just fade off into the clear or white. Next you would laminate another layer over the colored inlay. The problem with trying to do it all on one piece of cloth on one pour will be when you pour the clear on top of the tinted resin. The clear will pickup color and bleed together, then you will be dragging lightly tinted resin all over your deck and rails. Setting off a small area first with UV then trying to finish the lam is kind of sketchy. I’ve had no problems with lightly tinted UV poly resins, on darker or opaques I add a touch of catalyst. An airbrushed foam tint might offer you more control on the finished effect. One thing about using resin swirls is that no two are going to come out the same, likewise you will have limited control over the patterns. Test and then pour, my 2 cents.
Tom S.
Howzit Soulslider, Have you concidered doing your design on the blank. We’ve been doing this and using tints and pigments with UV resin and have had no problems when it comes to the resin kicking since the resin is a thin coat on the foam. You can do tape off designs also, I’m waiting for a customer who wants a flame design using this technique. Aloha, Kokua
That definitely sounds like foam tint job. I think it will come out clearer and cleaner that way. I got an idea on how to do that, I’ll go try it and let you know if it works.
These are foam tints too: http://www.swaylocks.com/resources/Detailed/614.html
Ok, Red yellow black swirl, dipped bottom of a big gulp cup in it. set on the foam for couple of seconds. pulled it off and dragged it with a squeegee. looks pretty cool. would look neat if you tape and cut out flames just after where the middle of the circle will be and dragged on to that. I just did a small piece of foam = big gulp cup, don’t know what you could use for a bigger circle, but I think it should be flat, not rimmed. use it if you like, looks kinda neat to me. do tests first, you only get one shot.
bigger circle… waste paper basket, bathroom trash, paint can, paint bucket…
just a thought
–4est
Awsome! I never considered doing a foam resin tint. That seems alot simpler. How do you tape off the all of the deck to ensure nothing makes it outside the tape? Definantly glad to hear i can use my UV stuff. Is that red board in the pic a foam tint all the way around it looks so good. Thanks again guys.
If you did some on the foam and then some during the lamination it would give you a 3D effect because it would have some depth. Just an Idea. Austin S.
Oooooo, 3-D sounds gooood.
No, the red one is a regular color layup.
If your gonna do it on the foam you have no kick time to worry about, soeven if you’re using UV, put some MEKP in it.