on this next board I’m doing, I want to make it solid black but with the redwood stringer and about an inch on either side of it visible. like small clean white stripes down the center.
I’d like to do it with opaque black pigment rather than say paint because I’m scared of easier delamination and think it would look better.
I just can’t seem to think of a good way to do it. any advice? I could post an example of the effect i’m after if it would help.
I guess I just don’t know exactly what that means or how to do it haha. but I guess getting into the details would take a while. maybe just the quick version?
like would I have to put in separate strips of cloth next to each other or would I just tape off the lines to effect when pouring resin?
also I’ve heard of people doing the pigment/tint in different layers and even the hot coat, what if I just taped the lines and did pigment hot coat? bad idea?
I would suggest starting small, pinlines or deck panels. Wrapping rails with opaque black gloss is not something easily accomplished…
my first go at wrapping rails with panels. Looks good but I most definitely didn’t get it first go. Second pic is deck panels. Not the easiest either but waaaay more forgiving
Just beware…solid black on boards gets outragiously hot in the sun. If you’re worried about delamination I’d be more worried about the heat the board might generate than pigment vs paint.
A little Cobalt. And honestly; if you want it really “Deep” , you may need to sand the first one and double coat. In that case you would need to use sanding resin. I have done really deep looking pigment jobs in the past by painting the foam blank and then do my pigment on the hotcoat. The possibility of delam usually comes into play when you paint a Hot Coat. Pigmented resin sticks good to a sanded hot coat. Although I have painted many times on the sanded hot coat with good results and Glossed over.