So for number three I figured I’d do a red opaque bottom with a red/white floral print inlay top… Yes I know getting the red to be nice and even is tough but I figure what the hey, I’m tough. Well at least I thought I was cause, um, my red is now pink!
The first time I tried mixing the resin I used some white and some black to make it an opaque but it looked purple (and still thin on my test piece). The second time I dialed back the white to just a touch and used red pigment. In the bucket and all the drippings look just like I want them: red. On the board… more like a nice dark pink. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. But not quite what I was going for.
So how do you guys mix pigments to get a nice rich red?
I’m gonna do the deck inlay in about half an hour… I’ll post some shots of the ‘Single-Fin Jimmy’ tomorrow…
use a lot more red, skip the white… test the color by smearing a little on a white surface (paper plate or something). Use good pigments, don’t try to save a nickel here.
if you are the same person that i suggested not to use red ,cause it can turn out “pink like girly” then i told you so…if you do it during the lam you have a better chance of it staying dark,on the foam so much gets pulled off its hard to have it look dark…if you were going for a solid color you could have sprayed it ,but watch out with the red paint cause that can be a whole nother can of worms…always be shure to test your colors…i usually use a piece of scrap foam , and if your planning on doing your tint on the foam , be sure when you test it you also pull off any excess to get the right effect…
Well given the change in color I decided to do a, eeks!, red/pink and white acid splash foam tint on the deck instead of the original red/white floral inlay. The board looks good, just a little girly. Guess I’d better start working out in case I gotta defend my masculinity in the lineup! Haha!
Thanks for the replies. I’ll see if number four ends up red…
Your post confused me , because you were saying ‘opaque’ [as in PIGMENT], but then said you were going to ‘tint’ [transparent] the rest ??? [ I’ve noticed a few people interchange the two words, as if they are the same things…]
I’m sure red ‘tints’ [transparent] may tend to go ‘pink’…Dave , yours was a tint , was it not ? [Not a PIGMENT job ?]
PIGMENTS, hopefully, should NOT …again as Lee said , use ENOUGH [to get a strong , deep opaque red [test it on something white, as also mentioned. ] But as mentioned, not so much as to affect cure times adversely. Ask the people you buy the PIGMENT from, if you’re in doubt.
ben
[ p.s. - the word PIGMENT intentionally CAPITALISED in this post for EFFECT. ]
Yea Ben, I got my words confused. I know tint and opaque is different.
Now I remember reading somewhere on here that a tint could be made opaque by adding white and black (in small amounts) hence the small amount of white I put in my original red mix. To clarify, it was a very small amount and I don’t think that was responsible for the pink end product. I think it was a matter of not putting enough red in.
To you San Diego guys… I bought the colors from Mitchs. Do you know if their pigments or tints?
Lastly if pink is the new black or pink is punk then I’m golden!! The board is looking really sweet… except for the fact that it’s pink.
Hotcoat in an hour or so and hopefully gloss coat late afternoon. Photos coming…
…that looks a LOT less pink than Peter Townend’s pink boardshorts, and pink bonzer, and pink single fins he rode in the '70s and then pink thrusters in the 80s , Dave… if it’s any consolation !! [the guy obviously just liked pink…]
