Will tinted silmar lam resin level itself out? I am working on a restoration of a Con that was originally a yellow tint on the bottom. The original yellow faded away. Also, I am fixing dings and such. My idea was once everything is ready to give an even coat of yellow tinted lam resin then following that with Reichold gloss resin. Would like to avoid the sanding between the two coats of resin so I can keep an even coat of color underneeth. Looking to bring back the yellow color and hide the repairs a bit.
Question is will the brush strokes in the lam resin level itself out so I can proceed to gloss without sanding.
Hi mako, regardless of what your trying to acomplish with the tinted resin, without surfacing agent it won’t level out or be smooth enough to shoot a gloss over it.
The point of the tinted or or opaque yellow resin would be to hide the rapair work and get the board close to its original yellow color. I was thinking I might be able to avoid sanding before gloss which I feel could make for uneven color results. In the image below, to the rail side of the pin line you can see the original faint yellow tint. I would only tint the bottom up to the pin line. I plan on glossing the whole board when I complete the restoration. The deck side of this board is almost pristine but the bottom had issues.
If you really want to hide the dings you’ll have to go opaque. Even then, yellow is not the best color for masking what’s under the glass. As previously stated, a tint will hide nothing.
