So Ive searched and read all the awesome tips on resin tinting and painting on swalocks but sorry if I did not come across this. My question is would Pigment normally used for making paint work the same as getting pigments from a fiberglass supplier? I had a dick blick coupon and got noticed they had powdered pigment so I bought a few colors since I was there. I have some Leftover Glass and Resin and I luckily have a broken Blank thats been in the basement for years so I have 4 big pieces to test the swirls out on which i think will be a help since Ive only glassed straight clear once before.
That is the brand I bought. I dont want to crack these open if they wont work since they are a bit pricy. Also the dude at the store said they should work with resin but he seemed a little unsure. I can return them if they seem wrong to you guys.He also seemed to think i would get cancer no matter what and seemed pretty alarmed by me even buying pigments in the first place despite telling him I had a respirator and gloves.
Secondly I read a lot of talk of people using acrylic paints to tint the resin but the threads seem to not go too far. Anyone have any insight on that as opposed to the pigments? Would this be a viable option? Ive seen friends and people on the net use acrylic paint in resin in jewelery / trinket making and it seems like it works out pretty well color wise.
Dry pigments, as a rule can not be directly incorporated into the liquid resin because of the difficulty of obtaining uniform despersion. As such the resins are almost always coloured with pre-dispersed pigment
Pigment pastes are made by dispersing dry pigments in a suitable vehicle. The vehicle can be a plasticiser or a reactive resin. Plasticisers because of their incompatibility, can adversely affect the mechanical and physical properties of the cured polyester resins. **Besides **they tend to migrate to the surface, where they will interfere with the adhesion of bonded joints and painting. Pigments dispersed in a plasticiser are not, therefore, recom- ended for colouring fibreglass.
Just something I found on-line. Your pigments also look to be for oil paint and as far as I know oil is a no no.
Spend the money on good pigments there is such a difference. Vadar got me on the good stuff and people always ask how I get such vivid abstracts. Its all in the pigments.
Those look like they’ll work just fine, but I haven’t used that brand, so I don’t know for sure. I don’t see any reason why they wouldn’t. Still, for a beginner, maybe start with dry pigments that aren’t the most expensive.
The key is to mix the pigment to get an even paste with 0 clumps, then apply that paste to your resin. I usually mix with only xylene and a tiny bit of part B (whatever that may be) for Resin-X or epoxy, or for poly, a touch of resin instead of the part B.
I got started with a great post from GreatWhiteNorth, here’s the whole thread: