Hi I have just completed my first tinted lamination. On the first go i ran a little short of resin and had to work it really hard to get the laps wet. I got it all down but there are alot of marks which came off my rubber gloves as i mauled it in a state of panic. My cutlaps are a little messy too.
I was this thinking of doing a semi opaque tinted hotcoat to clean it up a bit.
Question 1:
Would it be better to do a straight up tinted hot coat and try not to sand through. ( could have exact match coloured resin just in case) Do a tinted hotcoat followed by a clear hotcoat and then sand?
Question 2:
How do you mix a semi opaque. Could I add a little white resin to the tinted resin of do i need to get some pigment?
I did a red opaque bottom once, and as it was my first colored glass job, it also had some blotchy spots. i covered the blotchy spots with colored resin and followed it up by a clear coat. you have to be careful with the sanding to avoid sanding through these spots, with makes the “not so nice”-spots visible again.
Unlikely to get a good result from a colored hot coat b/c it will be much harder to sand it evenly than you think. DAMHIK… But depending on what you got it might be possible to improve things a bit.