Hey Everyone,
I searched alternative pigments but there doesn’t seem to be a general consensus for my application. The closest I found was concrete oxide powder from the local hardware store. Alls I’m looking for is some white pigment for the fin boxes (probox) . Is there anything cheap I can pick up at hardware store such as Home depot / Lowe’s or an art supply store (lyon’s in Long Beach) ?
Most boat stores carry white pigmant. West Marine carrys white, black, yellow and red.
Yeah, but @ $11 for west marine pigment i could have enough to drive to foam ez get pig there, buy an energy drink and have a dollar or two left begging to be left of the stage at the strip club.
Anyone else know what to look for at a well rounded art store with virtually any and all art supplies? Or at Home Depot/Lowe’s ?
Wow, you really are cheap. ; ^) Then get in your car and drive to foam ez. No sense risking messing up a board fooling around with something that might work to save $5. Go get the right stuff.
A dollar or two on the stage of the strip club IS "cheap". That won't even get you a look from that big breasted beauty.
I often thought about adding talc to pigment resin. It’s a mineral. It’s white. I know it can be used as an additive in resins for heat absorbtion and won’t effect strength if it’s fine enough.
Why not try a test plug in some scrap foam?
you could make a perfect router cut for finbox install that you won’t need any pigment at all. Use blue tape on the inside of your jigs. Pout full amount of fesin needed prior to box placement. Once sanded put a top glass patch on it also.
Or add milled fibers for a nice grey colored look.
Or switch to a flanged fin system not have the concerns.
Or go to a stripe club instead of a strip club and see if the stripe enthusiast has some extra pigment
White posca pen before final resin coat.
Use white two part paste epoxy for the last top off fill to the resin dam after initial resin has gone off.
Well, if this helps, something less messy that paste pigment, white powder coat paint from harbor Freight, I use it to color glue ups and boxes
Jim------------- Now that IS "Genius".
At first I was worried that it would contaminate the resin, epoxy and polyester, but it went off fine with the powder in it
I get our powder coating pigments from Ebay. you can get some really fun colors compared to what harbor freight offers. Ive only bought from the store in Colorado thats on there but never have had an issue with it interrupting the flow or kicking of the resin.
In a pinch try baby powder, talc or all-purpose flour. Or just leave it clear - it's stronger that way.
white tempra , in powder form
you can get that at bout any art store or school supply
Thanks everyone for the help. I ended up going to the local art store and picked up some gamblin powder pigment. It does kind of remind me of talc powder. Here is the pigment http://www.dickblick.com/products/gamblin-artists-colors-dry-pigments/
I’ll only be using pinch so I don’t think this stuff will bother the [epoxy] resin at all. If it does I can return it no biggie.
what are you in?
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downtown long beach, the california version
How far from Downtown LB to FoamEZ? Less than 10 miles? not too far from the good stuff.
Try this....start a new post..."Hi, I'm in Downtown Long Beach, Ca and I need a small amount of white pigment".....I see posts from Lakewood and Torrence all the time....Long Beach too...HB is right down the road....time to network with other Sway's guys in your area.........Networking on Sway's has payed off for me.....big time......Ray
To be honest , I don’t really like foamez, I would rather not buy from them. I think their prices are inflated beyond the rest of the market and I don’t really care to support them. I have specifics but there is no need to go into that.
Back on topic, I ended up getting dry pigment by Gamblin from Lyon’s art store. It worked fine, you litterally only need a pinch or less to tint several ounces, so compromising the strength or cure didn’t seem to play a role. However the board hasn’t even seen one cutback yet so the durability of course isn’t known 100% . Thanks again everyone for the input.