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Re: epoxy tints *PIC*
By:JohnAbercrombie
Date: 6/12/2016, 1:53 pm
In Response To: Re: epoxy tints (Brian Nystrom)

You can also find tints at West Marine and other boating suppliers. The tints that are commonly sold for use with gelcoat work fine with epoxy, as the tint's have a neutral base that mixes fine with almost anything.

One comment from experience: the white pigments and tints I've used (gelcoat tints, SystemThree, Zinc oxide powder) don't do a very good job of 'overpowering' any other color cast in the mixture. So if you have an amber epoxy (especially if your WEST hardener has gotten a bit old, it gets darker) then even with the white pigment, the result will be tan/pink - possibly not what you want.
The TiO2 suggestion from Jay is an excellent one - eBay or pottery supply places are good sources - that's where I got black iron oxide and also yellow iron oxide to use as pigments.
Some of those powders do tend to give a bit 'granular' appearance - the System Three blue pigment I used gave a nice transparent effect in low concentrations.

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John Bell -- 6/11/2016, 1:46 pm
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John Bell -- 6/11/2016, 2:42 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 6/11/2016, 5:45 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 6/11/2016, 4:57 pm
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John Bell -- 6/11/2016, 5:17 pm
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bsoderholm -- 6/11/2016, 6:52 pm
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John Bell -- 6/11/2016, 9:25 pm
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Brian Nystrom -- 6/12/2016, 12:34 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 6/12/2016, 2:03 pm
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John Bell -- 6/12/2016, 3:33 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 6/12/2016, 10:04 pm
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bsoderholm -- 6/12/2016, 10:18 pm
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John Bell -- 6/12/2016, 3:26 pm
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dave koslow -- 6/13/2016, 10:07 am
epoxy tints
John VB -- 6/11/2016, 10:42 pm
Re: epoxy tints
Brian Nystrom -- 6/12/2016, 12:38 pm
Re: epoxy tints *PIC*
JohnAbercrombie -- 6/12/2016, 1:53 pm
Re: epoxy tints
John Bell -- 6/12/2016, 3:35 pm
Re: Paddle: Followup: First DIY GP
Bill Hamm -- 6/12/2016, 12:00 am
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John Bell -- 6/12/2016, 3:39 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 6/12/2016, 4:30 pm
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Thomas Duncan -- 6/20/2016, 9:10 am
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Alex Ferguson -- 6/21/2016, 12:33 am
Titanium Dioxide pigment $5
jaybabina -- 6/12/2016, 8:02 am
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John Bell -- 6/12/2016, 3:37 pm
Re: Titanium Dioxide pigment $5
Bill Hamm -- 6/12/2016, 4:32 pm
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jaybabina -- 6/12/2016, 5:52 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 6/12/2016, 6:49 pm
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jaybabina -- 6/14/2016, 9:11 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 6/14/2016, 11:46 am
Re: Titanium Dioxide pigment $5
John Bell -- 6/16/2016, 4:28 pm
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Randy -- 6/16/2016, 8:45 pm
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Randy -- 6/16/2016, 8:53 pm
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Randy -- 6/16/2016, 9:01 pm
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John Bell -- 6/18/2016, 1:01 pm
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jaybabina -- 6/19/2016, 7:18 am
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