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Re: Epoxy: Pigment
By:M A Bielski
Date: 5/10/2017, 4:54 pm
In Response To: Epoxy: Pigment (Patrick North)

That has been my experience as well. I do it the same way as John. I buy cheap mixing sticks and before I mix a batch I dip the stick in my little thing of colorant. I do it for different reasons, though. I'm a painter. I don't like bright finishes any more. I use tinted epoxy to make the paint go on with fewer coats so that I don't have a dark over light/light over dark issue, and I have been using a mixture of graphite and silica on hull bottoms because of its reparability. I use it for fill coats only, obviously, but I also believe that if you can add filler to your fill coats you will reduce your weight because epoxy is heavier than graphite or silica by volume. I have never tested, so it may be that by telling you this I'm spreading a folk remedy, but... Anyway- I use tinted epoxy when I laminate, and I use colorant with the graphite and silica mixture to make sure it is as dark as I want it.

So- I dumped my internet cache and couldn't get back into my old account, which is not completely bad, because now I will be able to post photos. I am currently working on restoring an old kevlar squirt boat, and I'm doing the graphite coating on the bottom. I will take photos and post them when I get to that point. The deck has a flake finish and will be clear, so there won't be any opaque paint on this one.

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Messages In This Thread

Epoxy: Pigment
Patrick North -- 5/10/2017, 9:35 am
Re: Epoxy: Pigment
JohnAbercrombie -- 5/10/2017, 12:35 pm
Re: Epoxy: Pigment
M A Bielski -- 5/10/2017, 4:54 pm
Re: Epoxy: Pigment
JohnAbercrombie -- 5/10/2017, 7:16 pm
Re: Epoxy: Pigment
M A Bielski -- 5/10/2017, 10:12 pm
Re: Epoxy: Pigment
Bill Hamm -- 5/11/2017, 12:47 am
Re: Epoxy: Pigment
M A Bielski -- 5/11/2017, 7:02 am
Re: Epoxy: Pigment
Bill Hamm -- 5/12/2017, 12:22 am
Re: Epoxy: Pigment
M A Bielski -- 5/12/2017, 1:50 am
Re: Epoxy: Pigment
Bill Hamm -- 5/13/2017, 12:14 am
Re: Epoxy: Pigment
Bill Hamm -- 5/13/2017, 12:17 am
Re: Epoxy: Pigment
M A Bielski -- 5/13/2017, 8:20 pm
Re: Epoxy: Pigment
Bill Hamm -- 5/14/2017, 8:03 pm
Re: Epoxy: Pigment
M A Bielski -- 5/15/2017, 10:47 am
Re: Epoxy: Pigment
Bill Hamm -- 5/18/2017, 12:17 am
Re: Epoxy: Pigment *PIC*
M A Bielski -- 5/13/2017, 8:45 pm