Charles
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Have several mica's and pearl-ex and HF powder coat paint. nothing has worked an tired of wasting PR. What can I use to get a true bright YELLOW color? HR comes out orange.
color question.
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Lemon yellow sign paint, or any bright yellow enamel paint, about a 1/2 oz per 8 oz resin mix. If you can find some cheap bright yellow nail polish that should also work, use the whole bottle in an 8 oz casting and it will be seriously yellow.
Charles
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Thanks, Gerry, I will give that a try. It is for a custom blank for a client. BTW, I have been to your town, originally from Owensboro, Ky. Were once neighbors.
PR_Princess
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Ditto on what Gerry said!!! But if you can't find those and happen to have a local Hobby Lobby or Michaels etc. look in their casting section for this...
Gives a nice bright opaque yellow, though a little on the pricey side at $4-$6.00/btl
Gives a nice bright opaque yellow, though a little on the pricey side at $4-$6.00/btl
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Texasbeachbum
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Only takes about 4 drops per oz.
Charles
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That looks great but the Michael's near me only carries the three little bottles that remain tranparent after hardening. I did fid the bright yellow enamel paint at Michael's and will check that. Will have to look at Hobby Lobby, There are several here in Houston. Thanks all!! It will be used in a custom fishing reel seat I am making for a rod maker in my area.
jason_r
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Try ArtStuf's pigments. They have several shades of yellow available.
Most of my Resin Color Library is done with their dyes and pigments.
Most of my Resin Color Library is done with their dyes and pigments.
workinforwood
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I like the oil base paint at ace hardware...I buy the little tiny cans, i think it's a pint size..$3.99 ea. You get a lot of blanks out of a pint. I find if I go with the quart size..quantity wise it is even cheaper, but because you open and close the can a million times, you end up with a layer of hard paint on top and eventually the can and the paint is trash before it's all used up. You need about 2 nice scoops of oil paint with a Popsicle stick for every 4 ounces of resin.
har18
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so can you use the oil based paint in pr and alumilite?? and is it just as good as mixol or alumilite colors???
JohnU
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Try some nail polish. I get good results with it.
Craftdiggity
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I use the Mixol pigments from Woodcraft.
paramount Pen
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Go to Sherwin Williams and ask to buy paint pigment designed to work with two part epoxy paints. They sell it to me for .50 to 1.00 an ounce depending on which color you get. thats what I use.