pink dye for cactus juice
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Edward Cypher
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White and Red alumilite dye mixed in the CJ.
MesquiteMan
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White Alumilite dye is not going to work well with stabilizing. Their white dye is not the same chemistry as the other colors. As a result, the particle size of the pigment tends to get filtered out of the resin by the wood. Would suggest looking for a powdered water soluble aniline dye. It is most likely not going to dissolve completely in the resin so mix it well, let it sit overnight, then mix again the next day. Then strain it through a coffee strainer before use.
Edward Cypher
Member
Go with what Curtis says he knows way more about it than I do. Learned something to day thanks Curtis.
MesquiteMan
Retired Head Moderator
It may mix in but will NOT work for coloring the wood! It is a mica powder with even larger particle sizes. It is this large particle size the catches the light and give you the shimmer but will also be filter out by the wood.
NittanyLion
Member
I have a jar of hot pink Caswell powder coating pigment. It works well in Acrylic Resin, but I'm not sure about Cactus Juice. Curtis?
MesquiteMan
Retired Head Moderator
I doubt it will dissolve, Steve. It works in the acrylic because it is suspended just like mica powders. I would guess it will not even mix into the Cactus Juice and even if it does, my guess is the particle size will be too big to get into the wood properly. This is just an educated guess, though, since I don't know of anyone trying it.
thewishman
Member
Could you dye the cactus first, then dry and then stabilize (clear or colored)?
VotTak
Member
Color looks nice. Which dye did you use?
VotTak
Member
Thanks, found it