Seer
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Can and if so how much paint can I use in the resin to color it.
Testors paint and pr
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Depends on the color and how opaque you want it to be. Half of a quarter oz bottle of black in 8 oz of resin will be opaque. The same ratio for yellow will be translucent. Bolder and darker colors tend to require less, pale colors can use more. The colored metalics like metalic red, metalic purple, etc, are very transparent, while the metalic metal paints like gold, silver, copper or aluminum are less transparent.
Nail polish is cheaper than Testors and available in more colors. Cheap nail polish tends to be very transparent and for the most part that is a good thing.
Nail polish is cheaper than Testors and available in more colors. Cheap nail polish tends to be very transparent and for the most part that is a good thing.
louie
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Testors enamel work well with Silmar41. I haven't tried the acrylcs. You will have to experiment with what level of opaqueness you are looking for, although Gerry's amount is about right, as I use less, but I am only coloring about 3.5 ounces of resin at a time.
Note, you can get a 9 pack of enamels (actually 8 colors (red,blue, green, yellow, white,black,gold, silver and 1 thinner) at Michaels, use one of their 40-50% coupons and it will be about $5-6
You can mix in Pearlex Micro or Macro Pearl to add pearlescent to the colors. (not sure what these are called in Coastal Scents products). Works great.
Note, you can get a 9 pack of enamels (actually 8 colors (red,blue, green, yellow, white,black,gold, silver and 1 thinner) at Michaels, use one of their 40-50% coupons and it will be about $5-6
You can mix in Pearlex Micro or Macro Pearl to add pearlescent to the colors. (not sure what these are called in Coastal Scents products). Works great.
Brooks803
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It might be cheaper to buy the resin dyes at michaels or hobby lobby instead. They come in opaque and transparant and will yield alot more blanks per bottle. Mix them with the various micas from coastalscents and you can make some very vibrant colors.
Gerry has it right though. Different colors will give you different looks. If you do black and yellow you can end up with green since the black is more solid and will show through the transparant yellow. It does work though if you can get the mixtures perfect. I've only been able to do that 1 time though, but here are the results:
Gerry has it right though. Different colors will give you different looks. If you do black and yellow you can end up with green since the black is more solid and will show through the transparant yellow. It does work though if you can get the mixtures perfect. I've only been able to do that 1 time though, but here are the results:
toolcrazy
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Will the same color mixes work with alumilite?
Brooks803
Member
I can't say for sure since I don't use alumilite. However, I do know you can mix the mica powders from coastalscents and the alumilite dyes to get the same effect. Just a drop or less of the dye mixed in will give dramatic color. I would assume that as long as the color pigment isn't water based it would work with alumilite.
workinforwood
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yea, they all work as long as they are not water based. If I had 8 ounces of alumilite, I'd be pouring in the entire bottle of testors. Cheaper to just buy a can of rustoleum.
Seer
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I made a small block of blue and silver yesterday, cut it and have not turned it but will post if it was worth it. Don't think I will be using the paints next time, like you all said expensive way to color the paint. Thanks for all the replies.
Jerry
Jerry
PenMan1
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Yep, Gerry got it goin' on. Nail polish gives a better look at about half the price. It also has a little "glow" where paint is kinda muted.
