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[MikeK]

Hi All,
I am just about to slap a coat of resin on the yacht fin I am making and came up with the idea of mixing a drop of enamel in to colour it at the same time. Question is will it still cure with the foreign body in ?? It is the cheaper Halfords type resin (I get mixed up with the two types). I have tried the same trick with Cascamite to achieve deck pitch and it worked fine.
I know you can get colouring for the gelcoat, but didn't want to start hunting that down for a one -off job and wondered if there was a similar minded tight ar*ed member out there that had already tried it
I also realise it is not a big deal to nip out to the shed and try a test mix - but I always end up like a fly paper when I get near resin  >:( >:(

Cheers

MikeK

[MikeK]

It's me again - patience never was my strong point ! - just back from the shed and yes the resin does go off with paint in it. It still has a sticky sheen on to the surface , probably from my that 'looks enough hardener' method - never very successful  I will check it later today to see any changes, but initially it looks as though it will work. I suppose this should really be in the hints and tips section.
Now, as per my flypaper remarks above, all I have to do is get this mouse removed from my right hand  good job it is cordless !

'bye all

MikeK

[portside II]

Hi MikeK i also have coloured resin before but i used the poster type paints (liquid) but a friend of mine uses powder paints all the time when repairing car bodys ,mix the powder with the resin well to the tone you require and away you go

[MikeK]

Hi Portside II, that sounds a better idea than the Humbrol enamel I tried. I've just coated the fin and it looks like it may be separating after all. I may have just created a large pain in the orifice for myself  :'( :'(
By the way is Portside II related to Starboardside II and Whatside II ?? 

MikeK

[portside II]

Hi MikeK
dont know about the others but if i keep eating chocolate i will have to change it to outsizeII
i was given the nickname when mooring the ships up at goole and asking the stevodores which side they wanted it to the quay and it stuck.
 

[MikeK]

Thought that is what it meant. Were you a Humber Pilot or a fellow ship driver ? Used to run into Hull for years but never got up to Goole

MikeK

[portside II]

no nothing like that just a humble security guard  but it does have its advantages ,like access to the restricted areas on the docks.
daz

[BobF]

Hi MikeK & P S II

Polyester resin exposed to air whilst curing, will give the sticky finish you mention. I don't know the technical reason for this but it is a fact. When the gel coat is used so it is exposed to the air during curing, you should add a tiny amount of (I think it's called) styrene wax to the mixture, which seals it to the air and stops the problem. When I used to do small chip type repairs to gel coats, I used to tape over with clear sticky tape during hardening, then remove and polish to a finish.

Bob

[SimonO]

To colour resin or cellulose dope i found that artist pastels sanded on 600's wet and dry give a vivid colour, our local art shop sells them individually for 30p or so and they do not affect either product from curing correctly. Plus if anyone wants to model rust build up, if you mix a thicker paste of orange and red (the colour darkens slightly when dry) and apply it with a small brush the effects can be very realistic, especially if a small amount of pastel is sanded over the area while the paste is still tacky and the excess is brushed off when fully cured.

Si

[tigertiger]

artist pastels sanded on 600's wet and dry
Si

Hi Simon
I don't understand what you mean by this.
Please explain so an idiot like me can understand

[Bridkid]

Talking of colouring resin........do you need to put the resin onto a white base or will this work straight onto wood please.........anyone?
Cheers,
Ian.
 

[Tug]

..."don't understand what you mean by this.
Please explain so an idiot like me can understand"

Just a posh way of saying   ...     blackboard chalk rubbed on a piece of very very very fine sandpaper.

600 being waterproof ?sandpaper?  [wet and dry]

...........do you need to put the resin onto a white base or will this work straight onto wood please.........anyone?"

 If you put it straight onto the wood this will influence the colour to a level which would depend on the wood 'soakability'  and hardness,  therefore the end result as regards colour,  would be a pure gamble,

Will it work..?  Yes,
Tug

[Bridkid]

Thanks Tug, so basically it's worth a gamble as the wood is beech ply.
Cheers,
Ian.