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Title: Epoxy dye source?
Post by: lovethehunt on May 21, 2012, 09:13:00 AM
Over the weekend I picked up a 1966 Bear Kodiak that had a site on it at one time. Other than the holes from the site its in good condition. I would like to fill the holes and thought exopy would be the best, the glass is brown so I would like to dye the exopy so it blends. Does any one know where to get this product? What is the best exopy to use?

Thanks,

Todd
Title: Re: Epoxy dye source?
Post by: milehi101 on May 21, 2012, 12:32:00 PM
You can find die made for epoxy at a store that sells fiberglass materials for building fiberglass products.  Locally we use a place called Plastic Craft
Title: Re: Epoxy dye source?
Post by: jess stuart on May 21, 2012, 03:47:00 PM
I have had success adding paint to epoxy to get the color I wanted.  It doesn't take much paint, I just dipped a toothpick in the paint and then stirred the epoxy.  It took a few tries until I got the shade I wanted.
Title: Re: Epoxy dye source?
Post by: johnny girardi on May 23, 2012, 02:37:00 PM
I have just finished doing same thing. I took a scrap pc brown glass and sanded it with 36 grit sandpaper and added it to small amount of smooth on.It worked good not perfect.I also wsed a taper sanding stone that fits in a drill press and put bevel in hole for epoxy to fill. I also seeled hole first with super glue to waterproof.
Title: Re: Epoxy dye source?
Post by: lovethehunt on May 23, 2012, 03:43:00 PM
I like that idea, I've done that with wood and nerve gave it a thaought here.

Thanks
Title: Re: Epoxy dye source?
Post by: 7 Lakes on May 25, 2012, 07:08:00 AM
Smooth on makes a stain for their epoxy.  It's very concentrated.
Title: Re: Epoxy dye source?
Post by: blue_beast_66 on August 05, 2012, 01:28:00 AM
model paint works great for coloring epoxies as long as you need an opaque color otherwise you'd have to find tint for it
Title: Re: Epoxy dye source?
Post by: scottm on August 05, 2012, 09:23:00 AM
Havet tried it yet but the big auction site has a powder for tinting resins.I bougt some to try for mosaic knife pins.Its sopost to be super concintrated,I think it was around 5.00 shipped for the container.