REFLECTOR: Epoxy Dye

[Juanita Londenberg]

Dyeing the epoxy worked great.  (Got is Marine West --
it comes in a little tube)  It's of paste/cream
consistency.

Like Brian said, I used it on the door frames,
expecially where you would kick and scratch it with
your shoes.  Then prepped it for painting with black
paint -- now if we scratch the paint, at least it's
black underneath.

Juanita
--- Brian Michalk <michalk at awpi.com> wrote:

> Yes.
> Juanita used some on the high scratch prone areas,
> like around the doors.
> 
> Added black color to the layups.  When finished,
> painted the door 
> stiffeners black.
> She should know where to get it.
> 
> Brooke Wolf wrote:
> > I like to use epoxy/microballoons for fillets and
> general filling because of 
> > the light weight of the substance.  However,
> because of the light color 
> > (almost white) of this mixture, it is very
> difficult to see air bubbles when 
> > glass is laid on top.  Air bubbles and
> epoxy/microballoons are about the 
> > same color.
> >
> > Flox or Cab-o-sill yield a much darker mixture and
> consequently it is much 
> > easier to differintiate the light colored air
> bubbles from dark fill. 
> > But....the fill is heavier.
> >
> > I had the brilliant idea that I would solve this
> conundrum by simply dyeing 
> > the micro with food coloring.  But then I thought
> food coloring is water 
> > based (I think).  Water and epoxy would probably
> not do well together!
> >
> > That brings me to the question, does anybody know
> of a dye or some other 
> > method of darkening the epoxy/micro mixture
> without adding weight?
> >
> > Brooke
> >
> >
> >
> >
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