Epoxy Tints

[Michael]

Lee Valley has epoxy tints for sale now. Has anyone tried them?

https://www.leevalley.com/en-ca/shop/collections/112527-eli-chem-epoxy-resin-tints?utm_campaign=174952_FEB14-wood-AdhesiveSeries-CA&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Lee%20Valley&dm_i=6EER,3QZS,12XUST,HRZN,1

[keeldude]

Nice find. I have not. They claim to be super concentrated, but will just have to test that out. For $12, I will give it a shot as it's nice to have a local option. FiberTek on Boundary road has some epoxy pigments as well but never tried them. I have ordered epoxy pigment pastes from Art Works Resin Canada and was pretty happy with the Color Passion line. They go for $14/50g and seems enough to make a few boards depending how crazy you get. They are a pigment rather than a tint so they go quite opaque, it just depends if you want a translucent tint versus opaque color.

[Michael]

I ordered the white, black and blue. We'll see how they work!

[BigD]

What are you making? I'll take one

[Michael]

What are you making? I'll take one

Sorry D, just repairs for now.

[Ryan]

Hey Michael
Is the board you are fixing tinted or painted?
A tinted board example, they look good.

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[Michael]

A tinted board example, they look good.

Those boards look great! My boards are painted but I'm going to try and mix the tint with some micro balloons and epoxy to create a coloured fill.

[LeopardSkin]

I ordered the white, black and blue. We'll see how they work!

Those are the colours of a Vancouver orca.

[bandito]

Nice find. I have not. They claim to be super concentrated, but will just have to test that out. For $12, I will give it a shot as it's nice to have a local option. FiberTek on Boundary road has some epoxy pigments as well but never tried them. I have ordered epoxy pigment pastes from Art Works Resin Canada and was pretty happy with the Color Passion line. They go for $14/50g and seems enough to make a few boards depending how crazy you get. They are a pigment rather than a tint so they go quite opaque, it just depends if you want a translucent tint versus opaque color.

Best prices for epoxy West System in liter and maybe some other stuff is Robertson Plastics , in Surrey/Langley area. I got some fiber glass / carbon /interfiber/cabosil/chopped strand / either there or Fibertek . compare prices. Always phone ,get confirmation AND material confirmed waiting for you in Vancouver as they can screw up. I saw pigments powders they seem good.
Clear E0poxy doesn't like sun UV at all, it will crack wt time exposure and supposedly the main failure or Carbon windsurfing mast m boom. Pigmented should help blocking UV penetrations depth?