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Re: Epoxy: Tinting
By:JohnAbercrombie
Date: 3/9/2017, 3:48 pm
In Response To: Re: Epoxy: Tinting (Jaybabina)

You do realize the "old school" blackening agent for epoxy is Graphite powder. You can make a darkening epoxy just by adding less or fully opaque by adding more. Its fairly inexpensive and usually available at all epoxy suppliers

I've used quite a bit of WEST graphite powder in the past.
It works pretty well.
but....
It's not as 'black' as the SystemThree colorant - it has a bit of a grayish cast.
The SystemThree colorant is extremely concentrated but doesn't thicken the epoxy mix so it can be used in the 'wetout' stage.
Black iron oxide is cheap, and black, and hard.

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Epoxy: Tinting
Patrick North -- 3/8/2017, 10:41 am
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 3/8/2017, 12:05 pm
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Patrick North -- 3/8/2017, 12:49 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 3/8/2017, 2:42 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 3/8/2017, 3:00 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 3/8/2017, 9:21 pm
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Paul Sylvester -- 3/9/2017, 4:58 am
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Roy Martin -- 3/9/2017, 6:11 am
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Patrick North -- 3/9/2017, 9:58 am
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Randy -- 3/9/2017, 10:55 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 3/9/2017, 12:30 pm
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Jaybabina -- 3/9/2017, 1:32 pm
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Patrick North -- 3/9/2017, 1:55 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 3/9/2017, 2:24 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 3/9/2017, 3:53 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 3/9/2017, 4:42 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/10/2017, 12:12 am
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Mike Bielski -- 3/9/2017, 6:03 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 3/9/2017, 8:35 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 3/9/2017, 6:06 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/10/2017, 12:14 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 3/9/2017, 3:48 pm
Caution with Lock Graphite
Marc Upchurch -- 3/9/2017, 4:11 pm
Re: Caution with Lock Graphite
JayBabina -- 3/9/2017, 4:22 pm