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Boat Forum / Building / January 2006Epoxy Pigment
I must cover my plywood with epoxy (of course) in a stitch and glue boat. I'm thinking adding a dark green pigment would make for a durable camo job. Right? Wrong? "Am I an idiot"? It will work just fine... You can do either powdered pigment, or liquid... Actually, RIT dye will work quite well also... Look a tthe Gougeon site for West System epoxy... One of their back news letters describes the experiments they did with coloring the epoxy... denny >I must cover my plywood with epoxy (of course) in a stitch and glue boat. > > I'm thinking adding a dark green pigment would make for a durable camo > job. Right? Wrong? "Am I an idiot"? >@#@ You are correct. Epoxy should also be painted with an U V. inhibited paint as it tends to chalk after an few years. Rey >>I must cover my plywood with epoxy (of course) in a stitch and glue boat. >> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Rey Or? If ya got the pockets for it, aluminum dust in the final epoxy. >>>I must cover my plywood with epoxy (of course) in a stitch and glue boat. >>> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >> Rey > Or? If ya got the pockets for it, aluminum dust in the final epoxy. How about explaining this? DF >>>>I must cover my plywood with epoxy (of course) in a stitch and glue boat. >>>> [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > How about explaining this? > DF Aluminum dust is added to aircraft dope to make what we call "silver" coats. The aluminum dust provides UV protection for the fabric underneath.. I've done some fiberglass parts that way too. It works fine. Richard >>>>>I must cover my plywood with epoxy (of course) in a stitch and glue >>>>>boat. [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > Richard I guess the pockets comment means it's expensive .... David Aluminum might be the answer to another type of boat...say a fly-fishing layout boat....but for a sneak boat for duck hunting, it wouldn't be the best >>Aluminum dust is added to aircraft dope to make what we call "silver" >>coats. The aluminum dust provides UV protection for the fabric [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > I guess the pockets comment means it's expensive .... > David Probably not outrageously, but more so that a coat of paint. Thing is, when the paint ages and deteriorates, so does the UV protection... Richard |
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