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Re: Material: Nick's Red Dye?
By:Mike Bielski
Date: 5/10/2012, 4:33 am
In Response To: Re: Material: Nick's Red Dye? *PIC* (Oliver Bloch)

: Other colors nice too. Built a Petrel a couple of years ago with
: their blue tint on the hull.
: It's worth doing a test of the dye on scrap wood with epoxy and
: varnish over it, as these can add a considerable yellow - amber
: tint.
: The blue dye ended up with a slight greenish tint that I like, but
: I can see where some dye colors would respond less pleasingly.

Also- if your fiberglass has been treated with Silane it will cause the epoxy to turn greenish. If you're fussy about your color (like I am) be sure that you do a test with your fiberglass just in case...

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Messages In This Thread

Material: Nick's Red Dye?
Damian Wentzel -- 5/8/2012, 8:44 pm
Re: Material: Nick's Red Dye?
chris -- 5/9/2012, 8:51 am
Re: Material: Nick's Red Dye?
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 5/9/2012, 9:45 am
Re: Material: Nick's Red Dye?
Paul Sylvester -- 5/9/2012, 7:38 pm
Re: Material: Nick's Red Dye? *PIC*
Glenn -- 5/9/2012, 10:02 am
Re: Material: Nick's Red Dye? *PIC*
Oliver Bloch -- 5/9/2012, 2:44 pm
Re: Material: Nick's Red Dye?
Mike Bielski -- 5/10/2012, 4:33 am
Re: Material: Nick's Red Dye?
Damian -- 5/10/2012, 8:44 am
Re: Material: Nick's Red Dye?
dave g -- 5/10/2012, 9:22 am
Re: Material: Nick's Red Dye?
Mike Bielski -- 5/10/2012, 12:50 pm
Re: Material: Nick's Red Dye?
dave g -- 5/10/2012, 7:11 pm