What can I mix with Araldite / Epoxy to make to set black, please?
I thought of laser toner.
What can I mix with Araldite / Epoxy to make to set black, please?
I thought of laser toner.
Laser toner should work well.
Graphite works well - a clockmaking friend of mine uses it to fill in engraved letters on clock dials. For small quantities he makes carbon using a candle flame on a piece of sheet metal. Alternatively, grind up some barbecue charcoal to a very fine powder (probably not in the wife's coffee grinder though...)
Regards, Tony
These people do pigments for epoxy
I've used powder poster paints (from any half-decent artists suppliers) to colour epoxy in all sorts of colours, including black.
Laser toner would work but be careful - its very fine powder and not nice for your lungs.
Aside from the proper pigments made specifically for the purpose...
Acrylic paint - artist shops sell small tubes/bottles.
You can also use powdered spirit stain ( soluble in meths ). It might possible to use laser toner...give it a bash.
In both cases I'd advise you heat the resin whilst mixing in the pigment - you may find you need less than you thought. It will also take slightly longer for the resin to fully cure if using acrylic paint ( though the heating speeds the process up ).
Regards,
Activated charcoal works well. I used it to repair some damaged bakelite pulleys on old 8mm lathes.
Alan Bain
Use the proper stuff.
I have used Black powder cement dye with good results, you dont nee
much, it goes a long way, Dav
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Buy a cheap tube of 'student' quality acrylic paint from WH Smith, dirt cheap & it works fine. The setting time of the epoxy will be slightly extended though. Mike
Thank you for all the replies.
On re-assembly, I found a bit of "solvent weld" was enough to do the job- and allow another go at "re-celling", should they fail again.
Brian
I dunno...comin' round 'ere wiv yer modern ways...tsk..
Regards,
I rub a bit of carbon fibre rod I got as a Kite spare on some very course sandpaper and put the resulting dust through a fine mesh which removes most of the unwanted abrasive particles. I figure it might even strengthen the araldite. I certainly makes it nice and black.
Scrim
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