Epoxy pigment

The far and away best thing to use are epoxy pigments. The powdered pigments from K&G are the best IMHO. They cost very little and a small jar will last years. You only need a tiny amount to color a good size amount of epoxy. I use maybe 1/10 tsp. ( probably less) of black pigment to color the epoxy to glue up a dozen handles. For a smaller amount, I use a flat toothpick tip full.

You will hear of many things from model paint to wood dye, to Rit, buy none are made to bind with epoxy.
 
Thanks for the quick response, Stacy. I'm working on a ring and need to backfill on it. I have black pigment for handles, but I wasn't sure what to use for blue. Yeah, it's truly a tiny amount goes a long ways. We colored a pond green once, with DNR assistance, only took about an ounce to dye 3 acres and it lasted several days.
 
If you are in no rush, I would be glad to put some blue powder dye in a mailer and send it to you tomorrow. It should get there by Monday, if not earlier.


If it is a time sensitive thing, take a small bottle or jar to the local paint store. Ask for one drop of blue pigment. That will work.

Just a side note about epoxy mixing.
The best mixing container I have ever found for knife and hobby work is the small 2oz. take-out cups ( called soufflé/portion cups for some reason) that catsup and sauces are put in. A whole case of 2500 is about $20, and will last a young knifemaker a lifetime. The smaller box of 250 is about $2.50. A sleeve of 50 cups from a BBQ joint or a Wendy's will last most folks a couple years.

 
Thanks, Stacy. I'll take you up on that. I mixed up the black epoxy and think I did a decent job with it, but it was hard keeping it off part of the relief since the square is lower than the compass. I probably had to clean out the joint 20x, but it finally stayed clean.

I'm going to mix the blue for the center, then re-sand and anodize the compass and "G" at 110v, which should be a nice gold color. This should give a noticeable differentiation between the square and compass, yet keep both of them brass colored. I'm doing the anodizing with 9v batteries and a toothpick. It's different anodizing an area just the size of the point of a toothpick.
 
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The trick is to do the smaller area first and then do the larger background fill. When you sand and polish, it will expose them evenly. The preferred filling material for these jobs is a part A-part B resin called Ceramit. Jeweler's suppliers sell it. It comes in all sorts of colors. Fiberglass resin type epoxy works good too. You want something that dries very hard and can be sanded and polished.
 
If you need black and are in a hurry, your local Golfsmith store has that kind of stuff. I ma sure that the other major golf gear chains would too.
 
I've used quite a bit of Evercoat pigment. I love the stuff. Not too expensive and I get it locally at Ace. I have several colors and they all come out great.
 
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