Mosaic Pin advise

Tommegow

Tommegow

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I attempted to make my first mosiac pin. I wanted a solid white ones.
I filled a 1/8"thin wall tube with long cure epoxy tinted with settled TESTOR'S
white model paint. When I cut the pin a day later the epoxy seemed soft. Can you add too much tint and change the epoxy set? Does the pin need to sit several days to fully cure?? Is a 1/8'" void too big to set hard???
Thanks
Tom
 
Tom

My guess is the testors is not made for epoxy, but for enamal or lacquer and some of the chemicals screwed up the cure. I have used epoxy around things with glycol residue and it screws the cure and leaves it rubbery. Try going to your local boating supply place and by a tube of the resin tin paste made to tint gelcoat. It comes in a variety of colors and you can buy a kit with 6 or 8 colors and mixing directions to acheive most any color. You can probably disolve the goop in your pins by soaking them in acetone. (do this in a well ventilated area and not close to a forge.

Jim A.
 
WOWW
Good idea. For white there is an epoxy that Sheffield carries that will do the trick I think.:thumbup:
Give them a call.
 
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