Resin Color Library
Recipes 41-60
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Recipe #41 3.5oz Mr. Fiberglass Clear Casting Resin 9 drops Art Stuf Scarlet Resin Dye 0.5tsp Art Stuf Higlight Blue Luster Pigment 18 drops of MEKP |
Comments I was surprised how the blue kept its identity. I expected it to be more purple, not the separate red and blues. Nowhere the color shift one gets with sparkle gold. Lets light through at 1/8" but nothing distinct. |
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Recipe #42: 3.5oz Mr. Fiberglass Clear Casting Resin 0.5tsp Art Stuf Iron Oxide black pigment 0.5tsp Art Stuf Hi-Lite blue Luster Pigment 18 drops of MEKP |
Comments Totally opaque at 1/8", surprising how much the blue dominates. Nice midnight blue. |
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Recipe #43: 3.5oz Mr. Fiberglass Clear Casting Resin 0.25tsp Art Stuf Iron Oxide Black pigment 18 drops of MEKP |
Comments Totally opaque. What'd you expect for black? |
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Recipe #44: 3.5oz Mr. Fiberglass Clear Casting Resin 0.25 tsp Art Stuf Iron Oxide Black pigment 0.25tsp Art Stuf Hi-Lite Green Pigment 18 drops of MEKP |
Comments Totally opaque. Green dominates it. |
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Recipe #45: 3.5oz Mr. Fiberglass Clear Casting Resin 0.25tsp Art Stuf Titanium dioxide pigment 18 drops of MEKP 92° F Gelled in 28 min. |
Comments Did you expect something other than white? Totally opaque at 1/8" |
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Recipe #46: 1.75oz Mr. Fiberglass Clear Casting Resin 1.75oz Art Stuf Clear Casting Resin 0.25tsp Art Stuf Titanium dioxide pigment 0.25tsp Art Stuf Hi-Lite Violet Pigment 18 drops of MEKP 92° F Gelled in 28 min. |
Comments Can you tell the differene between this and #45? I can't. The titanium dioxide completely swallowed the hi-lite violet. |
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Recipe #47: 3.5oz Art Stuf Clear Casting Resin 16drops Art Stuf Sarlet Resin Dye 0.25tsp Art Stuf Duochrome Ry Luster Pigment 18 drops of MEKP 92° F Gelled in 21 min. |
Comments This is basically recipe #5 with the duochrome added. I didn't expet it to pull so far toward orange. Mostly opaque at 1/8" |
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Recipe #48: 3.5oz Art Stuf Clear Casting Resin 14 drops Art Stuf Turquoise Resin Dye 2 drops Art Stuf Blue Resin Dye 18 drops of MEKP |
Comments Base for recipe #49. |
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Recipe #49: 3.5oz Art Stuf Clear Casting Resin 12 drops Art Stuf turquiose resin dye 2 drops Art Stuf blue resin dye 0.25tsp Art Stuf Sparkle GOld Pigment 18 drops of MEKP |
Comments The base here was a blue-turquiose, but the sparkle gold added so much yellow it turned into a bright green. |
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Recipe #50: 3.5oz Art Stuf Clear Casting Resin 0.25tsp Art Stuf Phthaloyanine blue pigment 0.125tsp Art Stuf Titanium Dioxide pigment 18 drops of MEKP |
Comments Totally opaque. |
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Recipe #51: 3.5oz Art Stuf Clear Casting Resin 0.25tsp Art Stuf Phthaloyanine blue pigment 0.125tsp Art Stuf Titanium Dioxide pigment 0.25tsp Art Stuf Sparkle Gold Pigment 18 drops of MEKP |
Comments You can see some gold flecks on the surface, but this is so opaque that's it. Practially swallowed all the sparkle gold. |
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Recipe #52: 3.5oz Art Stuf Clear Casting Resin 0.5tsp Art Stuf Graphite pigment 18 drops of MEKP |
Comments The black from grapite looks a little glossier than the one from iron oxide. But the iron oxide is "blacker". |
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Recipe #53: 3.5oz Art Stuf Clear Casting Resin 0.5tsp Art Stuf Graphite pigment 0.25tsp Art Stuf Hi-lite violet pigment 18 drops of MEKP |
Comments The hi-lite violet really dominates the color. |
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Recipe #54: 3.5oz Art Stuf Clear Casting Resin 18 drops Art Stuf Pink resin dye 18 drops of MEKP |
Comments Base for #55. "Clearly translucent" |
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Recipe #55: 3.5oz Art Stuf Clear Casting Resin 18 drops Art Stuf Pink Resin Dye 0.25tsp Art Stuf Super Sparkle pigment 18 drops of MEKP |
Comments Barely more opaque than #54. Nice depth, but not something for pens. |
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Recipe #56: 3.5oz Art Stuf Clear Casting Resin 23 drops Art Stuf Emerald Green Resin Dye 0.125tsp Art Stuf Titanium Dioxide pigment 18 drops of MEKP |
Comments Base for #57. |
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Recipe #57: 3.5oz Art Stuf Clear Casting Resin 23 drops Art Stuf Emerald Green Resin Dye 0.25tsp Art Stuf Duochrome RY pigment 18 drops of MEKP |
Comments Can't see any of the red from the RY, but it does tint the sparkle from bright yellow toward bronze. Mostly opaque -lets light through at 1/8" but nothing distinct. |
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Recipe #58: 3.5oz Art Stuf Clear Casting Resin 14 drops Art Stuf Blue Resin Dye 0.125tsp Art Stuf Golden Bronze pigment 18 drops of MEKP |
Comments The blue base pulled the bronze pigment toward brown. |
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Recipe #59: Pull a color chip (1.375x2x0.125") sample from #58 block pour and add 1 drop Art Stuf Pearl Essence Resin Dye. MEKP was already added. |
Comments Just trying to see how pearl essence would react with the bronze/determining how much to add. Other than the surface pearl, I can't tell any difference. Doh! Rereading the howto, I see I added the pearl essence way too early. Wait until it's almost gelled. |
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Recipe #60: This is for the Purple shown in the picture. 5oz Silmar41 Clear Casting Resin 0.2ml orange resin dye 0.3ml blue resin dye 5ml Pearl Ex Reflex Violet Pigment 0.5ml Pearl Ex Interference Violet Pigment 0.5ml Pearl Ex Micropearl Pigment 20 drops of MEKP |
Comments This is a recipe provided by Charles Grage (Glass Scratcher). He published this recipe (and #61- the gold) as part of a demo on making a purple/gold pen blank. He's generously let me add this recipe to the library. I used parts of his gallery picture for the color images. Here's the original paper with the recipe. |