poly resin and latex?

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harrisbm

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Can latex be added to polyester resin to color pen blanks? If not, how do you guys/gals go about getting exact colors (say for instance a team/school color)?
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It is all in the amount of dye you add. The less dye you add the lighter the color will be. The more the darker it will be. And when you turn the blank down. it will be lighter than the original blank because it is not as thick.
 

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Can latex be added to polyester resin to color pen blanks? If not, how do you guys/gals go about getting exact colors (say for instance a team/school color)?
Thanks people! :)

To clear things up you are referring to Latex paint, is that correct. Not a latex material for fx make up or something else.
Latex house paint is a different formulation, than say the acrylic hobby paint.

Moisture is not good for the PR mixes. The pigments used can be any dried coloring agent. When you are trying a new material, it is always better to do a small pour and see what the reaction is.

Whether it is the pigment used in make up, mica powders or tempera powdered paint. Or the transparent or opaque dyes they sell for the brand of PR you are using. a lot of the resins have formulas that could react differently to the same material.

See the thumbnail of my test panel for assorted epoxies, and adhesives. When I was looking for a material to be poured into pewter belt buckles. The dye is the pigments for castin craft resin opaque type.

As to getting the correct color that is an art, as any of the blank casters will tell you it is practice/experiment, practice/experiment then do it over again.

You want good light and the type of light that the item will be seen most in or corrected natural sunlight/bulb light.
The sample color paint cards are a good reference source when mixing the colors. Also if you missed that class in art get a color mixing wheel chart they see at the big box art and craft stores or Dick Blick's. in the painting section.

I have gone through a whole can or tubes of material in getting the right colors. There is a whole study of shade, hue, depth and brightness that takes people a lifetime to master.

The paint companies have paid big bucks to get the colors right use their paint chip cards but not the paint for coloring the resin.
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When using powdered pigments and fillers(other coloring agents) with the resins powders do pick up humidity, and still can appear that they are flowing nicely when poured. They may still have enough moisture to effect the curing of the reason.
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