adding color to casting

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clayton717

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I am about to attempt to do my first casting, and wanted to know what to use to add color? Would acrylic craft paint keep it from curing? I have a color I would like to use but don't want to waste material. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
 
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NewLondon88

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You don't want to use anything with water in it.
(unless you like that champagne look :tongue: )
If you do a search for dyes and casting, you'll get tons of information from people
who have been right where you are now.
 

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I am about to attempt to do my first casting, and wanted to know what to use to add color? Would acrylic craft paint keep it from curing? I have a color I would like to use but don't want to waste material. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

I know some paints work but I think they need to be oil based and not the acrylics. Although I might be remembering it incorrectly.

I recommend as Charlie said, do a search and I know you will find the answer to acrylic or oil based as what you need.
 

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Thanks alot. after I posted this I went back and read some of the old threads and found a lot of answers. Guess I should of dug a little deeper before posting the questions.
 

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I have used all sorts of things for coloring my PR and have found nothing so far that has not worked for me. I have tried Acrylic Paints a number of times and they work. I need to use a lot of the Acrylic paint to get rich colors and I also needed to increase the amount of hardener. But I have no problems turning them and they look very good. :glasses-cool:
 

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Guess I should of dug a little deeper before posting the questions.

Not so much a "read the archives" answer (I hate those answers!) but with
the search function you get the benefit of seeing more answers AND the
replies/rebuttals to those answers. It's one thing to get an answer here
and now, but if the same answer was posted two months ago, someone else
might have posted to the same thread a week later saying "yes, but here's
a better way" or "be careful when you do that because..." etc. and that
makes the archives more valuable.
Just like when you do a Google search for something brand new.. you get
all the hype hits up front.. mostly ads from vendors or postings by people
who just got it. But after a while, you start to get to some postings by
people who have put the product through its paces and have some info
to share. Same thing here. The archives give you the advantage of having
answers over time.

Don't hold back on the questions, but don't deprive yourself of the wealth
of information already posted. If each question was only answered once
and everyone was told to use the search function, this whole forum could
be replaced with a FAQ. So .. ask away!
 
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