Opaque white: Dye or Mica?

[speedybtx]

Hi, All;
Well the objective here is to have a Blank with 3 colors.

The colors - ratio per "cup of measure" - Actually :150grams of Orange Mica, then 127.5 grams of Opaque White and 22.5 grams of a Yellowy - gold color Mica.
(so three color cups)

Perusing the You tube, etc, I am left with wondering about the Opaque White.

My question is:

White Mica Powder or Alumilite Opaque White Dye ?

The Resin is Alumilite Clear Slow - not the Epoxy type.

The Ratio recipe I have come up with via You Tube is:
MICA: 1 Gram of Mica for every 1 ounce of Resin.

DYE: 3 drops of Dye per 50 grams of Resin. (Zac H for the Dye)

FWIW, the Blank is 6 in x 1.5 in x 1.5 in. There i s a 1" long aluminum part in the finished Turn. - A Game call.
though generally speaking I do want the white good and opaque - solid

Thanks, Highly appreciate any and all Advice !
..Bryan

 

[egnald]

I use clear-slow also. I'm a fan of the shimmery look of mica powders so for white I've always used a white-ish mica powder along with one or two small drops of Alumilite white dye in about 1/2 to 3/4 cup of resin. It's just my personal preference though, because I like the combination better than the blanks I've made with just white-ish mica powders. I've never used just the white dye alone, but I have an idea of how it would turn out from some grapevine hybrid blanks I got from Casey Martin that were made with white dye only. For my white I used to use the Pearl Ex #650 Micropearl mixed in with the dye. After I ran out of that I've started using the Eye Candy Sayu White or one of their ghost colors like Ghost Blue for blanks where I wanted just a hint of tint in the white. These have all wound up still being a little bit on the translucent side so for what you are looking for I would guess you want to use a few drops of white dye to make it good and opaque. - Good Luck. - Dave