What kind of tinting do I use for marbilizing ?

You can use TAP Plastics Gelcoat Pigments available from [www.tapplastics.com];

Also popular, is Testors model paints... drain off the liquid and just use the pigment that's left in the bottle.

I think people have been using other pigments as well... but these seem to be the most popular.

Erik

I like the pigments available at stores selling house paints. They work great; they're darker in color and I'm able to create all shades of colors from one pigment just by adding various amounts of white into the marble job. You'll need your own small empty (MT) containers, though, and a gift of gab-they don't sell these pigments and have no UPC code for them at the front register. You'll have to talk them into it but for a rodbuilder who solves problems on a daily basis, should be no problemo for you LOL. I do like the Testor's white color, though...

Putter
Williston, ND

Putter
You and I must be talking about two different tints. At my Home Depot at the rgister they sell paint tints in tubes. Arcylic I think

Putter is talking about the pigments they use over in the 'paint' section of the store...the pigments they add to large paint cans to make custom colors in-house.

Jay

Not the same tint - just in a small tube??

Bill
In the auto paint business tint is used to change the shade and pigment is used to change the color.Dont know what is in the tube you refer to.Do they come in colors???

Freddwhy (Rapt-Ryte)

Yes, I have used them to tint epoxy. They are used to tint house paints. Not that great of a selection of colors. Worked well, then I just ordered the tints from Tap Plastics

I'm not sure if those are tints or pigments, Bill. The tints would work, they just wouldn't be as dark starting out as the pigments are (similar to TAP's pigments).

That, again, is why I like these pigments much better. They are extremely dark in color. When white is marbled in, the various shades of the color make the marbling nicer because of the extremes in the shading.

Putter
Williston, ND

The craft stores also have acrylic pigments in the little tubes . I saw them at Michales , and they were a lot more expencive than the TAP stuff............ but they had a ton of different colors . JHD

Got Fish ?

Other than Tap pigments, what other ones can I use ?

I have found the pigments from Pearls Crafts to work very well. They are Pearls Brand. They are inexpensive and have numerous colors. They are locked behind glass..look for the man with the key