I would like to do a burnt orange on white.I need help with pigments to achieve the color. Ratios etc. Thanks

A couple of ways to do this. You can put down a base coat of white tinted epoxy, allow to set and then apply a regular clear coat over that and add in orange colored epoxy for the marbling effect. Or you can simply work with white and orange at the same time.

As far as ratios, all I've ever done is add pigment until I just get the color I want. It doesn't take much and you don't want to add more pigment than needed. Add pigment a drop at a time and stop when the overall color matches your requirements. Add way too much and you may experience problems with the epoxy set and cure.

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I just finished one Doug, only mine had two other colors as well. I used Testors orange metallic and Pearl-X's white pearl dry pigment.....worked out GREAT! I added the pigment from both to tiny seperate batches of Threadmaster that I pulled away fro the main batch of mixed finish. I stirred the pigment in with toothpicks and used the same toothpick to apply the tinted finish to the clear finish that was already on the rod and turning. Once the marbled finish was dry, I recoated the marbled areas with one thin coat of Threadmaster again. Done.

DR

To get the burnt orange, you will need the orange, brown and black. In a sep. cup and th pigmants, reg. amount of orange, a tiny amount of brown and even a smaller anout of black. (This will take a little experamenting) When you get the desired color then add to your finish.

I used to mix ink pigments for a big printing co. Of course thy had cards that had the amounts to use, but you always did swatches and adjusted accoringly.

Mark Syck

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