Hello Everybody, I just received a marbleing kit and there are no instructions on how to use the material, or even how to apply it to get the effects that are featured in in the Rodmaker magazine. Can antone help me on this. Thanks, Brian

Tight Lines..Brian

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I'm assuming it's one of the Swifty kits. I haven't used those pigments but generally you'd just add a few drops to your epoxy until you obtain the desired shade and depth you want. I do know in talking with Tim, that you can add more than one pigment together in the epoxy to obtain the exact color you're after.

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The kit is an assortment of colored pigments which can be used for marbling but assumes that you know how to marble. If you do a search here, type in marbling and select ALL DATES, you will get a ton of info! The article in the library will get you started

Mike (Southgate, MI)
If I don't want to, I don't have to and nobody can make me (except my wife) cuz I'm RETIRED!!

I've actually been thinking of giving marbling a whirl..everyone talks about TAP plastics for pigment...are the Swifty kits just as good? anyone tried them?

Tim at Swifty claims that the advantage of his pigments is that adding one to the epoxy does not in any way change the properties of the epoxy itself. I can't validate this, and I'm not sure that adding a few drops of the TAP pigment really harms anything there, but this was one of the selling points that Swifty was pushing.

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I started with TAP and still mainly use them but also sometimes use Swifty as well as Testor's metallics (let Testor's settle and pour off the liquid and just use the pigment) What I like about the TAP is that it is extremely concentrated and thick, so that all it takes is a bit on the end of a toothpick! I'm still on my first bottle after quite a few years. Another option is the pigments that paint/hardware stores use to mix custom paints. Most will sell/give you a little if you provide containers. They are very intense and a little will go a long way

Mike (Southgate, MI)
If I don't want to, I don't have to and nobody can make me (except my wife) cuz I'm RETIRED!!



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/18/2008 03:29PM by Mike Barkley.

I like the Swifty pigments but the red is a little "off" or flat rather than a bright red color. Most of the other colors are great, or can be mixed to get the desired result. Haven't found a way to make the red, redder or have more of a pop.

I use the TAP version for red, swifty for the others.

Terry