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Building Tips and technical articles. => Paint and finishing => Topic started by: Richard Fleming on August 19, 2023, 12:00:29 PM
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What is the best way to tint brodak clear dope?
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What do you want to do to the clear dope? Transparent or solid ?
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Transparent
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I tried India inks, don't, mine I think were water based. Can you say MESS?
I have taken a few drops of red, in thinner and mixed that with clear and got a nice tint...Do experiment on something other than the model.. D>K
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Thank you Mr. Ty, do you remember what brand you used? Richard
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I use a lot of aniline dye for tinting in the guitar shop, and have tinted nitrocellulose lacquer and K2 clear as well.
They are readily available but pricey
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Transparent
Richard I use Higgins ink make sure it's fade proof type, just mix ink in thinner then use thinner for clear dope .
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You can buy candy and pearl powders on line to tint clear dope...i bought some pearl violet powder and put in clear the sprayed it over a black base
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You can buy candy and pearl powders on line to tint clear dope...i bought some pearl violet powder and put in clear the sprayed it over a black base
yes In did the same thing Igor orange pearl, just use a white base on yellow's and red's
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yes In did the same thing Igor orange pearl, just use a white base on yellow's and red's
In my case i wanted the darkest purple i could get so i used black