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Replicating Bakelite Colour
#11
(30-08-2021, 09:23 PM)Hedd_Jones Wrote: How about trying a dark hardwood as a filler, plus a brown die in the resin.

That's a good idea. I have some scraps of old mahogany somewhere and a belt sander. I can see me taking a trip to the art shop for some powder paints.

Jamie.
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#12
I repaired a black plastic car badge, didnt know what to use as a die, and google didnt help much. I used 5 min araldite (clear), with a dab of normal oil based black paint. Didn't take a lot, went as black as coal. Worked perfectly.
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#13
Thank you, Hedd.

My current thinking is to try and dye some fine sawdust to the right colour and then mix that into a clear resin. I shall be using some for another project shortly, so can experiment with any leftovers, using silicon sweet moulds for the shape. I might still need some colour in the resin, but I hope that the wood dust will give a semblance of the original look of Bakelite, as you suggest.

Regards,

Jamie.
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#14
Try MDF powder. It goes surprisingly dark when mixed with resin.
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#15
Just don't breathe in while powdering your MDF! Highly toxic...
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#16
(04-09-2021, 10:20 AM)Bruce Nicholls Wrote: Try MDF powder. It goes surprisingly dark when mixed with resin.

I shall try that. I have made a couple of pieces using a silicon mould for making sugar paste cake decorations. I mixed a fairly dark sawdust into a resin mix. The result was very encouraging, although it was a too dark for my liking, tending towards black too much. It did not help that I got the ratios wrong and the resin has set like a piece of warm toffee.

Regards,

Jamie.
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#17
Hmmm! Did you taste it Jamie?
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#18
(05-09-2021, 10:29 AM)Renaud Wrote: Hmmm! Did you taste it Jamie?

Tempting though it may have been, I resisted the urge.
. Jamie
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