Can Acra Glas Gel be tinted white and if so what would be needed for that.

Steve...........

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Can Acra Glas Gel be tinted white and if so what would be needed for that.

Steve...........

white gell coat

Brownells sells a little bottles of dye in different colors. Or used to, at least.

You can also use artist oil paint. Just don't use too much as it can effect the strength of the finished product.

Titanium dioxide powder. Same thing that makes white paint, white. It will thicken the acraglass, though. I haven't used it with gel, only with normal runny acraglass.

I got the last jar of it at an organic food store in their cosmetics section. It is used a lot in sunscreen and hand lotion. Amazon will have it as well.

Jeremy

I dyed it other colors without trouble never white.

Thanks for the advice guys, I'll have to check out those suggestions.

p dog shooter
I have mixed it up in other colors (browns and blacks) but never white either.

Steve..........

You can buy 2 pot Marine epoxy filler that is already white.

Mine is made by Norske - a Scandinavian pulp & paper company. It smells strongly of pine & I suspect that it is a byproduct of the pulp & paper mills as they process the pine pulp.

It works very well as a bedding or repairing alternative to Accraglass.

Marine Tex epoxy comes in white. Available at any boating supply store.

Accraglass comes with both black and Brown dye, and they sell white and lots of other colors..The bench resters and thumb hole stockers like funny colors..

I'll have to check with Brownells to see if they have any white die, probably cheaper to go that way as I only need enough dye to put in about a tablespoon of Acraglas Gel.

Steve.......

Marine Tex comes in white, they are out of Boise Idaho. Its real good stuff, I use a lot of it..Its a one to five mix and easy to use.

Thanks, that'll be the easiest to use.

Steve........