[Woodcarver] Pigment

[Ray Mighells]

Chris, I have a pasel of latex pigments in small tubes,  they have to be blended with a base white.  I never cared much for them,  but I don't know a lot about colors. I use analine dye stains in powder form. You can use it with a lot of mediums.  I use it with alcohol, lacquer,varnish, linseed oil minwax oil stains and poly.  I used it a lot on color matching furniture repairs when I was in the business. It comes in many colors and you get a lot of milage from a 2 ox bottle. In over 30 years i've used about 1 oz of dark walnut. You can also blend these dyes for toning artist oils and probably acrylics.  I would seek advice from Lori Corbett.  She knows colors.  Best of luck, Ray M
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  From: Chris Howard 
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  Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 9:14 AM
  Subject: Re: [Woodcarver] Pigment


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    Joe,

    Thanks for reply. The pigment I am speaking of is what can be bought at any Hardware where they mix paint, its a very concentrated liquid that from my understanding can be mixed in water or oil based paint.
  Chris Howard
  chrishowardstudio.com
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    From: Joe Dillett 
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    Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 8:50 AM
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     Has anyone used or know about pure paint pigment, to mix to use on carvings. I am thinking about experimenting a little, its easy to get and cheap plus great colors.
    Chris Howard
    chrishowardstudio.com
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    Hi Chris,

    Are you talking about powered pigment? I've never worked with that.

    The closest I've worked with pure pigment is soft pastels. My understanding is that a soft pastel is largely paint pigment with just enough binders to hold the stick together.

    Joe Dillett
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