Author Topic: Coloured CA (superglue)  (Read 2035 times)

Offline Bryan Milham

  • Administrator
  • platinum
  • *****
  • Posts: 4500
  • I’ve had my patience tested; I’m negative
Coloured CA (superglue)
« on: July 10, 2019, 08:59:42 PM »
Thought I'd share this info:

I saw a short video that showed you can buy Black Superglue. The demo I saw, showed it being used to fill a crack in a wooden board.

So that set me wondering, what could you mix with CA to colour it. Almost anything I know you add to it, sets it off, fast.

So a search gave me this YouTube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGEecsESDBQ.

And a subsequent search for Translucent tinting resin for polyester, polyurethane gave me this link, https://www.easycomposites.co.uk/#!/resin-gel-silicone-adhesive/pigments-and-dyes/translucent-tinting-pigments/translucent-tinting-pigments-for-clear-casting-resins-set-of-10.html.

The questions page, for these resins on the Easy Composites site, say these colours are oil based and not compatible with CA, but I cannot see any other type of mixer resin that might be available from Easy Composites so I must assume, as the video said, no-one else has tried it or tested it to see if it works.

I also note they can be used for epoxy resins, and at £12.46 for a set of 10 x 25ml bottles is very affordable to experiment with.


« Last Edit: July 10, 2019, 09:11:46 PM by dr4g0nfly »
Oh Lord, Lead me not into temptation…

...Oh who am I kidding, follow me, I know a shortcut!

Offline hughie

  • gold
  • ****
  • Posts: 416
  • The Wooden Potter
    • http://www.facebook.com/TheWoodenPotter
Re: Coloured CA (superglue)
« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2019, 04:11:41 AM »
I have used the black, its very popular in New Zealand but not so here. But i found to goes off in the bottle if you dont use it up fairly quickly. Fillers, well I have use ebony dust and CA it works very well. If you cant find any ebony lying around :) maybe a little of the bog oak as its black. I just rub the ebony of very coarse sand paper to make my own.

Offline bodrighywood

  • platinum
  • *****
  • Posts: 3631
    • Bodrighy Wood
Re: Coloured CA (superglue)
« Reply #2 on: July 11, 2019, 07:54:06 AM »
I use a lot of different fillers with CA glue, various sanding dusts that I collect, metal powders and glass powders. Wood dust seems to go darker when glue is applied so pretty impossible to hide a split in light coloured woods but I tend to highlight not hide splits cracks etc.

Pete
Turners don't make mistakes, they have design opportunities