Ron Swanson Jr. Posted September 13 Report Share Posted September 13 Hi all, I have a couple small knots that I'm planning to fill with epoxy. I want to color it black. I know I can get a small container of tint for about 10 bucks at Rockler, but since i literally only need a few drops... I'm wondering if anyone had any household solutions for coloring epoxy? I guess I'm getting more frugal (cheap) as the years go by and i really don't want to spend $10 for a few drops of color if i can help it. Thanks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcschoenthal Posted September 13 Report Share Posted September 13 I've heard of people using charcoal to tint black. Don't know what type or how much, but it would be cheap to experiment with. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom King Posted September 13 Report Share Posted September 13 I work on golf clubs, so keep black epoxy for that. I've used golf club epoxy for a number of things other than golf clubs. When I need black epoxy, I just use that. Golfworks is probably the best and cheapest place to get it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Swanson Jr. Posted September 13 Author Report Share Posted September 13 Thanks @Tom Kingand @fcschoenthal, both are great ideas! I would've never thought of charcoal and didn't even know there was golf epoxy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom King Posted September 13 Report Share Posted September 13 You can probably find it on the shelf in a golf store, since you're in a big city. Look where the club tools are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legenddc Posted September 13 Report Share Posted September 13 If you do find something let us know. I ended up with the $10 bottle of black dye. Have you seen this poly mix at minute 13:39? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted September 14 Report Share Posted September 14 Dry pigments are less likely to interfere with epoxy set. DAMHIK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnG Posted September 14 Report Share Posted September 14 Not sure how soon you’re wanting to do this but I can send you some fine carbon black dry pigment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted September 14 Report Share Posted September 14 Hasn’t someone(s) mentioned using coffee grounds before? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom King Posted September 14 Report Share Posted September 14 Golfworks own brand works just fine and costs less than regular name brands. Like any epoxy, it keeps for years on the shelf. I used some last weekend that I expect might be ten years old and it set up just fine. If you imagine the force of a golf club head hitting a ball at 114 mph held onto a .355" shaft with this epoxy, you will agree that it's plenty strong. It is designed to break down with heat at about 100 degrees lower than the lamination epoxy in graphite golf club shafts. I used some in a pinch to fix the door on Pam's chicken house over ten years ago and it's still being used. https://www.golfworks.com/golfworks-epoxy-8oz/p/epx/? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J Posted September 14 Report Share Posted September 14 11 hours ago, Coop said: Hasn’t someone(s) mentioned using coffee grounds before? I used epoxy to fill a knot once. I colored with coffee grounds (used and dry). The color was good, but the grounds at the surface would not sand smooth. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Swanson Jr. Posted September 16 Author Report Share Posted September 16 To follow up on this, i was at Rockler yesterday and they sell a thick, black ca glue. So I'm going to give that a shot. I think it was $15. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J Posted September 16 Report Share Posted September 16 Definitely let us know how that works. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted September 17 Report Share Posted September 17 Anyone here tried this hot-melt stuff for filling knots? Seems to be made for flooring, curious as to how it looks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J Posted September 17 Report Share Posted September 17 I'm curious, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom King Posted September 17 Report Share Posted September 17 I wonder how hard those hot melt sticks cure. I've used the Mohawk colored blending sticks with pretty good success. I forget exactly what they're called but you melt drips off of them to fill imperfections and they can be trimmed with a sharp chisel to finish. Whatever it is cures pretty hard. The ones I've used are the squarish ones. I've never seen these round ones. https://www.mohawkproducts.com/d-Colors-p/m743.htm edited to add: Looks like they've added some products since I bought from them. This is the system I've used. https://www.mohawkproducts.com/touch-up-products/burn-in-products.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roughsawn Posted September 17 Report Share Posted September 17 Ron, I'm a little late to this thread. I would have told you to come up and take my bottle of Trans Tint home until yer done with it. And visit. Charcoal ashes from the fire pit work good, with epoxy, too. I have a bag of that saved up for use with wood that bleeds stain or dye. Supposedly it won't bleed into surrounding wood, that has a tendency to bleed color. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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