Medium for pigments when doing touchup

[Justin]

Hi all,

I have question about powdered pigments when doing color touchups. I know i can use acetone to dissolve my pigments when using epoxy, but what about CA touchups? I have tried to mix my pigments straight into CA, but did not get the greatest of results. If anybody has tips, I would sure appreciate it.

Thanks
Justin

[Greg Mirken]

CA and acetone are compatible, so try a drop or 2 of acetone to wet the pigment, then add (or add to) the cyano. What was the problem with your previous try?

[Pierre-Antoine Roiron]

Most of the time, for what I've tried, adding pigments makes the CA dry. I did not had much success in using acetone as a medium : the result was not very sleek (is that correct English?).

[William F.Eden]

I don't use the powderd pigment any more .get the likquid stuf .You can use it with almost any mateiral. Bill.''''''''''''''

[Justin]

I did not even try acetone with CA, I'll give it a try. The problems I've had in the past are that the pigments cause the CA to dry pretty quick and they came out a little spotty looking. I will invest in liquid pigments one day, but for now I have a bunch of powdered pigment that I would like to get good with. Thanks for all your advice, and we'll see if I can do better touchups from here.

Until next adventure
Justin