Which resin best for faux tortoiseshell....?

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Which resin best for faux tortoiseshell....?

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Misterkevster	Misterkevster posted 9 Years Ago HOT Topic Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 7, Visits: 101	Hi folks ....hoping to make some faux tortoiseshell sheet material, and it seems that epoxy is the way! Ideally, sheets would be app. 20cm by 12cm, and thickness being in the region of 0.7mm. Possibly using an amber resin base, with drops of resin pre-coloured in browns/black. Had the idea of using a float glass bed, with cling film applied, (to form the sheet) and perhaps hairspray as a releasing agent....but this all from info. I've picked up on the net! ....So....which resin would members recommend, along with any tips on colouring?? BTW....I'm making a pickguard for a flat top acoustic guitar....like this....! ....any thoughts much appreciated! I've just realised I've gone straight to something specific...when the idea was to say hello...."Hello!!" Many thanks Kev
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*VVS*	*VVS* posted 9 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Moderators Posts: 226, Visits: 334	hi Kev. Not 100% on the best resin to use as i would think most would be usable. i say this as im sure original tortoiseshell would be a hot press of some kind maybe melamine or similar, i maybe wrong though. Ive hot pressed melamine before at work , also pressed polypropylene and its a fairly simple process. If you are going to work with epoxy resin a useful piece of info could be that hardener turns brown with age, think its oxidation and so if you can get old of some samples of different ages you could use them to colour the plate to varying degrees.
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