Pigments & Glitterflakes

Our color pigments are pastes for tinting polyester, vinyl ester, epoxy resin and polyurethane foam. Pigments are added to the resin prior to the addition of catalyst. Our primary colors may be mixed to provide nearly any shade or hue. Keep an assortment of pigments on hand for color matching repairs or blending your own custom colors. When used to pigment our gel coats and resins, they are normally added at 6-8% by weight or ½ pint of pigment per gallon of resin. We have made every effort to accurately represent the cured color of our resins with these pigments. Due to various browsers these colors could vary.

Glitterflakes are commonly used to repair damaged bass boats or to make any project stand out from the crowd! These glitterflakes are .015” polyester flakes compatible with our #173 Gel Coat . By applying a layer of Clear into the mold followed by Clear with glitterflake, a metallic look is achieved. Typically the glitterflake is backed with a pigmented layer to opaque the fiberglass reinforcement. Read our Using Glitterflake brochure for more information about how to correctly use glitterflake.