Here’s the finished results from our earth pigment color test. I’m extremely happy with how this turned out because I had always suspected that there was a much wider range of color possibilities, but you have to do the tests to check for chemical compatibility and also to build a reproducible color library.
Based on previous experience mixing earth pigments directly into the two-part polyurethane I would expect most of these colors to be fairly color fast with the exception of the blue and the green which are going to show the yellowing of the coating much more than the warmer colors.
We are fast tracking the process to make these available to builders as soon as possible. I just shot an update to my color video today, I’ll be editing that tonight and it should be on the site within a couple days. Liz is working on a new color page for the site and also getting these pigments into our store.
Keep in mind each of these colors is standardized at the maximum amount of pigment we feel safe putting into the polyurethane which means that he should be paying attention to color and not necessarily shade, because you can always put less pigment into the batch.
Getting these from swatch to camera to website with true color rendition is always kind of a pain, But fortunately Liz used to do that sort of thing professionally. Of course when it hits your monitor settings and your eyeballs it’s out of our hands!
Next step is to cover 1/2 of each color and expose them to 1000 hours of sunlight so we can add side-by-side comparisons sometime in the middle of 2023 so you can see what these colors will turn into as the boat ages.
All right, back to work…
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