Ah! I see that fiberglasssupply sells epoxy pigments! Thanks for the link!
And good info on the "tile board".
MMC
"Ron White" wrote in message
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First part:
a good release surface that is commonly used is "tile board"
this is available in 4'x8' sheets at home centers. This is the stuff some
people used to make inexpensive shower enclosures and the like. Wax it up
good with paste wax like Johnson's polish out and repeat several times.
You
can make large( up to 4x8) sheets of frp lay-up easily with this. As
others
mentioned, plastic sheets can be tricky as polystyrene resin contains
solvents that can attack a number of plastics. The title board is CHEAP!!
and it works good.

Second part:
most boat fiberglass supply stores have pigments for the resin. The
pigments
are expensive but since you just want to tint it, shouldn't be too bad. Do
some online searches for mail order frp suppliers if there are none in
your
area.
try people like www.fiberglasssupply.com



--
Ron White
Boat building web address is
www.concentric.net/~knotreel