Hi all,

I would like to represent gasoline leaking from the float of a seaplane. How should I do this? (The water is done with clear epoxy resin).
many thanks in advance for any suggestions,

Christian.

After your epoxy is dry pour a small amount of tinted (very slight) epoxy and let it spread out alittle , and it should represent a oil slick fairly well. Try different tints before the final product.

Good luck

Look at Digital Diamond #1 for tips on showing a "spout" of oil flow... but for the actual slick on clear water, remember that light oil tends to represent a rainbow sheen that spreads across the surface and breaks up into little patches... it is barely visible... if you are looking for a heavy dump of oil, just try using a thinned mix of gloss enamel mix of gloss black and gloss brown.... oil is NOT black... it is a very dark brown....

Thanks Bruce and Keith!

that's exactly this rainbow effect that I am looking for. I think
that pouring tinted resin would not work for this. Maybe
brushpainting very thin coats of various transparent colors
(like the ones from Tamiya) would do the trick.
I will experiment before taking the plunge anyway.

thanks,

Christian.

Maybe you could experiment with calligraphy ink. It's thin and can be thinned and comes in different colors.

Christian

Gunze Sangyo makes an "Oil" colour in thier weathering range.It has a rainbow effect to it.If it is thinned you could let it flow on your water and it should look like oil on water.

Jim

you may want to try using regular food color and future floor wax. The stuff brushes/pours ultra thin and can be tinted with the food color.
You could try "swirling" in some yellow/blue/purple and then pour it on the area, working it around with a brush.

dont worry about brush strokes, as the stuff drys super smooth.

Andy