Star Red Mica Powder - Beaver Dust Pigments

Star Red Beaver Dust Pigment is a sparkling red mica powder from our Star Series, designed for epoxy resin, resin art, woodworking projects, candles, soap making, and craft applications. This pigment creates a bold red shimmer with extra sparkle, making it a strong choice for projects where you want rich colour, movement, and a more eye-catching finish than a standard mica powder.

Use Star Red in epoxy pours, river tables, resin inlays, coasters, trays, charcuterie boards, decorative art, and handmade gifts. It can be used on its own for a bright red effect or blended with other Beaver Dust Pigments to create custom ruby, berry, burgundy, pink, copper-red, or metallic-style tones.

Best Uses for Star Red Mica Powder

• Epoxy resin art and fluid pours
• River tables, resin inlays, and woodworking projects
• Charcuterie boards, serving boards, trays, and decorative accents
• Resin coasters, jewelry, keychains, and small craft projects
• Holiday, Valentine’s Day, gift, and statement colour projects
• Candle making, soap making, and general craft projects

Why Star Series Pigments Are Different

Star Series Beaver Dust Pigments are designed to create a stronger sparkling effect than a standard mica powder. Star Red gives epoxy and craft projects a bold red colour with added shimmer, making it useful when you want the pigment to stand out instead of blending quietly into the background.

This colour works well against natural wood, darker epoxy, black backgrounds, clear resin, and custom pigment blends. Testing a small sample first is the best way to see how the red tone, shimmer, and transparency will look in your exact resin, wax, soap base, coating, or craft material.

Why Beaver Dust Pigments Are Different

Beaver Dust Pigments are made with fine particles under 60 microns. This smaller particle size helps the pigment mix smoothly into epoxy and stay suspended while the resin cures, instead of settling to the bottom like some larger or heavier pigment particles can.

Star Red is especially useful when you want a bold colour that can create contrast, movement, and sparkle in cured resin. Use a small amount for a more transparent red shimmer or add more pigment for a stronger, more saturated red effect.

Suggested Projects

• Red epoxy pours: Use Star Red on its own for bold red resin projects with a sparkling finish.
• River tables and epoxy inlays: Add red shimmer to cracks, voids, rivers, logos, and decorative woodworking accents.
• Charcuterie boards and trays: Create eye-catching red epoxy details in handmade serving pieces and gift projects.
• Resin coasters and small crafts: Use Star Red for coasters, jewelry, keychains, ornaments, and decorative resin art.
• Custom pigment blends: Mix with white, black, gold, copper, bronze, or silver tones to create custom red-based effects.
• Candles and soap: Test in your own wax or soap base to confirm the final colour, shimmer, and performance.

How Much Pigment Should You Use?

A good starting point for Star Red mica powder is approximately 1/8 teaspoon per 1 litre of epoxy for a medium level of transparency. You can adjust from there depending on the colour strength, opacity, shimmer, and final effect you want.

For smaller batches, start with a small amount, mix thoroughly, and add more gradually. Mica powder can look different depending on lighting, background colour, epoxy depth, and the amount used, so testing a sample is recommended before committing to a larger project.

Recommended Products

These products pair well with Star Red Beaver Dust Pigment when measuring pigment, mixing epoxy, and choosing the right resin for your project depth.

• Measuring Spoons - Helpful for measuring small, repeatable amounts of mica powder for epoxy resin and craft projects.
• Paddle Mixer for Epoxy Resin - Helps mix pigment smoothly and evenly into epoxy resin.
• Shallow Pour Epoxy - Recommended for coating, sealing, and shallow epoxy pours up to 1/4" deep.
• Small Project Resin - A good option for small epoxy projects and pours from 1/4" to 1" deep.
• Deep Pour Epoxy - Designed for deeper epoxy pours from 1/2" deep up to 2" deep.

Helpful Pigment Guides

These guides can help you understand how mica powder works, how to mix pigments into epoxy, and how to choose the right pigment for resin and woodworking projects.

• Mica Powder for Epoxy Resin - See how mica powder behaves in epoxy resin pours, woodworking, and art projects.
• How to Use Mica Powder in Epoxy - Learn simple mixing tips for adding mica powder to epoxy resin.
• How Much Mica Powder to Use in Epoxy - Use this guide as a starting point for pigment ratios, colour strength, and transparency.
• Mica Powder for River Tables - Learn how mica powder can be used in epoxy river pours, void fills, and woodworking projects.

Watch: Star Red Pigment Poured

See Star Red and other Beaver Dust Pigments shown in epoxy so you can get a better feel for the colour and sparkle before choosing your pigment.

FAQ

What does Star Red Pigment look like?
Star Red is a bold red mica powder with extra sparkle from the Beaver Dust Star Series. It is designed to create a bright red shimmer in epoxy resin, resin art, woodworking accents, and craft projects.

Can I use Star Red mica powder in epoxy resin?
Yes. Star Red Beaver Dust Pigment can be used in epoxy resin, resin art, woodworking projects, river tables, coasters, trays, charcuterie boards, and decorative resin applications.

Is Star Red a good pigment for river tables?
Yes. Star Red can be used in river tables, epoxy void fills, resin inlays, and woodworking accents. It works especially well when you want a red epoxy feature that contrasts against natural wood.

Can I mix Star Red with other mica powder colours?
Yes. Star Red can be mixed with other Beaver Dust Pigments to create custom red, ruby, pink, burgundy, bronze-red, or metallic-style effects.

Will this pigment sink in epoxy?
Beaver Dust Pigments are under 60 microns, which helps them stay suspended in epoxy while it cures instead of sinking to the bottom like larger or heavier pigment particles can.

Can I use this pigment for candles and soap?
Yes. Beaver Dust Pigments are safe for candle and soap making. As with any colourant, testing in your own wax, soap base, fragrance, and process is recommended to confirm the final colour and performance.

Can I use this pigment in paint, coatings, clear coats, or automotive applications?
This pigment can be tested in compatible systems, but results depend on the exact material, process, and application. Always test first before using it in a finished project.

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Use Star Red Beaver Dust Pigment when you want a sparkling red mica powder for epoxy resin, river tables, resin art, woodworking projects, candles, soap making, and crafts.

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