Gun Metal Grey Mica Powder - Beaver Dust Pigments
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Gun Metal Grey Beaver Dust Pigment is a dark metallic grey mica powder designed for epoxy resin, resin art, woodworking projects, candles, soap making, and craft applications. This pigment creates a deep grey shimmer with a metal-inspired look, making it a strong choice for projects where you want a darker, more industrial colour with movement, depth, and a pearlescent mica effect.
Use Gun Metal Grey in epoxy pours, river tables, resin inlays, coasters, trays, charcuterie boards, decorative art, modern woodworking projects, darker resin pieces, and handmade gifts. It can be used on its own for a gun metal grey shimmer or blended with other Beaver Dust Pigments to create custom charcoal, black-grey, silver, graphite, smoke, steel, or metallic-style effects.
Best Uses for Gun Metal Grey Mica Powder
- Epoxy resin art and fluid pours
- River tables, resin inlays, and woodworking projects
- Modern, industrial, charcoal, graphite, grey, and metallic epoxy projects
- Charcuterie boards, serving boards, trays, and decorative accents
- Resin coasters, jewelry, keychains, and small craft projects
- Candle making, soap making, and general craft projects
Why Gun Metal Grey Is a Useful Pigment Colour
Gun Metal Grey is a useful mica powder colour when you want a darker neutral pigment with more depth than plain black and more warmth than bright silver. It can work well in modern epoxy projects, river tables, industrial-style resin art, darker decorative pours, and woodworking projects where you want a clean metallic grey shimmer that pairs well with natural wood grain.
This colour works well in clear epoxy, tinted resin, black and grey colour palettes, silver accents, darker backgrounds, white pearl blends, and natural wood projects. Testing a small sample first is the best way to see how the Gun Metal Grey 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.
Gun Metal Grey is especially useful when you want shimmer, movement, and a darker metallic-style colour in cured resin. Use a small amount for a more transparent smoky grey shimmer or add more pigment for a stronger, more saturated gun metal effect.
Suggested Projects
- Gun metal epoxy pours: Use Gun Metal Grey on its own for dark metallic resin projects with a pearlescent mica shimmer.
- Modern river tables: Pair Gun Metal Grey with black, silver, white, clear, or blue pigments for modern epoxy river effects.
- Epoxy inlays and void fills: Add metallic grey shimmer to cracks, voids, rivers, logos, and decorative woodworking accents.
- Industrial-style resin art: Use with black, silver, white, copper, bronze, or dark blue pigments for modern and moody colour palettes.
- Charcuterie boards and serving pieces: Use Gun Metal Grey for darker epoxy accents in boards, trays, and handmade gift projects.
- Custom pigment blends: Mix with black, white, silver, blue, copper, bronze, gold, or charcoal tones to create custom smoke, graphite, steel, and metallic-style effects.
How Much Pigment Should You Use?
A good starting point for Gun Metal Grey 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 Gun Metal Grey 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, river tables, and craft projects.
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- 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.
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Watch: Gun Metal Grey Pigment Poured
See Gun Metal Grey and other Beaver Dust Pigments shown in epoxy so you can get a better feel for the colour and shimmer before choosing your pigment.
FAQ
What does Gun Metal Grey Pigment look like?
Gun Metal Grey is a dark metallic grey mica powder designed to create a deep graphite-style shimmer in epoxy resin, resin art, woodworking accents, and craft projects.
Can I use Gun Metal Grey mica powder in epoxy resin?
Yes. Gun Metal Grey Beaver Dust Pigment can be used in epoxy resin, resin art, woodworking projects, river tables, coasters, trays, charcuterie boards, and decorative resin applications.
Is Gun Metal Grey a good pigment for modern epoxy projects?
Yes. Gun Metal Grey is a strong option for modern epoxy projects, industrial-style resin art, dark river table pours, metallic accents, and woodworking projects where you want a darker grey shimmer.
Can I mix Gun Metal Grey with other mica powder colours?
Yes. Gun Metal Grey can be mixed with other Beaver Dust Pigments to create custom charcoal, smoke, graphite, steel, black-grey, silver, 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.
Shop Beaver Dust Pigments
Use Gun Metal Grey Beaver Dust Pigment when you want a dark metallic grey mica powder for epoxy resin, river tables, modern resin art, woodworking projects, candles, soap making, and crafts.
