Help with Resin! Color tint and type, please help!

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So I'm sure the whole internet by now has seen this, but this guy wonderful glowy shelve has inspired me to do something similar for a picture frame for a Hellboy poster I have. Now, I am a fairly experienced woodworking, I work in a furniture shop, so building the frame doesn't intimidate me at all. But I know NOTHING about the filler resin. I have some really knotty gnarly cedar wood I'd love to use, and have the cracks and knot hole all filled in with red resin. The resin part is what intimidating me, as there seems to be a lot of types and pigment options to choose from, and it looks like I could spend a lot of money and royally screw up. I know what I need, I need it to sand to a fine grit well. I'd like to have it a nice deep crystal like red (glow in the dark is nice, but I'm happy with just UV reactive if that is all I can get) I'm going to use an oil finish, so and to highlight the wood grain. So, anyone who willing to give me some pointer on the types of resin that would be best for this, coloring, and just any tips in general I'd appreciate it greatly 
 


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Hello! Great idea! Not sure if you found what you were looking for or if you've already done this project. but....
I took a few classes in college that dealt with resin. My favorite resin to use is Castin' Craft. However, you must get the two part resin. Do not get the one that you just pour because I think it is really toxic and fumes a lot. Another good one is the Smoothon Smooth-Cast 300. It dries super fast and you can add all kinds of pigment to it. I've done many samples with different types of pigments. You have to make sure that you don't use a liquid pigment. It will ruin the resin and change the ratio of the two parts.www.smooth-on.com/gallery.php?… those are pretty cool glowing pigments. Look around that website for something that seems like it works for you. The resin comes in a pretty large amount so you won't need more than one. I think you can get the castin' craft at michael's. It also comes in a small amount. It should be able to fill your frame. I also saw these pigments www.ebay.com/itm/like/11100122… pretty cheap. Just remember when looking for pigments is to get powder.

I hope I was able to help!