if you could find the online copy of rcca january 1989, read up on the article "to dye or not to dye". great write up on how to dye parts. i've been using it ever since i bought the magazine.
So looking I'm seeing 3 brands of popular dyes for synthetic...
RIT Dyemore
Dylon Multipurpose
Jacquard iDye
Anyone have recent experience? I understand RIT's regular dyes changed formula some years back and don't work nearly as well.
BONUS if...
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Rit standard dyes I haven't had any luck with lately. It used to be my go to. The Dyemore is fabulous on nylon. I was shocked how well and how quickly my fiberglass towers took also. In the past, even the good old stuff took forever. The Dyemore...
Guys, i won an old unbuilt 2WD RC500 on ebay. The guy that owned it previously dyed all the nylon parts red. I want to dye them black as the red is inconsistient. Any tips on dying nylon parts? I thought i read somewhere before that dying the nylon...
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You should have no problem dying them black. I like RIT dye which can be bought at most supermarkets.
I have also heard that boiling the parts relieves the stress of the molding process but I don't have any data to back that up.
I just tried to dye a buch of parts and ended up with a very bad result. I have doe this before many times with success but this dye brand seems not to work at all. Just ended up with brownish parts instead of pure black. In the instruction...
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^It's a LOT longer than for nylon. Just leave them in until they are done. The longer you leave them the darker they get. Try an hour or so, it shouldn't do them any harm at all so don't worry.
Will using Rit black dye cause my death?......I mean will my wife kill me for turning her pot black?
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Will dying parts wreck my pot? Just don't drop your pot in the die and it should be fine... :mrgreen: A coffee can on the grill.... Works like a charm.
Think the coffee can idea is best if you don't have a junk pot.
Ive always wondered why Losi made the few steering parts for the xx series white, maybe its the material they had to use? who knows. So I decided to try and Dye these parts in RIT fabric dye and I think they came out pretty good. I've included a few...
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I didnt use salt from what i remember. The rod ends only need 3-4mins while the steering assembly needed around 10mins. If you keep checking them its easy enough to judge how long to leave them in the dye. I think it would have gone almost red if i...
Guys, i won 2 rc10l cars on the bay.........my narrow car is a graphite chassis..my wide 10L has a fiberglass chassis.....i want the fiberglass chassis to be black also........i dyed the t-plate and other small glass parts in my crock-pot black in...
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i put a t cup of salt in a pan with the dye
lay some table knifes in the bottom to keep the parts of the direct heat .then rolling boil for about ten mins then simmer for an hour
then serve up with a sprig of parsley and some fresh black...
