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 makes the parts stronger. Fact or no? Thanks..............Matt...
Dont know if this is the correct place to post my question, but how are you guys dying your parts? And can parts already dyed become black easily?
Thanks
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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.
you could get the whole year of rcca 1989 from doug at:
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...
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...
Was wondering if anyone has tried bleach to clean their nylon parts? Gonna try it and see what happens. Oh ya, does anyone know the turn count of a SLOT MACHINE STOCK, and JOEL JONSTON MODIFIED(made by losi I think). Just found them in a box of...
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oxy clean and warm water always works. just make sure you wear some rubber gloves. that stuff could be irritating under the skin, if you have your hands in it for a while.
if you have oil or other greasey crap on the part, clean it off first....
Thought that I'd post this alternative method of dyeing nylon parts using a microwave oven. This is fairly straight forward and has two distinct advantages over using a gas/ electric hob and an open pan/ pot. These are:
1) minimises splash risk
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Kinda hard to see but if you look closely it was starting to absorb the dye..I tried to get a closer pic but the camera would not focus...