Dyeing and Painting?

[SilverSurfer]

Hey,
if you read my last post you know I'm trying to colour theme my buggy. [Black and Blue] my wing and tires are white. i've read about dyeing but dont actually know the procedure for this? and can you paint them or do i have to dye them? if anyone knows the procedure on dyeing could they please tell me or any helpful hints on painting.
Thanks
Matt

 

[dxm2]

I was going to dye some white wheels, but haven't yet. Here are some instructions from the web. Scroll down to "plastic and vinyl":
http://www.ritdye.com/craft_faq.asp

 

[SilverSurfer]

Nice. thanks for that so you can't really paint them i guess?

 

[El Pirata]

Sure you can as long as you know that the paint will start to peel rapidly. Rit dye is the way to go for the rims and wings.

 

[mikeburgin]

how well does the dye hang on and does it actully go the colour its sposed to go

 

[El Pirata]

Only heavy scratches will show the base color. My wings on my buggies around the edges show some color coming through but if it were not for that then you'd never know they had been dyed.

 

[SilverSurfer]

i can't even get the dye cause they dont do international orders :devious:

 

[OverDrive]

I'm in the same prediciment. What else works coz I bought some dylon and their black dye made my wing go a smokey blue colour. Not the finnish I anticipated. Perhaps leather dye would work? Any clues would be appreciated.

 

[El Pirata]

Stop by a fabric or a Suzie Homemaker type store and ask for fabric dye which is what rit dye was designed to dye.

I don't know if you guys have K-Mart or Wal-Mart in your countries but that's where you can get some too.

 

[SilverSurfer]

yeh thaz good i have a k-mart over here so i'll check that out thanks.

 

[NITRO 21]

I got my Rit dye from a grocery store in the laundry section.

 

[OverDrive]

Dylon is also fabric dye and didnt work for me : (
Now I have a naff blue coloured wing. can't find anything other than dylon in my area.
It would be a god send if someone would buy some for me and mail it! hint hint ; )
I could pay via paypal and would make it worth while!

 

[OverDrive]

Well I finally found that dylon do a multi purpose dye that dyes plastics great.
Not sure how to post snaps of my buggy yet though. As soon as I know I'll get a picture on here!