tudordewolf
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I noticed on the APC Website that you can use Rit brand clothing dye to color their propellers, but the only results I could find online were for black. After seeing the brown propeller on eflites S.E.5, I decided I wanted the same for mine. I started with "marigold", hoping the deep yellow would combine with the grey to form a light wood tone, instead I got olive green. Next I tried dark brown and it came out nicely:
When I started dying the intended prop for this project, it was coming out too dark. I switched to scarlet and it came out a little brighter, then finally marigold brought it to a lovely light brown:
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I found the water has to be *just* boiled, piping hot, for best results. I was worried about warping the props with such hot water, but I haven't had any issues yet.
I bent a foil tray in a "trough" so I could efficiently dunk the propellers with a minimum of liquid. They would take about 15 minutes to show color, 30 for it to be strong, I'd check every 5 minutes.
I would swipe a little dish soap onto the bottom of the tray with my finger (since you need just a trace amount for this size batch), pour or pipette in some dye, probably about 2ml, then fill to about 2cm deep with water (probably about 6oz) from the kettle and drop in your prop. Rit suggests to add vinegar for nylon, I tried with and without and didn't notice substantial difference.
When I started dying the intended prop for this project, it was coming out too dark. I switched to scarlet and it came out a little brighter, then finally marigold brought it to a lovely light brown:
From:
I found the water has to be *just* boiled, piping hot, for best results. I was worried about warping the props with such hot water, but I haven't had any issues yet.
I bent a foil tray in a "trough" so I could efficiently dunk the propellers with a minimum of liquid. They would take about 15 minutes to show color, 30 for it to be strong, I'd check every 5 minutes.
I would swipe a little dish soap onto the bottom of the tray with my finger (since you need just a trace amount for this size batch), pour or pipette in some dye, probably about 2ml, then fill to about 2cm deep with water (probably about 6oz) from the kettle and drop in your prop. Rit suggests to add vinegar for nylon, I tried with and without and didn't notice substantial difference.
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