Dyeing Stone Guards

[JerKap]

Anyone had any luck dyeing plastic parts , like stone guards , battery box , etc.

If so can you explain how you did it..

Thanks...

 

[robmob]

Use RIT dye.

 

[FastEddy]

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[niggle]

Anyone had any luck dyeing plastic parts , like stone guards , battery box , etc.

If so can you explain how you did it..

Thanks...

Those parts are almost always black plastic, I doubt if dye will work on those.

RIT dye or similar works very well on white nylon parts.

 

[WA2FAST]

Yeah, only way you are going to be able to dye anything with RIT, which is what you need, is if they are white. You aren't going to have any luck with trying to make a black polymer a different color... just won't happen.

 

[cbreaker]

I've never seen any stone guards that are not black.

The thing I've noticed about dying plastic, like rims and wings, is that although it actually changes the color of the plastic, it doesn't seem to ever get all the way through the plastic. It will only color the surface. If it gets scratched up, it will show the white underneath.

The longer you leave the plastic in the dye, the deeper the dye will get into it, but you may not want the color too dark..

It's a cool thing though. And in case you were wondering, this is what you do:

I don't recommend the powder RIT dye crap. Use the liquid RIT dye, it's much easier and it's not as messy.

Get a pot or something. I use a deep metal cooking pot because it won't change color like a plastic container would. You get some really hot water, and you fill the pot enough so that the plastic parts will be completely under the water when you drop them in. You add some dye to the water. It really doesn't take much, and the more you add the faster the dye will work. I'd say only use 1/3 the bottle at the most; anymore and you're just wasting it.

Let the plastic parts sit in the water for awhile. Make sure they are under the water and not floating. Check them once in awhile and once you get the color you want, you're done. Keep in mind that the color will tend to get a little darker once it dries, but not very much.

Also to keep in mind is that not all plastic is completely uniform. I dyed a Proline wing once and the thing came out looking kinda crappy. There were swirly marks on the plastic where it didn't absorb the dye as well. The GS wing I did came out very nice.

Also keep in mind that the black RIT dye is actually a very very dark purple. It will make your plastic purple. And other colors like red will be very pink unless you let the parts sit in the dye for a long time.

Have fun.

 

[niggle]

I've never seen any stone guards that are not black.

HoBao have just released the Hyper 7 Pro in the UK. This model has bright green wheels, rear wing and stone guards.

 

[WA2FAST]

Yeah, I think the only way you are going to be able to get different color stone guards is by finding a buggy that has the color that you want, but almost all of them use black anyway, so outside of having them custom made, I'm not sure what you are going to do.

 

[JerKap]

The parts I dyed were gray (Hyper 7 PCR) I dyed them Black and the parts came out great.... Dyeing gray another another color........it maybe harder to get the exact color you want... Black I figured was fool proof ....LOL..

Thanks for all the input....

 

[WA2FAST]

Why didn't you just buy black stone guards?

 

[dmckie]

s,gaurd dyeing

Maybe because rite dye only costs like a $1.50

 

[WA2FAST]

Maybe because rite dye only costs like a $1.50

So you are trying to say that Hyper PCR Gray stone guards are less expensive than black ones and that the $1.50 and time spent will somehow make it worth while? I highly doubt Hyper PCR stone guards are any cheaper than the rest.

 

[Ofnajoe]

These were gray now blue over look the dirt on the receiver box

 

[WA2FAST]

Damn, looks sweet! They match your cooling head perfectly from the pic. They almost look anodized. Good work. What did you end up doing anyway?

 

[Ofnajoe]

Thanks, I used RIT liquid fabric dye Royal Blue. Put about 2-3 table spoon of dye in a pot of water and boil. Keep checking parts till you get the shade you want

 

[WA2FAST]

Damn, that turned out real nice. Good work.

 

[cbreaker]

Bah, I used Royal Blue on a white wing the other night and the thing came out... you guessed it! Purple as purple can be!

I always seem to get purple!

 

[Ofnajoe]

You might have left it in too long, I only left my gray plastic in for about 2 min. when I do white to blue dye it only takes about 90 sec.

 

[dmckie]

So you are trying to say that Hyper PCR Gray stone guards are less expensive than black ones and that the $1.50 and time spent will somehow make it worth while? I highly doubt Hyper PCR stone guards are any cheaper than the rest.

I was asumming that he already had the grey (stock stone guards )with his hyper pcr .so If he already had the stone guards then it only cost a 1.50. So yeah the gray ones are cheaper.

 

[cbreaker]

You might have left it in too long, I only left my gray plastic in for about 2 min. when I do white to blue dye it only takes about 90 sec.

Yea well eventually I gave up and just tried to get it as dark as possible, but I kept checking the wing every 45 seconds or so and it just wasn't happening. First it went from White to like a very faint purple tint. So I thought maybe it needed more time to turn blue. Then it turned even more purple. Another 30 second later it was just an even darker purple.

Oh well. Now I have another purple wing =)

I might as well find some purple paint and just do my next body the same color.