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ohmygahitscoby

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Has anyone used this? I was thinking of using it to dye some of my parts (Springs, spring housing caps, air filter housing, etc.), would it work on all of these parts? What can I use besides a pan? I don't want to waste a pan just for dying. Does it have to be boiled over a stove or can boiling water be added into a bucket? Thanks for the help :D.
 
yeah it works, but only on nylon parts (plastic)
here is some info I pulled from another forum on what I did.....


Also found that the water needed to be quite hot, not boiling but kind of near it. Probably around 70°C-80°C. I had the barbecue on low the whole time and stirred every 4-5 minutes. Found that the dye wont penetrate the nylon anywhere where there are traces of CA (Superglue) left from gluing on the tires. Another reason why its best to dye while the rims are bare. Any spots I found like that I just rubbed over with acetone on a cotton bud until the dye penetrated.

I found the rims needed at least a good 15 minutes to get a nice black. The wing was a different story. I had to transfer the dye to a bigger baking dish and do the top, bottom and sides in three goes. Still worked and the finish looks even.

I haven't noticed any issues with the tyres yet from being soaked in the warm water, but I am yet to run it. Hopefully get it running tomorrow but dont envisage any problems.

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Oh, it only works on plastic parts? Darn, my springs and caps are all metal. It could work on my air filter housing though. Anyone know if there is a way for color my springs and caps?
 
if the springs have the rubber coating on them it may work, but i have never tried it. the caps could be sprayed, since they shouldnt get scratched up much but if you sprayed the springs it would probably crack.
 
You think with a lexan paint they would still crack? Worth a try if you have some older springs you can try it out on.
 
Lessen said:
If you want it took nice you can have them annodized
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I could get them anodized, but I don't think I want to ship them out somewhere just to be anodized. Also, is it expensive?



And yeah, I think if you do spray your springs they will crack.
 
Hate to throw another wrench in the works but springs are usually steel and you can't anodize that, only aluminum and titanium can be anodized :\
 
what color are you wanting to do the springs? you best bet may be shock covers.
 
Springs need to be painted or powder coated (not cheap). Like Beason said, shock covers would probably be best and cheap.

If your air filter housing is black (most are) it won't work. Rite dye works when you cover a light color with a darker color.
 
Oh, I'll see if there are some shock covers at my LHS when I go today.


My air filter is purple. The purple pretty much went away a bit, so I want to restore it. I'm not sure if it'll work. Would I need a darker purple?
 
Oh okay. I'll do that. But for the materials, can I just boil some water, pour it into a bucket, and put in the dye and it's complete for use? I saw a video on how to dye parts, but I just want to know if I can set it up this way.
 
ohmygahitscoby said:
Oh okay. I'll do that. But for the materials, can I just boil some water, pour it into a bucket, and put in the dye and it's complete for use? I saw a video on how to dye parts, but I just want to know if I can set it up this way.
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Someone else's pic.

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You need to use an old pot or saucepan on the stove(or bbq, etc) and keep it just below boiling temp. It takes around 15-30 minutes, depending on the strength of color you're after. I used an old oven baking dish (shallow) and kept flipping over the rims so I could do 4 rims and 1 wing all at once.

Here is a pic after dyeing the rims and wing. Everything was yellow to begin with.


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Ah okay. Thanks everyone for the info.


What about electronics? I wanted to color my fail-safe to purple along with the air filter, what would I need to do to protect the electronics inside the case?
 
if your gonna do the failsafe, i would take it apart first. take the guts out and just do the case.
 

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