Author Topic: Dying plastics.. Can it be done? (Read 4985 times)

fergmyster · « **Reply #15 on:** May 13, 2014, 09:20:49 PM »

I hope when u do it you post up a lot of pics or video cause I have a tank I want dyed.

Trusty2stroke · « **Reply #16 on:** May 14, 2014, 01:29:37 AM »

I'll be sure to take pics. You wanna keep it as hot as possible. It's gonna be tricky because my tank is friggin huge lol. My plan is to boil lots of water and dump it into a heavy duty plastic tote and then add lots of rit dye lol. I'll probably let the tank sit overnight and see how turns out the next day.

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Hawaiiysr · « **Reply #17 on:** May 14, 2014, 01:52:18 AM »

I use to do this also with RC parts. It would only work with RPM parts. I'm not sure if this will work our 250R plastic. I believe we are dealing with two different type of plastics. Not saying it will not work. If it does then great! We have another option for plastic colors. Keep us posted!

rsss396 · « **Reply #18 on:** May 14, 2014, 08:05:37 AM »

I actually did this to a braided red semi-clear covered brake line I had on a bike and worked pretty good using the black RIT dye, it made it black but not a deep black, in the sun you could see a slight redness to it.
I will be surprised if it makes a true black but it may still look good being a off black color, costs very little to do and if it does not work then just buy a tank cover for it

rsss396 · « **Reply #19 on:** May 14, 2014, 08:07:11 AM »

I have also done this to fuel line hose and believe it or not it holds the color for a long time, I did my hoses Orange and they came out pretty cool

Trusty2stroke · « **Reply #20 on:** May 14, 2014, 10:23:02 AM »

I would of never imagined you could dye fuel line. What fuel line did you use? I honestly have my doubts about the 250r plastic but I'm gonna give it a whirl anyway lol.

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Trusty2stroke · « **Reply #21 on:** May 19, 2014, 06:48:08 PM »

Here's the update. The plastic from my 88 hood didn't work with the dye very well. It just turned it to a darker shade of red. The tank for some reason didn't work either. I had the tank in the dye mix for about 30 min and nothing was even starting to happen so I chickened out and the tank out of the dye before it turned to a shade of purple or something lol. In other words, it was a complete failure.

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JesseA420 · « **Reply #22 on:** May 20, 2014, 07:04:47 AM »

this guy seems to have it down:
[video=youtube;y6yYHnVcAJA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6yYHnVcAJA[/video]

looks liek you just didnt leave it in long enough or maybe not the right ratio of water to dye?