Noobie Dye Question Thread

[jcburgess324]

Thanks. Will check it out. I'm sure there was some info already on here but finding out would probably have been a lot of reading.

 

[TheC-Hill]

I've seen people say that Lat 64 Opto plastic takes dye well, but does anyone have experience with the Gold Line plastic? I'm looking to dye a Gold Line river this weekend.

 

[roggenb3]

I've seen people say that Lat 64 Opto plastic takes dye well, but does anyone have experience with the Gold Line plastic? I'm looking to dye a Gold Line river this weekend.

GL is awesome. It's my second favorite behind Ultrium.

 

[TheC-Hill]

GL is awesome. It's my second favorite behind Ultrium.

Good to hear. Stamp easy to remove? Nail polish remover?

 

[Eky8]

Any 100% acetone will remove the stamp easily.

 

[MeatHuck]

Can you dye champion plastic? Some videos I've watched say you can. Other say you can't

 

[TYVEK]

Can you dye champion plastic? Some videos I've watched say you can. Other say you can't

yep, champion/z/opto plastic are the best plastic to dye, because they hold the dye the best over time. sometimes it takes a bit longer to dye, but the dye stays crisper for longer once the disc is dyed.

 

[roggenb3]

Anyone have any examples of 2 colors of plastic bag dye on top of each other?

Just wondering what that looks like. Doing a disc that I want 2 different colors of plastic bag method for the background, but I don't want to have to do an extra mask for it. So I figure I can do one section, then unmask the rest and do another color, so some parts have both colors and others have only the second color.

 

[Chromezero]

It may not be exactly what you're looking to do but for this one I let it sit on the blue for a while, then added red and let it sit some more....

 

[zendragon]

I have a strange problem with a dye I'm doing. I did a dip dye in black for an outline, then mixed gun metal grey with alcohol and laundry soap to paint in some of the form. I did the same thing with pink, then with turquois. All the same mixture of 91% rubbing alcohol, liquid laundry detergent and idye poly. The grey took well. The pink was a little light, but with a second coat looks good. The turquoise didn't take at all. I reapplied a second time and increased the alcohol and dye, just in case. Still nothing. I threw out that mixture and just used the soap and dye in equal parts, letting it set for 24 hours. It has the faintest trace of blue where I painted it, but really, it's still white.
Is it bad dye?
Did I miss something? My only thought was, maybe the turquoise isn't poly, and was mislabeled.
Has anyone had this problem before?

 

[Eky8]

I've heard of that happening every so often with idye. Seems they occasionally mislabel a stock dye as poly. Probably the third time I've heard of this.

 

[zendragon]

Thanks. Guess I'll have to pick up some more or use another color I have.

 

[Desertdisc34]

Is there any way to take dye off, did a design and it came out very bad and would love to be able to start over

 

[roggenb3]

^Nope

 

[discguy42]

Is there any way to take dye off, did a design and it came out very bad and would love to be able to start over

Once the dye is in it is a done deal! Dye will continue to soak/leach into the plastic till it gets blurry and comes out the other side of the disc.

Just chalk it up to the learning curve :doh:.

 

[ScottishDiscman]

I am sure this has been asked before but can you dye dx?

 

[roggenb3]

Yes and no. You can do a black dip, but expect to leave it in the dye for a couple days, and for it fade rather quickly. Colors and multi shades are probably a bad idea for dx.

Bennett has posted some real nice dx dyes from long ago.

 

[DrGreenthumb]

Been thinking about trying to dye a pro rhyno recently. I have no experience with dyeing but I was gonna start with something simple like a small huk lab stamp. I've read varying opinions about dying pro plastic, any thoughts or advice would be helpful as I don't want to f**k up a $30 disc. Thanks!!

 

[thatdirtykid]

Get a cheaper pro rhyno then. There was another run recently.
http://proshop.innovadiscs.com/pro-rhyno-stiff.html

Pro takes dye alright, it will blur faster.

 

[schnelle]

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