The Dye A Day Thread!

[TrippinBill]

I used the grocery bags over a bucket technique.

 

[agent_peebody]

same idea though, right?

 

[TrippinBill]

I guess. It's the only way I know of. I just draped 6 or so plastic bags over a bucket and taped them in place. Then I painted a light coat of dye on the bags, and set the disc in there for 5 hours. That is the only method I could find instructions on. People seem to be protective over the marble stuff, like it's a secret recipe.

 

[agent_peebody]

i thought you just put a piece of saran wrap in a pan. crinkle it up, put a little dye on there, BAM...am i wrong?

 

[MOON]

Looks like you did it right ,maybe leave it in longer for a darker appearance but I think it looks good.

 

[TrippinBill]

I'm ok with how it turned out, but it's not what I expected. Also, I admittedly got excited and probably removed it too soon. Also, the whole right side seemed to not get much dye. Should I have painted more on there?

 

[tstack10]

Think the toad looks good with the background colors.


That ion is not pdga legal!!! Hahahaha too offensive.

 

[agent_peebody]

I'm ok with how it turned out, but it's not what I expected. Also, I admittedly got excited and probably removed it too soon. Also, the whole right side seemed to not get much dye. Should I have painted more on there?

i don't know. i've never done them that way. you can always do it again to get more depth to your marble effect, you know?

 

[tbird888]

i thought you just put a piece of saran wrap in a pan. crinkle it up, put a little dye on there, BAM...am i wrong?

That's pretty much it. I use shopping bags over saran wrap just because I have an endless supply of them and like that they don't cling without moisture. I crumple two or three up and selectively pour some warm dye over top of them. After i put the disc on top of the setup, I'll generally weigh it down with a couple mason jars full of dye. I leave that on there anywhere from fifteen minutes to overnight.

This was in blue and purple for about an hour for each color.

 

[agent_peebody]

*peebody is not getting any love on his last posts*

 

[TrippinBill]

As soon as I get some more discs, I'll be back at it. I have a tourney soon, so hopefully I'll win some plastic.

 

[agent_peebody]

that fish one is sick, how much dye do you put on the plastic bags? just enough to coat the pan?

 

[tbird888]

It takes a lot less than you would think. My rule of thumb is if you think you've poured too much, you probably have. It's a trial and error process though.

Thanks for the kind words on the fish yang. It's one of the only dyes of mine that I actually carry.

 

[agent_peebody]

It takes a lot less than you would think. My rule of thumb is if you think you've poured too much, you probably have. It's a trial and error process though.

i'll have to try that out. i'm thinking a red layer then a blue one, or green...on that Rat Fink pearly orc i posted a little bit ago

 

[tbird888]

Red has always dyed considerably brighter than any other colors I've used with this method. It won't need to stay in as long.

 

[agent_peebody]

i've got it on the blue right now, i crammed 4 plastic bags in the pot i dye in. put some dye in, then the disc. i've got 3 planters sitting on top of the disc right now (about 2 pounds each) so it should be nice and even

 

[agent_peebody]

after an hour in the blue, this is what i have. i may do a red layer, don't know yet.

 

[TrippinBill]

i've got it on the blue right now, i crammed 4 plastic bags in the pot i dye in. put some dye in, then the disc. i've got 3 planters sitting on top of the disc right now (about 2 pounds each) so it should be nice and even

I think I'm going to try your method. What you got was what I was looking for. What was your dye mixture?

 

[agent_peebody]

I think I'm going to try your method. What you got was what I was looking for. What was your dye mixture?

just Rit dye and water...

 

[TrippinBill]

That's what I used as well. Time for round 2 I suppose.