The Official First Dyes Thread

[codus1984]

[/ATTACH] these are my 2 favorite first dyes i did....

 

[bcass22]

@codus1984 Thanks man. I totally dig your 312 dye. Sweet Home Chicago! To bad they had to sell out to Anheuser-Busch (and therefore In-Bev) like that. Lost some serious respect points for Goose Island when I recently read on a 312 bottle... "Brewed and Bottled in Baldwinsville, N.Y."

I have a few other more complicated designs getting cleaned up in illustrator right now. Not sure if they will be too detailed to cut by hand. I am apprehensive to move out of just using black to make grayscale designs. I'd love to get into using other colors, but I feel like I'd need to buy up some white discs to truly know how the dye colors will look/show up.

Has anyone seen a list of what discs are shipping in white plastic right now?

 

[MrFixIt]

These are some more of my first ones. Will try using more colors next time =)

Nice!
I like the way you incorporated the stamps! :thmbup:

 

[TADD]

First time dyer.... Used a cheap vinyl contact paper, lots of little bleeds.. Could have been worse I guess.

 

[Rumble Fish Twist]

I just used Agent Peebody's grocery bag marbling method on some of my glow champ.

Thanks AP!

 

[timmer5ooo]

SS Surge, on a Surge SS

A little bleeding near the flags and a bit under the rim, but super happy with the results.

 

[MrGlass01]

A little bleeding near the flags and a bit under the rim, but super happy with the results.

looks good the bleeds by the sails are barely noticeable, and could be part of the sails!! nice work!

 

[stan_84]

my first two dye jobs turned out ok i think
sorry for huge pics, how do i downsize them in the future

 

[basketcase15]

I just used Agent Peebody's grocery bag marbling method on some of my glow champ.

Thanks AP!

lookin classy !

 

[Rumble Fish Twist]

Thanks!

Here's one I did last night. My 1st real dye, not just marbling.

A couple of pretty good sized bleeds but I still like it.


edit: Hand cut on inkpress vinyl printer sheet.

 

[StoneWallKid]

I've been dyeing for a few months now, but when I did my first dye I learned that if you don't heat the dye enough, black looks brown on yellow plastic.

I also learned that cutting from the inside of the design outward is much easier that the reverse, especially if you're cutting after the contact paper is on the disc.

If your still around posting, I have to ask: Why a power strip?

 

[CTRobuck]

My first, during the big "Fear the Beard" World Series Run

Screwed up the SF in the hat, and had to redo the stencil twice

 

[TheFurriousD]

My First

My first dye just finished. Some bleeding on my edges but i'm pleased with it overall... also my first post so I hope this works right.

 

[preismyg0d]

Happy with how it turned out, a couple small bleeds but a whole lot of fun!

 

[preismyg0d]

oops sorry for the huge picture, I meant to resize it but I guess it didn't work :\

 

[NorthernDisc]

Nice 1st man, cool stencil

 

[S.Cann]

The Mountain Hardwear logo on the left was my first, and Shakespeare was my second.

 

[AndyJB]

First dyes. Contact paper and Rit dye, no bleeding! Really long dips....as in 5 hours. They are Pro Wraiths for me ans my wife. We are both very pleased at how they turned out!

 

[thiswonisloaded]

I did a SC marble dye but this is my first dip dye, and first plastic bag marble done on it as well.

 

[FredVegasDGC]

My First Dye I actually did 3 that night...

I lost this one about 2 weeks ago so I redid it... This is about the 10th disc I have done. It's about as close to perfect as I have gotten. No bleeds, centered & clean cuts.

I just did my first multi-color last weekend...

I wasn't real happy with it but apparently it's not as bad as I thought it was. I got frustrated at the bleeds. But it was good practice because I have 3 more trophy discs to do this week.