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Dapope
Posted on Tuesday, May 30, 2006 - 03:54 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I got an e-mail asking me how I dyed my plastics. After I looked at my old thread -
http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/32777/184773.html

I realized I never posted pics of the colors - so here it is. All of the colors are liquid RIT dye over Yellow plastics.

-Steve
RIT dye trials
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Diablobrian
Posted on Tuesday, May 30, 2006 - 08:24 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

wow nice. This'll probably inspire a few people to give it a go.
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Bigsherm9r
Posted on Wednesday, May 31, 2006 - 05:21 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Dapope,

Nice! What did you get the black result with? Most of the black attempts I've seen resulted in purple.

Sherm
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T9r
Posted on Wednesday, May 31, 2006 - 09:43 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Any larger pictures of the test parts?

The dark blues are getting my attention.

Test parts were initially yellow, as I read from your other post.

(Message edited by t9r on May 31, 2006)
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Dapope
Posted on Wednesday, May 31, 2006 - 10:27 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

No purple tint. The black looks great.

However I keep stressing that I used the liquid dye, not the powder. RIT offers both kinds. The one powder I tried was "Grey Pearl" I think and it never quite mixed properly and I actually had some purple/black flecks over the whole piece.

Yellow buell

black buell


Sorry I don't have a better pic of the black bike or of the pieces.
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Dapope
Posted on Wednesday, May 31, 2006 - 10:32 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Oh - for the black I used 45cc black dye per gallon of water. That is much more dye than all of the other colors but I wanted it as dark as possible.
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