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pickle:
Going to 'work from home' tomorrow so I plan to dye my old faded Orange tuffs.  To those that have done this before, how long do you normally leave them cooking away in the drink? Is there a limit or is it a case of longer in the deeper the colour?

BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN:
Orange is a funny colour to dye as it can change colour so easy - with red there are shades that please the eye from light to dark - but with orange it can go from a watery orange juice to a sun burnt orange - you have to be a little bit careful and watch it a bit more turn to what you want

water /wet~  will make it look a couple of shades dark when wet - when dry will look a little lighter

with dylon the orange is slightly different to orange skyways - skyway's colour looks solid - dying with dylon looks as it has a covering (yes i know this is what you are doing by dying it ) but is does look different - but that's just how it goes

if old hard life mags - you will get darker spots of orange in cracks, chips, hairlines and grease spots

rotate and stir often - the colour sinks and will lay on top of the mags - so dye both together and top to bottom and rotate till all side get equal covering

alloy hubs don't need grease if you don't want to cover them - they can be lightly or heavy polished after



so in the first half an hour you won't see much change - over the next two hours it will change but the layer is only very thin - up to 6 hours and all is cocking well - over 8 hours just watch what is happening depending on the colour you are using

so may say it doesn't take that long and use different methods - get all the info from every one and use what you need

need any help just pm mate

cheers B  ;)

brummie:
how faded rob, have you tried giving them a rub with wd40

pickle:
They are quite faded on the rims and look as dry as old nadge.

I'm using rit dye not dylon if that makes any difference.

Al Wyn:
Didnt someone have some nice bright ones for sale Brum ;)

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