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Seat - Dodgy Plastic or it's meant to be like it?

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Steve P:

--- Quote from: lcfc on January 29, 2008, 01:03 PM ---It dont Dye all the way through its only on the surface, its a little like permanent marker pen when used on plastic/nylon it only on the top surface.

See for yourself, next time you do some dying stick a bic pen lid in as well, when done get a stanley knife and cut it in half, if it was a blue lid to begin with it will still be blue on the inside. Plastic is not fabric, i dont see many carports with plastic corrigated roofs weaping water, do you?

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The Dylon trick does actually work much better than you think ... simple as that  :coolsmiley:









Steve

diesel:
Steve's absolutly right :daumenhoch:

lcfc - you miss the point that most of these seats are made from nylon - and so is the fabric that 'dylon' dye has been designed to work on. The secret is plenty of salt.

We get loads of nylon screws/nuts dyed at work so that they colour match exactly.

Besides were shallow people here, and it dosen't need to be more than skin deep  >:D  :daumenhoch:

Paulo:

Maybe I'm not being brave enough with the seat dye, or maybe not enough salt last time.

I'll try the back to colour stuff and then the dye again....you can keep the heat gun trick. Knowing my luck I'll melt the guts!

diesel:
Paulo: try the grey again with lots of salt. and at least 2 dylon tins (not dylon cold).

It'll reduce the boiling point, keeps lots of heat in without damaging the plastic.

Its got to be worth a shot before your go to black.

Rombloke:
plastic seats, wheels etc will not dye.

nylon products will. nylon is hydroscopic, in other words, that after time it will let water penetrate into it.


Dave

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