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Title: Plastic dying trials
Post by: oldschoolace on September 05, 2012, 09:46 PM

Getting my hands on some "industrial" powdered dyes tomorrow with any luck to see if they will have better joy dying the usually impervious plastics used in some seats. No idea if they will be any better than dylon/rit but will post some pics of my experiments as they happen  :daumenhoch:

If they work i can get the dyes in most colours and they can be mixed to make any colour you wish  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Plastic dying trials
Post by: Waxintaxin on September 05, 2012, 09:53 PM

Certain plastics will not dye as the colour has been set in the production of the plastic and the structure of the plastic is such that dye cannot penetrate<Nylon has a structure that will accept dye which is why it is used in fabrics  , hence nylon seats dye very well.
Be interesting to see what results you get on various seats with what your getting as the harder seats are the plastics that are impervious to dying



Good luck and show us the results   

Title: Re: Plastic dying trials
Post by: oldschoolace on September 05, 2012, 09:59 PM

Exactly my thinking, i doubt it will do any seat but some seats seem to only half take a dye and end up a hippy wishy washy colour. It may have better luck with these seats. If anyone has any scruffy seats they can donate to science  ;D i could get some sort of list going of viable seat makes/models  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Plastic dying trials
Post by: BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN on September 05, 2012, 10:33 PM

we need lots of pictures and a good write up   :daumenhoch:


chuck some grips in as well  ;)

Title: Re: Plastic dying trials
Post by: oldschoolace on September 05, 2012, 10:35 PM

Good call on the grips Bendy!

Title: Re: Plastic dying trials
Post by: oldschoolace on September 05, 2012, 10:42 PM

Only got a yellow Italian made seat and a snapped white aeroyal that i can think of seat wise to play with. Some scruffy white fuans and some white welgo pedals too i think. Hmmmm

Lab rats needed guys  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Plastic dying trials
Post by: BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN on September 05, 2012, 11:08 PM

THANK YOU  ;D


pm me you addy and i will see what i have around - but i want 30% of you business and dyes or i'm out  :yahoo_silent:

Title: Re: Plastic dying trials
Post by: oldschoolace on September 06, 2012, 01:08 AM

30% is a little steep for a few old bits of plastic. This empire could make millions  :LolLolLolLol:

Will see how i get on with the bits i have then i may take you up on your offer Bendy  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Plastic dying trials
Post by: BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN on September 06, 2012, 01:14 AM

 ;D

Title: Re: Plastic dying trials
Post by: oldschoolace on September 06, 2012, 03:48 PM

Just got the dyes, now to find a bloody big pot....  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Plastic dying trials
Post by: Gary72 on September 06, 2012, 08:48 PM

Quote from: oldschoolace on September 06, 2012, 03:48 PM

Just got the dyes, now to find a bloody big pot....  :daumenhoch:

Were are you? We have a 45 gallon oil drum in the skip at work :)

Title: Re: Plastic dying trials
Post by: oldschoolace on September 06, 2012, 08:54 PM

Thanks for the offer but im in Manchester and i dont think i would get the drum under the extractor in the kitchen   :daumenhoch:

Going to call in the local pound type shop tomorrow, they sell loads of big pots for the curry house owners  ;)