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Title: dying seat
Post by: motomagII on November 09, 2007, 06:45 PM
just put seat in dylon black loads salt 3 kilo .left it hour or so so far took it out and its gone from white to copper colour .is that bad or will it go black if i leave it overnight even though water will be cold in another hour or so .
Title: Re: dying seat
Post by: MartyC on November 09, 2007, 08:43 PM
You need to keep the water hot, simmering on a stove in a big pot is the best way  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: dying seat
Post by: Dark Diggler on November 09, 2007, 10:01 PM
PM JT. He is shit hot at dyeing seats, in fact I would say his dyeing is on a par with my frame spraying   :angel:
Title: Re: dying seat
Post by: MartyC on November 09, 2007, 10:04 PM
PM JT. He is shit hot at dyeing seats, in fact I would say his dyeing is on a par with my frame spraying   :angel:

You rotten buggar  :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: dying seat
Post by: Superkav on November 13, 2007, 10:43 AM
Yep, you have to keep the water hot, hot, hot. For a seat I'd use 2 tins of dylon too.
Title: Re: dying seat
Post by: Frosty on November 13, 2007, 10:55 AM
was it dylon you used? like these little buggers

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/y91/frosty_paul/Chroming/Mpd-tins.jpg)

and not this stuff

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/y91/frosty_paul/Chroming/handdye2.jpg)
Title: Re: dying seat
Post by: motomagII on November 13, 2007, 11:15 AM
it was the boxed ones that are for machine use
used it before and it worked okay this time disaster got copper brown seat now lol
Title: Re: dying seat
Post by: Frosty on November 13, 2007, 12:36 PM
re-do it with the tins then it should be ok
Title: Re: dying seat
Post by: kdw712 on November 13, 2007, 01:24 PM
you need the multipurpose stuff in the little tins

i made the mistake of getting the cold water type and that was pants
red came out streaky pink like a rasher of bacon

nice in a sandwich but a crap look for zytecs !!  ;)
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