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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: Swivel on December 04, 2007, 03:17 PM
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Just got a frame/bar padset somehow in Yellow (bloody hard to find), but can you dye these any colour or will it ruin them? Not sure i fancy yellow, would prefer black I think. LMK, ta
Matt :daumenhoch:
P.S. After a stem pad, was some worldwide on the bay but gone now... :-\
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im pretty sure they dont dye materials doesnt take the dye into it
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craig dyed some torker ones yellow once I think, do a search in tech and restoration ;)
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Ok mate thanks for this... I'm tempted to try it out on the stem pad i have as it isn't the original one and isn't a kuwi pad but came with this set, so maybe worth a go. Has anyone else tried dyeing padsets? ???
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if they are nylon, they will dye.
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matt I tried using dylon black on a repro stem pad I got from the bay.
it did work, however it tainted the kuwie logo a bit grey.
however that could have been down making the concentration too strong or leave it in too long
give it a go. I mixed up the whole sachet so maybe 1/2 would do.
let me know how you get on as I may have another go if you get it to work ok
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Will do mate. These pads are repops so have printing on them which I don't think would be picked up by the dye. I'll try out a stem pad and let you know... ;)