RADBMX.CO.UK
Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: othomas2 on March 01, 2006, 04:44 PM
-
Mine have been through the Dying process twice now and are currently a barber jacket greeny/brown. Not good.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v665/othomas2/P1000513.jpg)
Has anyone dyed zytecs before ? Had any probs ?
If anyone has tried white to black please help !!!!! Any other advice would be great.
I used 2 1/2 tins of ebony black per wheel. boiling water from the kettle, and just over your regular amount of salt.
cheers
owen
-
did you use cold water dye instead of multipurpose ???
i did first time i tried results were like yours rather washy
-
It's definately multi-purpose dye I bought.
Did you go from white to black ?
I have no idea what's gone wrong here.
thanks. :-\
-
yeah alans off white set to black
loads of boiling hot water, dye and of course salt
(cue the picture .....)
first effort white to red
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v603/kdw712/pinkwheels.jpg)
oops
then got serious and the right dye
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v603/kdw712/IMG_0185.jpg)
and second set came out like
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v603/kdw712/george.jpg)
-
Thanks for that !!!
I need me an oil can !!!! :LolLolLolLol:
- They look great.
How many tins per wheel did you use ?
-
i think it was 4 tins per wheel
but all went in same pot
i shoved a small BBQ underneath it too to hepl keep heat going longer
-
(http://www.boatnerd.com/news/newpictures03b/large-salt-pile.jpg)
-
i wondered when that would pop up :LolLolLolLol:
-
... so do you guys advise using tons of salt then ?
I've heard else where to stick to near enough the 30 g per tin.
-
at least 750 g per wheel.....and at 29p for a 750 g tub is it worth the worry....the more the merrier...pile it on, i had excellent results recently dying a faded blue tuff bac to nos looking blue...
http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=8864.0
Dave
-
(http://www.boatnerd.com/news/newpictures03b/large-salt-pile.jpg)
you never disappoint mr ruler :2funny: :2funny: :2funny:
-
Is the salt thing proven, cause I dyed once with the recommended amount and then the second time chucked sh-loads in, and didn't notice any change. :-\
-
like i say at 58p for 1.5 kg who cares if its proven....rather have too much than not enough
good luck fella
Dave
-
i dont have any pics, but i did some yellw tuffs, they were faded to fook, i used 150g of salt and two tubs per wheel, they came out shite
then i put 2 tubs in and 1500kg of salt and they worked VERY well.
-
1500kg's.....fookin hell
what did that cost ya...
???????????????????????????????????????????
Dave
-
12ty pound pence