KingCobra98
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Anyone ever dye their plastics? Is there a special recipe that works and gives it a nice shine?
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Only way to get a nice shine is new oem plastic. If they shine when they’re orange, they’ll shine when they’re black. New AM plastic will be a bit more dull, but not much. Old dull plastic will be flat black when you’re done.Anyone ever dye their plastics? Is there a special recipe that works and gives it a nice shine?
Thanks
Gonna have to give this a try sometime on my 361 clone saw…not a fan of the AM orange color.Only way to get a nice shine is new oem plastic. If they shine when they’re orange, they’ll shine when they’re black. New AM plastic will be a bit more dull, but not much. Old dull plastic will be flat black when you’re done.
It doesn’t take much dye, maybe 1/4 cup liquid Rit dye to 2-3 gallons of water. Simmer them right at the point of boiling or slightly under. A rolling boil can burn whatever is touching the bottom.
I let them simmer for a couple hours so it goes mostly all the way through the plastic so future scratches won’t show
Boiling it in water? Good plan for it Greg....Gonna have to give this a try sometime on my 361 clone saw…
Looks more better than the crappy orange.
Seems extensive on the recipe. I just used a couple ounces of dye and boiling water
This is the recipe I use. It works well. However, I’ve now decided I’ll just use graphite for the orange plastics. It’s a nicer colour in the end up. Just more metallic black. I’ve also tried frost grey and it came out black too. The graphite looks good on white parts but orange parts goes darker.
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Seems extensive on the recipe. I just used a couple ounces of dye and boiling water
Should probably try some garlic and paprika for better shine lol