So I decided to chase an orange PMAG. Figured I would do it myself since they are not available and individuals who are selling want a steep premium.
Ingredients:
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[li]Rit Dye (Walmart bleach section [not crafts section], shoe shine area from my local Winn Dixie grocery store are the places I’ve found Rit Dye.)[/li][/ul]
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[li]FDE PMAG[/li][/ul]
Lessons learned:
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[li]Both amount of dye and amount of time factor into the color change so try to do everything at the same time.[/li]I did one PMAG first and then the other the next day and was really, really, really close in a color match. I ended up leaving it in the solution about 30 seconds longer than I should have.
If you end up doing more later on, dip in increments until you get the match.
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[li]Bring water to a near boil instead of an actual boil.[/li]My first PMAG tests were in boiling water and while there doesn’t appear to be any actual function issues I figured it would be best not to push it lol.
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[li]FDE is the best host color to get the color you’re looking for. Yellow rit dye on foliage green simply resulted in a darker, puke green.[/li][/ul]
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[li]Add dye to the water until you are just slightly darker than the color you’re after. By this I mean adding like the tip of a tablespoon until you’re close to your color choice. If you go overboard dump out half the solution and add plain water.[/li]The brick red PMAG is a result of adding the whole sunshine orange packet to 6 cups of water lol. The lighter, more orange PMAG was the second attempt using that little tip.
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[li]Use stainless steel pots and tongs for easy cleanup.[/li][/ul]
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[li]Use the liquid dye (instead of powder). Only because it’s easier to store and less potential for mess. [/li][/ul]
It’s a surface treatment (the way parkerizing is I suppose).
I had thought of taking a sliver off with a razor, thanks for the reminder.
When you pull out the components it says to gradually rinse with cooler and cooler water but I believe that’s in reference to the process when dying fabrics.
I simply pulled out the plastic parts and rinsed them off, nothing ‘washed’ off.
Nice DIY:) Ive been hunting DIY’s on here the last few days. I even suggested that it would be nice if we had a DIY section on here to compile them all in one place but I guess that wasnt as good of an idea as I thought, that thread died quick lol.
Has anyone tried doing this on a stock or rail covers? Im new to this RIT stuff so I don’t know how versatile it is. I also assume trying to match furniture thats made from different materials using dye may not be easy???
