No problem brother feel free to ask me any questions you might have. What color ya thinking about going with? I seem to remember as well there being a website that had some different color formulas/mixes for Rit dyeing frames to achieve specific colors that match cerakotes and such. I’ll have to see if I can find that for you as well and just to have it in case someone wants to do a fde frame to match an odg Cerakote or something one day. And yeah you can mix colors to your hearts content to come up with some fun stuff.
I haven’t done any wild colors on a frame yet, just took a grey frame from the battle ship grey to a sniper grey and my stippled grip area to a slightly darker like charcoal grey. But I have dyed some knife handle scales, paracord, a hat, frisbee golf discs and a few other things I can’t remember off the top of my head some pretty wild colors. And with the use of tape and/or clear coat spray paint you can even dye only the parts you want to. Playing around with tones by polishing back the dye job in areas and re-dyeing/dunking to achieve different tones and shades. This was my DeadPool build before and after it’s dye job and full transformation. The pearlescent or shifting tones in the stippled areas was achieved by using that process. Imgur link for video showing the pearlescent finish on the grip. https://imgur.com/a/qLbE9i8
Rit dye is a great option, super easy to do and the color will last forever. Basically if you’ve ever dyed Easter eggs than the process will seem very familiar. Rit DyeMore synthetic is what you’ll wanna get. I’ve found that Hobby Lobby and Wal-mart typically seem to have a wider color selection than Michaels. After degreasing the frame with a dawn bath. I bring my water enough to submerge the frame or whatever I’m dyeing to a medium boil in a pot I don’t care much about. Then I add the dye and reduce the heat to low and wait for the water to stop boiling (simmer good/boil bad). I use tongs to lower my frames in the dye bath but you could also use wire through the frame to suspend it. Ya basically don’t want the frame to rest against the hot metal for too long. Submerge the frame for about 10-20 min. Increments and check frequently till achieving desired color. Once desired color is achieved remove frame from bath and give it a cold rinse and light rub down with dawn dishsoap. The cold water will stop the dyeing process and the dawn will remove any dye residuals from the nooks and cranny’s. I also like to use a little soft polymer/plastic brush like for cleaning vegetables just to make sure there’s no dye cakes up anywhere. If there is it will continue to darken the area where it lays to rest.
Pew Tang Clan has great video on RIT dye and shows a few different colors in video, I’ll post link below.
How deep does the dye penetrate and will it bleed onto clothing?
I haven’t done any wild colors on a frame yet, just took a grey frame from the battle ship grey to a sniper grey and my stippled grip area to a slightly darker like charcoal grey. But I have dyed some knife handle scales, paracord, a hat, frisbee golf discs and a few other things I can’t remember off the top of my head some pretty wild colors. And with the use of tape and/or clear coat spray paint you can even dye only the parts you want to. Playing around with tones by polishing back the dye job in areas and re-dyeing/dunking to achieve different tones and shades. This was my DeadPool build before and after it’s dye job and full transformation. The pearlescent or shifting tones in the stippled areas was achieved by using that process. Imgur link for video showing the pearlescent finish on the grip. https://imgur.com/a/qLbE9i8
Yeppers, and a few other things as well. Sup?