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Offline markyp

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dyeing grips(now with results!!)
« on: July 12, 2010, 10:00 PM »
what type of dyelon am i looking for??all i can see on gaybay is clothes or shoe dye???i know they dont do a specific ame grip dye  but i am stumped here,so which type am i after chaps   ???
« Last Edit: July 16, 2010, 04:59 PM by markyp »
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Re: dyeing grips
« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2010, 10:09 PM »
as he said, its the dogz nutz :daumenhoch:

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Re: dyeing grips
« Reply #3 on: July 12, 2010, 10:45 PM »

 they dont do a specific ame grip dye 


Love it  :LolLolLolLol:

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Re: dyeing grips
« Reply #4 on: July 12, 2010, 11:01 PM »
Why would you want to dye Ame grips , they already do rounds and tris in every colour for under a tenner

sell the ones you've  got for a tenner and so on

if it's cams your doing I 'll shut my gob  :D  ;D

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« Reply #5 on: July 12, 2010, 11:04 PM »
Besides I've some black tri's for sale if you want Mark  :D , cheaper than Rit dye ,postage , salt and gas  :angel:

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Re: dyeing grips
« Reply #6 on: July 13, 2010, 03:44 PM »
Why would you want to dye Ame grips , they already do rounds and tris in every colour for under a tenner

sell the ones you've  got for a tenner and so on

if it's cams your doing I 'll shut my gob  :D  ;D
cos i got a set of bubble fonts that are too off white for use so i want to do them black,thanks for all the help chaps,now to get me some dye  :daumenhoch:
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« Reply #7 on: July 13, 2010, 04:42 PM »
Why would you want to dye Ame grips , they already do rounds and tris in every colour for under a tenner

sell the ones you've  got for a tenner and so on

if it's cams your doing I 'll shut my gob  :D  ;D
cos i got a set of bubble fonts that are too off white for use so i want to do them black,thanks for all the help chaps,now to get me some dye  :daumenhoch:

Same here! Can yours be the guine pigs? And show me how you got on? Thank you  ;) :LolLolLolLol:

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« Reply #8 on: July 13, 2010, 04:52 PM »
I tried dying some Grey Cams but the dye wouldn't touch it  :-\ they just came out a slightly darker grey  :D  :-[
Also tried some white Super Softs too but they wouldn't take either  ???

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« Reply #9 on: July 13, 2010, 07:26 PM »
Why would you want to dye Ame grips , they already do rounds and tris in every colour for under a tenner

sell the ones you've  got for a tenner and so on

if it's cams your doing I 'll shut my gob  :D  ;D
cos i got a set of bubble fonts that are too off white for use so i want to do them black,thanks for all the help chaps,now to get me some dye  :daumenhoch:

Same here! Can yours be the guine pigs? And show me how you got on? Thank you  ;) :LolLolLolLol:
yeah will do mark,will fire over some pics of sucess/disaster!!
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Re: dyeing grips
« Reply #10 on: July 13, 2010, 07:29 PM »
I used Rit for my Elina Mark  :LolLolLolLol:



I also have some black Ame's here if you want them ?????
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Re: dyeing grips
« Reply #11 on: July 13, 2010, 07:52 PM »
I used Rit for my Elina Mark  :LolLolLolLol:



I also have some black Ame's here if you want them ?????
are they bubble fonts andy??
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« Reply #12 on: July 13, 2010, 08:10 PM »
Aint got a clue  :LolLolLolLol:


They're black, they're ame and they're free.  :)
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« Reply #13 on: July 14, 2010, 07:18 PM »
Aint got a clue  :LolLolLolLol:


They're black, they're ame and they're free.  :)
if they are bubbles andy i will have them,if not then its ok as i already have too many non bubble black ames :laugh:
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Re: dyeing grips
« Reply #14 on: July 15, 2010, 12:06 PM »
i tried to dye a set of off white a'me's i got here and it never touched em either dylon or rit  :(.
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« Reply #15 on: July 15, 2010, 11:10 PM »
Dyeing grips is an urban myth , I  tell thee  :crazy2:  :D

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« Reply #16 on: July 16, 2010, 07:45 AM »
obviously.

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« Reply #17 on: July 16, 2010, 03:47 PM »
as we speak they are on simmer,fingers crossed it looks like the dye is taking although thats a sauce pan fooked!! :LolLolLolLol:
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« Reply #18 on: July 16, 2010, 04:02 PM »
I dyed mine in a kettle  ;)  brew's tasted fookin rank for months after  :D

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« Reply #19 on: July 16, 2010, 04:58 PM »
and here we have it!!!!a mint set of bubble fonts,pretty good i think although i may give them another dunking some time to get them blacker than black,but ame rounds do dye fine,whoop whoop
« Last Edit: July 16, 2010, 05:07 PM by markyp »
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« Reply #20 on: July 16, 2010, 04:59 PM »
Nice work  :daumenhoch:
Look perfecto.

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« Reply #21 on: July 16, 2010, 05:01 PM »
yup im well happy with them.just compared them to another black set of ame rounds(came in black from new) i have and they are just as black so i think that is where  i will call it a day  :)
« Last Edit: July 16, 2010, 06:10 PM by markyp »
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Re: dyeing grips(now with results!!)
« Reply #22 on: July 16, 2010, 05:41 PM »
Great work  :4_17_5:

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« Reply #23 on: July 16, 2010, 05:43 PM »
Bubble fonts rule  :P

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Re: dyeing grips(now with results!!)
« Reply #24 on: July 16, 2010, 05:56 PM »

Look like they turned out alright them Mark  :)

Did you go for Rit or dylon in the end ?

What shade ?

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