Author Topic: Re: A holy grail of restoration.... dying coloured wheels white (how to now up) (Read 9844 times)

oldschoolace · « **on:** August 01, 2013, 09:44 PM »

Was over at a friends workshop today discussing a project i'm helping her with a week on saturday. She is a plastics expert and i'm always pissing around with her heatpress and other machinery trying odball things she rarely gets time to try. I got talking about the potential of pressing some plastic parts

and asked her if she had much in the way of white plastic.
She specialises in recycled stuff and after showing me a huge bag of shredded 50 pound notes from the royal mint she will be embedding in clear acrylic

she showed me she stock of white stuff which wasn't alot and derived from fridge door liners.

Noting i didn't look too interested she said "you could always dye some other stuff white"

Well as you can imagine, this got my attention and as a favour to me she said she would order some stuff and i could pick it up on the sturday i'm working with her

I'm fookin well excited. I dont have a great deal of info as yet but apparently most plastics as well as wood and fabric can be dyed with this stuff so keep your eye on this thread over the next few weeks as i will be doing some trials with mags, seats and owt else i can find

fischflo · « **Reply #1 on:** August 01, 2013, 09:47 PM »

...lol

Jaymz · « **Reply #2 on:** August 01, 2013, 09:50 PM »

Ooo this sounds like a breakthrough

leehunt1 · « **Reply #3 on:** August 01, 2013, 09:51 PM »

Is she FIT..?

oldschoolace · « **Reply #4 on:** August 01, 2013, 09:55 PM »

sorry Lee, a lass who knows her way round heavy machinery with a hot body is asking a bit much. I dare say some of you lot would be all over here but she is just a mate to me

griff · « **Reply #5 on:** August 01, 2013, 09:56 PM »

chubby · « **Reply #6 on:** August 02, 2013, 06:28 PM »

mmmmm if this stuff works, that poor seagull Will have given it's life to further the science of whitening old bmx tat for nothing

GavinDavis · « **Reply #7 on:** August 02, 2013, 06:34 PM »

This sounds awesome! Cant wait for the experimentation! You watch there will he a mass influx of white builds in tye not too distant future lol

oldschoolace · « **Reply #8 on:** August 02, 2013, 06:43 PM »

Richard, there is always more than one way to skin a rabbit (or poison a seagull it would appear)

not johndub71 · « **Reply #9 on:** August 03, 2013, 08:22 PM »

Pictures please.

80sBMXer · « **Reply #10 on:** August 03, 2013, 09:51 PM »

I hope this doesn't work !!

As I have just committed the ultimate sin.............and sprayed a (previously bleached) knackered white 80's Kashi with white plasticote

oldschoolace · « **Reply #11 on:** August 06, 2013, 08:00 PM »

Quick update. I'm calling in to my friends place tomorrow afternoon to go over a few things for the weekend. She has got the dye so if i get chance tomorrow night i will get the experimental ball rolling

OrgasmDonor · « **Reply #12 on:** August 06, 2013, 08:09 PM »

its nigh impossible to get white tuffs white

she's winding you up,

is she called Polyuracunt

leehunt1 · « **Reply #13 on:** August 06, 2013, 08:14 PM »

Quote from: oldschoolace on August 06, 2013, 08:00 PM

Quick update. I'm calling in to my friends place tomorrow afternoon to go over a few things for the weekend. She has got the dye so if i get chance tomorrow night i will get the experimental ball rolling

TO DRY BERM HER !!

oldschoolace · « **Reply #14 on:** August 06, 2013, 08:45 PM »

Going to do a yellow plastic seat first then a black Raleigh mag. They need cleaning thoroughly first before i can use the dye so the seat is an easier option to begin with

oldschoolace · « **Reply #15 on:** August 07, 2013, 08:22 PM »

Well here are the initial results. Quite impressed so far. Should be interesting to see how the black mag comes out.

Not the best light in my back yard this evening but you get the idea

chubby · « **Reply #16 on:** August 07, 2013, 08:25 PM »

bloody hell clint that looks great, id imagine it'd be even better in decent light........
anything die at all

was just thinking,how does it compare to rit/dylon finish & i presume it's available in a multitude of colours. .....

Dannywhac · « **Reply #17 on:** August 07, 2013, 08:32 PM »

That's ace Clint - would be interesting to see how far the dye penetrates the placcy

griff · « **Reply #18 on:** August 07, 2013, 08:36 PM »

VERY NICE - I LIKE

fischflo · « **Reply #19 on:** August 07, 2013, 08:47 PM »

........

........... magic ?

.... fookin unbelievable, i can't believe it; i mean the colour is throughout the plastic, how can that be, i can not believe it

... or is it brittle like hell now..?

skippyg · « **Reply #20 on:** August 07, 2013, 08:49 PM »

looks great

,whats the name of this dye you've used ?

oldschoolace · « **Reply #21 on:** August 07, 2013, 08:51 PM »

What i am surprised at is it covered the quite heavy staining you can see on the original seat. It all looks even

I'm not sure on the colour range but it may be possible to over dye the white? $:-\$

I wont post a how to just yet, i want to make sure the stuff has actually took well and give it a bit of abuse with keys, sandpaper etc

fischflo · « **Reply #22 on:** August 07, 2013, 08:55 PM »

... oh , its a dye, thought it was bleached

.... looks well cool anyway - lets see what it can take

oldschoolace · « **Reply #23 on:** August 07, 2013, 09:02 PM »

Sorry Richard no deaths as yet... early days though

GavinDavis · « **Reply #24 on:** August 07, 2013, 09:03 PM »

That is frickin awesome Clint! Well done with that mate! Top results so far...

Very interested to find out how it pans out with abuse

Author Topic: Re: A holy grail of restoration.... dying coloured wheels white (how to now up) (Read 9844 times)

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