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motomagII

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dying seat
« on: November 09, 2007, 06:45 PM »
just put seat in dylon black loads salt 3 kilo .left it hour or so so far took it out and its gone from white to copper colour .is that bad or will it go black if i leave it overnight even though water will be cold in another hour or so .

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Re: dying seat
« Reply #1 on: November 09, 2007, 08:43 PM »
You need to keep the water hot, simmering on a stove in a big pot is the best way  :daumenhoch:


Better to crash and burn than fade away

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Re: dying seat
« Reply #2 on: November 09, 2007, 10:01 PM »
PM JT. He is shit hot at dyeing seats, in fact I would say his dyeing is on a par with my frame spraying   :angel:
Whats the matter Kid, don't ya like clowns? Don't we make you laugh? Aint we fukkin funny?

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Re: dying seat
« Reply #3 on: November 09, 2007, 10:04 PM »
PM JT. He is shit hot at dyeing seats, in fact I would say his dyeing is on a par with my frame spraying   :angel:

You rotten buggar  :LolLolLolLol:


Better to crash and burn than fade away

Superkav

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Re: dying seat
« Reply #4 on: November 13, 2007, 10:43 AM »
Yep, you have to keep the water hot, hot, hot. For a seat I'd use 2 tins of dylon too.

Frosty

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Re: dying seat
« Reply #5 on: November 13, 2007, 10:55 AM »
was it dylon you used? like these little buggers



and not this stuff


motomagII

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Re: dying seat
« Reply #6 on: November 13, 2007, 11:15 AM »
it was the boxed ones that are for machine use
used it before and it worked okay this time disaster got copper brown seat now lol

Frosty

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Re: dying seat
« Reply #7 on: November 13, 2007, 12:36 PM »
re-do it with the tins then it should be ok

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Re: dying seat
« Reply #8 on: November 13, 2007, 01:24 PM »
you need the multipurpose stuff in the little tins

i made the mistake of getting the cold water type and that was pants
red came out streaky pink like a rasher of bacon

nice in a sandwich but a crap look for zytecs !!  ;)
cheers Kev
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