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I want to keep it that colour. I've been after a grey seat for ages. I tried dying a white seat but just didn't work.Would moisture ingres look embedded? How does hot water help?
Can i just say that plastic is NOT porous, dont know where everyone is getting this from, its on anything to do with a tuff question or dying question. By trade i am an injection mould tool maker ( anything plastic is made from a precision engineered steel mould ) So please believe me when i say i know this to be true. The only thing that will happen when putting seats, wheels, whatever in to hot water is that it will grow a little but once cool go back to its original size, and if its thin plastic it may distort it a little and that is permanent, but it will not soak in water.
Quote from: lcfc on January 27, 2008, 09:00 PM Can i just say that plastic is NOT porous, dont know where everyone is getting this from, its on anything to do with a tuff question or dying question. By trade i am an injection mould tool maker ( anything plastic is made from a precision engineered steel mould ) So please believe me when i say i know this to be true. The only thing that will happen when putting seats, wheels, whatever in to hot water is that it will grow a little but once cool go back to its original size, and if its thin plastic it may distort it a little and that is permanent, but it will not soak in water.Well please explain to me if they are not porous just how do they change colour when dyed using Dylon Multi Purpose Dye?
It dont Dye all the way through its only on the surface, its a little like permanent marker pen when used on plastic/nylon it only on the top surface.See for yourself, next time you do some dying stick a bic pen lid in as well, when done get a stanley knife and cut it in half, if it was a blue lid to begin with it will still be blue on the inside. Plastic is not fabric, i dont see many carports with plastic corrigated roofs weaping water, do you?
Quote from: MartyC on January 28, 2008, 08:10 AMQuote from: lcfc on January 27, 2008, 09:00 PM Can i just say that plastic is NOT porous, dont know where everyone is getting this from, its on anything to do with a tuff question or dying question. By trade i am an injection mould tool maker ( anything plastic is made from a precision engineered steel mould ) So please believe me when i say i know this to be true. The only thing that will happen when putting seats, wheels, whatever in to hot water is that it will grow a little but once cool go back to its original size, and if its thin plastic it may distort it a little and that is permanent, but it will not soak in water.Well please explain to me if they are not porous just how do they change colour when dyed using Dylon Multi Purpose Dye? It dont Dye all the way through its only on the surface, its a little like permanent marker pen when used on plastic/nylon it only on the top surface. See for yourself, next time you do some dying stick a bic pen lid in as well, when done get a stanley knife and cut it in half, if it was a blue lid to begin with it will still be blue on the inside. Plastic is not fabric, i dont see many carports with plastic corrigated roofs weaping water, do you?
And as for nylon being hydroscopic... i dont think so, brake fluid is hydroscopic and the resovoir that you top it up with is made of.... you guessed it nylon.
brake fluid is hydroscopic and the resovoir that you top it up with is made of.... you guessed it nylon
which is why brake fluid needs to be changed every 18mnthsfu'ck we are a bunch of know all shmucks on here....lolDave