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Offline sawzall

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seat dyeing again!!!
« on: February 07, 2006, 02:01 PM »
has anyone dyed a seat from yellow to blue ,i have a nos kashimax mongoose seat i want to change the colour of ,will this affect the mongoose gold lettering on sides of saddle  :daumenhoch:
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Re: seat dyeing again!!!
« Reply #1 on: February 07, 2006, 02:04 PM »
no, the lettering should be fine

just use LOTS of salt (cue the_ruler)
2 tubs of dye (no 18 is good match)
VERY hot water
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« Reply #2 on: February 07, 2006, 02:08 PM »

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« Reply #3 on: February 07, 2006, 02:10 PM »
i thang u
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Re: seat dyeing again!!!
« Reply #4 on: February 07, 2006, 02:11 PM »
Being a bit dumb here but what does the salt do?

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Re: seat dyeing again!!!
« Reply #5 on: February 07, 2006, 02:14 PM »
make it taste nicer.


and it fixes the colour.
I want to touch ORB

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« Reply #6 on: February 07, 2006, 02:17 PM »
Ahhhh  :daumenhoch:

Preston Pirate

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« Reply #7 on: February 07, 2006, 02:29 PM »
how long should you leave it in for?

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« Reply #8 on: February 07, 2006, 02:34 PM »
at least an hour. wont do it any harm longer tho.
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Re: seat dyeing again!!!
« Reply #9 on: February 07, 2006, 02:39 PM »
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« Reply #10 on: February 07, 2006, 02:40 PM »
info much appreciated guys thanks :daumenhoch:
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« Reply #11 on: February 07, 2006, 02:42 PM »
just leave it till the water goes cold.

that normally does it

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« Reply #12 on: February 07, 2006, 03:08 PM »
Nice one guys thanks for the advice, I think I'll dye my white GT seat blue then to match the rest of the components


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« Reply #13 on: February 14, 2006, 06:20 AM »
Might I recommend dying it black rather than blue?

Since yellow and blue make green, I'm thinking that's what you might end up with.
I know black will work. (and black would still look good on a blue build.. and a lot better than green! Well I suppose if you try it and it goes green, you can always dye it black.)

Let us know how it turns out. Pics along the process are always fun to look at.

Good luck bud.

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« Reply #14 on: February 14, 2006, 01:08 PM »
If it goes green i'll take it off ya hands!   :daumenhoch:

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« Reply #15 on: February 14, 2006, 03:09 PM »
so how did it go?
I want to touch ORB

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« Reply #16 on: February 15, 2006, 06:19 PM »
just building up the courage to have a go, dont want to mess it up, may look for an old yellow seat and have a practice run first :-\
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