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Offline Devilock

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Grip dying problems
« on: June 05, 2012, 11:07 AM »
A few weeks ago I decided to dye some grips for the first time & followed the stickie to the letter...I was even using the same grips in the same colour!
They did not dye!!  >:( Mark said he would try it for me so sent them off with another packet of Rit- they did not dye...!! I then sent him 2 more packets & he used them both...they did not dye...!!  :tickedoff:
What the cacking hell is going on...??!  ???

Offline Glynnyboy

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« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2012, 11:30 AM »

Read Christians comments on page 2 of that thread.
One of the grip dye threads on here ended up with one of the mods saying so 'basically ' grips don't dye.
They end up some sort of brown over time and the black starts to rub off.

Are the grips done in the thread still all that ?

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Re: Grip dying problems
« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2012, 11:32 AM »
I don't two sets of .5's and some mashies.

Still nice and black.

Offline Glynnyboy

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« Reply #3 on: June 05, 2012, 11:42 AM »
I was talking to someone at radchester last year with a set that had started rubbing off.
Not 100% but I think they were 5's.
( it may have been Sam but I had, had a few when I was been told the tale)

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« Reply #4 on: June 05, 2012, 11:51 AM »
I don't two sets of .5's and some mashies.

Still nice and black.

Did you follow the same process...?

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« Reply #5 on: June 05, 2012, 12:31 PM »
Dunno.

I Put a stickie up of my own.

I just chucked a load of Dylon ina massive pan,  filled it with salt, and boiled the fook out them for hours.

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« Reply #6 on: June 05, 2012, 01:20 PM »
did you use a fixer ?

some rubber will not dye and some gets lucky

dylon works best on nylon, which it sticks to - seats have a mixture of plastic and nylon ~ this is why they dye well - grips don't have nylon in them

acetate can also be use to help it fix onto the grips
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« Reply #7 on: June 05, 2012, 03:15 PM »
did you use a fixer ?

some rubber will not dye and some gets lucky

dylon works best on nylon, which it sticks to - seats have a mixture of plastic and nylon ~ this is why they dye well - grips don't have nylon in them

acetate can also be use to help it fix onto the grips

So what should I do/use to optimize adhesion...??!!

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« Reply #8 on: June 05, 2012, 04:36 PM »
Theres some really good stuff on youtube on how to use Rit with acetone  :daumenhoch:
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« Reply #9 on: June 05, 2012, 05:06 PM »
Theres some really good stuff on youtube on how to use Rit with acetone  :daumenhoch:


Nice one Ash, Ill check it out...  :daumenhoch:

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