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Offline spadey99

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Dyeing Oakley .5s ... Help.... Won't dye....
« on: April 29, 2015, 05:42 PM »
Hi guys

I have dyed lots of grips with 2 packets of rit powder and a bottle of rit dye before with awesome results.. Salt and simmer for 90 minutes...

I have some .5s that just won't turn black... Currently blue... Any ideas??? I've dyed them twice now and all they are are a slightly darker shade of blue...

I know they can be dyed as I've had some before that were dyed from blue to black perfectly....

Any help or ideas is appreciated...  :daumenhoch:
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Re: Dyeing Oakley .5s ... Help.... Won't dye....
« Reply #1 on: April 29, 2015, 06:03 PM »
I wonder if they are already dyed what I mean is they were yellow or something and somebody dyed them blue don't know whether it would matter

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Re: Dyeing Oakley .5s ... Help.... Won't dye....
« Reply #2 on: April 29, 2015, 06:09 PM »
Good point.... I would imagine if they had been dyed then it wouldn't work..... They didn't look like they had... They are a nice dark blue now anyway  :LolLolLolLol:
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Re: Dyeing Oakley .5s ... Help.... Won't dye....
« Reply #3 on: April 29, 2015, 08:11 PM »
Dyed a seat orange once for some unknown reason.  Fooking thing won't accept any  other type of dye at all . Dyed before sounds a possibility Steve
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Re: Dyeing Oakley .5s ... Help.... Won't dye....
« Reply #4 on: April 29, 2015, 08:16 PM »
thanks buddy...... I think you are right guys.......  :knuppel2:
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Re: Dyeing Oakley .5s ... Help.... Won't dye....
« Reply #5 on: April 29, 2015, 08:38 PM »
Dont throw them down the garden, i'll have em. I like giving homes to the unwanted!

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Re: Dyeing Oakley .5s ... Help.... Won't dye....
« Reply #6 on: April 29, 2015, 09:17 PM »
there nice if you want a blue set... look great.....  :LolLolLolLol:
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Re: Dyeing Oakley .5s ... Help.... Won't dye....
« Reply #7 on: April 30, 2015, 06:47 AM »
We need pictures  :whistle:

I've never been successful at it.
I did a post on dying A'me grips (or not), it was made a 'sticky' to warn people of the possible outcome.
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Re: Dyeing Oakley .5s ... Help.... Won't dye....
« Reply #8 on: May 01, 2015, 09:22 AM »
I would like to see them too! :)

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Re: Dyeing Oakley .5s ... Help.... Won't dye....
« Reply #9 on: May 02, 2015, 08:16 PM »
ok guys will get some pics........ never ever failed before... did some hutch ones from blue to black with outstanding results........ leave it with me....
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