The Dye A Day Thread!

[agent_peebody]

i got a sample from oracal and got 651. i used it on my VERY first dye and didn't have a single bleed or problem with it.

 

[AJ_86]

i got a sample from oracal and got 651. i used it on my VERY first dye and didn't have a single bleed or problem with it.

Well, times have changed since then, man... what was that? Fifty, sixty years ago?

 

[agent_peebody]

about a month after i joined this site

 

[bigmanbailye]

Been awhile since I have posted a freshie in here. Just peeled the vinyl off this one. Its a custom request for Huk Finn. He wanted a "chess" themed disc and this is what I came up with. Its a nice baby blue champ wraith. Got a fat stack of plastic begging to be dyed so I should have a few more coming here in the near future!
Sorry for the poopy pic had to use the cell phone.

Dude, this reminds me of some castle wolfenstein! that would be a cool dye!

 

[bigmanbailye]

Bennett made me this for my kids. Their foot prints from their birth certificates...

Wow, my son's name is Luke Andrew and was born on 9/30. weird.

 

[LeewayeDiscGolf]

I've always used 651, never had a problem and I really slack sometimes. Has a stronger adhesive

Yeah, I've never had a problem with 651 either. The only problem was I couldn't find anything around here but 631. I've used 631 in the past with great results. All I can figure is maybe this batch had a problem or maybe Wal-Mart let it get too hot or too cold. I don't know.

 

[aggreen]

Just did my 3rd and 4th dyes ever...

The Bad Religion dye was left in a little long and too hot. In addition, the disc was a bit used. I am very happy with the Teenage Bottlerocket dye - left it in for about 10 minutes - fighting the urge to pull it out, since I wanted a deep black, I did and minimal bleeding. My first two, Pennywise and Batman, have similar bleeds to the Bad Religion - so less heat and quicker dye dip seem to be the trick. I haven't ventured into multi-color dyes yet, but should next.

 

[schnelle]

Looks like you're off to a gOod star

 

[yawpstang64]

The Bad Religion dye was left in a little long and too hot. In addition, the disc was a bit used. I am very happy with the Teenage Bottlerocket dye - left it in for about 10 minutes - fighting the urge to pull it out, since I wanted a deep black, I did and minimal bleeding. My first two, Pennywise and Batman, have similar bleeds to the Bad Religion - so less heat and quicker dye dip seem to be the trick.

They look pretty good, hard to notice the bleeds.
If you're worried about the heat put it on the lowest setting and it should be fine - 10 minutes is not a long dip by any means, so if you're getting bleeds, its not from the length of time; it may the type of vinyl/contact paper, heat or the effort you put into getting the edges down.
Its never a bad thing to check the color mid-dye either.

 

[agent_peebody]

does anyone else do "cold washes" while you're dyeing a disc?

for example, when i need a REALLY dark black or REALLY vibrant color, i'll dip the disc for 10 mins, pull it out and run cold water on it, while i have the heat on the stove on ultra low. after about a minute of cold water rinsing, i turn the flame off and repeat 2-3 times depending on how deep/vibrant i need the color.

 

[solomon.trenton]

youre the pro here, shouldnt you be telling us what to do?

 

[Jabanger]

I've done that myself. I always use cold water when rinsing my disc. Seems to help with pulling the vinyl off at the end too as I always pull the vinyl under running water.

 

[Thatoneguy978]

does anyone else do "cold washes" while you're dyeing a disc?

for example, when i need a REALLY dark black or REALLY vibrant color, i'll dip the disc for 10 mins, pull it out and run cold water on it, while i have the heat on the stove on ultra low. after about a minute of cold water rinsing, i turn the flame off and repeat 2-3 times depending on how deep/vibrant i need the color.

I've never done that as a technique on purpose to darken colors. But I do wash the disc to check the color with the stove still on low and replace the disc on the dye after if I'm not pleased with the color. Guess i just need to pay attention to it more. haha.

btw, here's a disc I just finished.

Christmas gift for a physics geek friend of mine.

 

[SpacemanSpiff]

does anyone else do "cold washes" while you're dyeing a disc?

for example, when i need a REALLY dark black or REALLY vibrant color, i'll dip the disc for 10 mins, pull it out and run cold water on it, while i have the heat on the stove on ultra low. after about a minute of cold water rinsing, i turn the flame off and repeat 2-3 times depending on how deep/vibrant i need the color.

not exactly. I have pulled discs out mid dye and rinsed them off to see the color better. a lot of times i'll do that and throw em back in. this isn't to cool the disc of or anything tho.

I noticed earlier in the thread that someone said that they keep their dye between certain temps, which makes me wonder: do you guys put a thermometer into the dye to keep it at a steady temp??

 

[SpacemanSpiff]

I've never done that as a technique on purpose to darken colors. But I do wash the disc to check the color with the stove still on low and replace the disc on the dye after if I'm not pleased with the color. Guess i just need to pay attention to it more. haha.

haha, basically said the same thing. weird. btw that disc turned out totally bad ass. one of my favs you've done so far.

btw, did you end up hand cutting that one?

 

[agent_peebody]

I've done that myself. I always use cold water when rinsing my disc. Seems to help with pulling the vinyl off at the end too as I always pull the vinyl under running water.

wanna see a cool effect that i achieved while rinsing with hot water? you can see it really good on the disc on the left here:

see how the cards are white and the rest of the disc has a pink hue? kinda looks like airbrushing? i had remasked the disc to dye the red cards (heart and diamond) and when i was rinsing after the dip, i used hot water. the red dye absorbed into the disc where it wasn't masked (the cards and wings) resulting in white cards with a pinkish hue disc

 

[yawpstang64]

does anyone else do "cold washes" while you're dyeing a disc?

for example, when i need a REALLY dark black or REALLY vibrant color, i'll dip the disc for 10 mins, pull it out and run cold water on it, while i have the heat on the stove on ultra low. after about a minute of cold water rinsing, i turn the flame off and repeat 2-3 times depending on how deep/vibrant i need the color.

do you think the multiple heat changes help the dye permeate the disc better than a single dip for the same period of time? or whats your theory behind this?

 

[agent_peebody]

do you think the multiple heat changes help the dye permeate the disc better than a single dip for the same period of time? or whats your theory behind this?

my theory:

the 10 minute intervals allows me to (a) keep the dye a constant temperature and (b) do my cold washes

i don't know if it helps much in the long run with fade/blur or whatever, but they turn out pretty crisp this way

 

[yawpstang64]

wanna see a cool effect that i achieved while rinsing with hot water? ....

lol, the way you did it does look good. I discovered this by leaving the disc mid-rinse-and-vinyl-removal (the dog pulled the trash over) and when I got to it back half the disc was tinted slightly black. Gives it almost a glowing effect

 

[agent_peebody]

yeah, it's a sweet effect if you can control it.