The Dye A Day Thread!

[lokirising]

I'm throwing a Roc at your disc

 

[yawpstang64]

Never use hot water because it can blur the image right after coming out of the dip. Always use cold water and a lot of people will place the disc in the freezer afterwards to help set the image and possibly slow down the blurring process.

Not actually bad if you read what txdgboy does, and logically hot water is no different from hot dye during his process

that...AND youll stain your sink...AND youll have adhesive residue bonded to the disc.

hot water does actually loosen the adhesive, and I know its damn hard to stain a stainless steel sink.. maybe if you have one of those plasticy white ones though

agreed it is good to cool the disc afterwards - I prefer the fridge though, don't want to subject it to too many extreme temps

 

[yawpstang64]

fricken awesome stained glass disc! looks like a fun one to design too
can't wait til I have another blank opto

 

[jivey311]

I agree, LoPan, I'm sorry but if we ever get to meet and you have that disc, I might have to throw a rock at it!

But overall, I think it looks pretty damn good!

great disc man! might be a pain to find in the bushes though

 

[Thatoneguy978]

forget so soon? I totally weeded that one, you dyed it a few days afterward by yourself. Team effort! :hfive:

haha no I was just saying that the weeding on it was pretty easy. It was peeling it after the dye that was horrible.

 

[hedfan1]

super cool man!!! very nice.

When I remove all the "stick icky" to reveal the finish product -- well before I reveal the finish product -- I run the water in the kitchen sink as hot as I can get it and just let the water run over the top of the disc AND vinyl before I peel the vinyl back. It really loosens up the adhesive on the vinyl PLUS+++ it really helps remove any excess dye that may still be on the disc.

:thmbup::thmbup::thmbup:

As soon as I removed it from the dye I stuck it under the coldest of cold tap water. I let it run under that for maybe 5 minutes. I then warmed the water to maybe room temp or a few degrees above and then pulled a few sqares, then ran water again, removed a few more and repeat. As soon as I completed the pulls I put it in the fridge for maybe an hour, took it out to take a picture then stuck it back in the freezer for the night. Removed it this morning to go throw 36 hoes with it. It threw as nice as it looks.

I'm super happy with my product and can't wait for tomorrows rounds! Oh, it's back in the fridge tonight. I'd rather over cool it then not I guess if it matters.

 

[Thatoneguy978]

spaceman, did you plot that for him?

if you did, would you mind sharing that stencil? if i ever throw a green disc, i want that dyed on it.

I actually plot them all myself. We work together. I usually plot, he weeds, I tranfer, he dyes.

I believe we both have the stencil if you'd like it though.

 

[Thatoneguy978]

Lopan, I love the stained glass looking disc btw.

 

[agent_peebody]

I actually plot them all myself. We work together. I usually plot, he weeds, I tranfer, he dyes.

I believe we both have the stencil if you'd like it though.

if you can, just PM me a link to it. or send it to agent_peebody (at) hotmail (dot) com

 

[moose-mdg]

can you dye r-wood....??

 

[Thatoneguy978]

^ e-mailed

 

[agent_peebody]

h00ray for teamwork :hfive:

 

[yawpstang64]

can you dye r-wood....??

you mean the r-pro batch that a broom fell into?

but I doubt it, the plastic is so rubbery that I don't think it'd take... but maybe the lil wood chips would soak up some dye

 

[SpacemanSpiff]

h00ray for teamwork :hfive:

hooray! :hfive:

 

[LoPan12]

Super Star on my new Flow! Too bad I can't make it blink different colors and play music when I grab it outta my bag...

Made the general star area just a shade or two too dark

 

[SpacemanSpiff]

haha, awesome. I love the mario themes. btw, whats up with the background texture? did you do that or is that just the plastic?

 

[Chrisgeoguy]

Another Bennett Dye. I did the design, and it came out awesome!


IMGP4384 by CJ's Camera, on Flickr

 

[AJ_86]

haha, awesome. I love the mario themes. btw, whats up with the background texture? did you do that or is that just the plastic?

That's the plastic.

 

[noahrienks]

Just finished this one this weekend I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.

And another:

 

[Apothecary]

it looks like a invinci-star on top of a gold coin.:thmbup: