Noobie Dye Question Thread

[agent_peebody]

Use this to ask your "noobie" dye questions instead of making an entire thread for just one question about dying in general.

[xJFK]

what's the best way to remask a multicolor dye?

[jivey311]

can i dye scarlet red on a yellow star plastic, and will be stay RED? Or will the yellowish tint be too much for the red to show up?

[burntneuron]

The red should show up just fine, might have to go a little longer than usual, but it'll be fine to take the red.

[bigmanbailye]

xJFK,

cover the entire disc in clear contact paper/vinyl after your first dye (assuming you have taken off the old vinyl and just have bear disc again) and then cut on the disc the area you wish to dye next. Repeat for any other colors.

[NoThingness]

Originally Posted by bigmanbailye

xJFK,

cover the entire disc in clear contact paper/vinyl after your first dye (assuming you have taken off the old vinyl and just have bear disc again) and then cut on the disc the area you wish to dye next. Repeat for any other colors.

You can also cut a piece of vinyl big enough to cover the area you want to remask if you don't want to use a new sheet for every colour

[ZBoazMobster]

How do you convert a regular photo (say, of a face) to an image ready for disc?

[BarkBuster]

Does a plotter actually cut the stencil for you? or does it just print it onto the vinyl??

[agent_peebody]

the plotters cut the vinyl for you

[BarkBuster]

Originally Posted by ZBoazMobster

How do you convert a regular photo (say, of a face) to an image ready for disc?

You could always photoshop it to display the image using only 2 colors (like a solid black stencil with white in the lighter areas) or 3 or 4 colors if you were doing a multiple layer dye... then again this is .02 from a guy that cant dye very well