Recent content by Rayne

Combination stencil, shaving cream, and painting dye:

Either method will work, depending on what you find easier. You could get away with a very faint yellow overlaid on top of a very bold blue, but it will turn to green the deeper you try to go with the yellow.

Ziggy Stardust On The (Innova) Spider From Mars(hall Street): I have finally won the game of puns with disc model names.

I use methyl cellulose for applications where I need to thicken dye. I got mine from a chem student at a college near where I live, but it's pretty easy to find online. It'll be more expensive than laundry detergent, but I feel you end up with more control over how thick the dye ends up.

Yes, they work but they're inferior (except for green) to iDyePoly.

Wow, what are you using to get that really bright, even lime green shade? Looks great.

Of the opaque plastics, I'd say Latitude 64 Gold Line plastic takes dye the best and has the best 'hold time' (the time it takes a dye to spread). MVP Neutron is a close runner up. Star plastic looks great initially, but dye will spread over time. ESP/FLX... meh. Prodigy discs haven't really...

At a concert, selling bootleg merchandise? Not that I'd EVER do such a thing.... but I bet you could get $30, $35 if you're a hustler. Sellers' market. Normally I charge $25 for work unless it's a particularly tricky piece.

I did a whole mess of dyes for a tournament I'm operating this weekend. I can't think of many better ways to keep people from showing up last-minute at registration than making these first-come, first served. Pretty stoked with how the championship trophies came out. Link to a big folder full...

Goo-Gone. Live it, love it. On opaque plastics, rinse the disc off and let the dye set for a while before doing this so that none of the dye smears around and stains the image.

The fastest improvement you're going to see fixing bleeds is by changing the material you're using; contact paper is nice to start with, but the glue dissolves pretty quickly. My personal recommendation for starting is Oracal 631. You can remove and replace the vinyl a couple of times on the...

To get consistent(ish) results, my mixture is: A 16-20oz cup of shaving cream Half a shot-glass of iDyePoly mix (1 liter:1 packet) Stir it up; liquid will gather towards the bottom of the cup, so turn it (carefully) sideways while mixing. You need less dye than you think you do, especially...

Good work, Rob!

On a Legacy Patriot:

Oracal 631 is great when you're learning to dye discs. Since the glue isn't as strong, you have a couple of attempts to pick it up and replace it on the disc if you misaligned the image, have a big air bubble, or whatever kind of contingency arises. On the downside, it does tend to create...