hisdudeness47
Birdie Member
Tried worm dip for visibility. My first dyes! Need tips for champ plastic!
Woo! I dyed some discs! My first dyes ever. Used this simple tutorial (https://youtu.be/3XJcbEDHhaUl) on a tan Gateway Warrior (Evolution plastic), which turned out excellent, and my weak pink champ Teebird3 F2 (sort of like this one https://www.marshallstreetdiscgolf.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/21808-scaled.jpg but much more dull), which did not.
Used the same dye on both, Quick Coat Worm Dip UV Blast - UV Yellow. Used the same Ziploc.
The results: https://imgur.com/a/Guif94F
Tried to take a few different angles on the teebird3, including some on my toilet.
The warrior is awesome. I now feel safe throwing it. The tb3 did not turn out so great. Still gonna throw it because it's the greatest disc ever created but that's irrelevant.
Why did this not turn out so hot? Anything special about champ plastic and worm dip? I left it in twice as long. I also made sure to swish the bag around again after the Warrior was done.
One difference, I wiped the F2 stamp on the tb3 with acetone before the dye. Rinsed it and cleaned it with water/soap afterwards though. Just did water/soap on the Warrior.
Is UV yellow dye just not great on this pink semi-gummy champ plastic? Did I mess something up? Any tips for making it better? I don't expect opaque or anything but I'm hoping for a LIL bit more visibility. Losing my tb3 would be like losing my first and only child. Can't let it happen!
Woo! I dyed some discs! My first dyes ever. Used this simple tutorial (https://youtu.be/3XJcbEDHhaUl) on a tan Gateway Warrior (Evolution plastic), which turned out excellent, and my weak pink champ Teebird3 F2 (sort of like this one https://www.marshallstreetdiscgolf.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/21808-scaled.jpg but much more dull), which did not.
Used the same dye on both, Quick Coat Worm Dip UV Blast - UV Yellow. Used the same Ziploc.
The results: https://imgur.com/a/Guif94F
Tried to take a few different angles on the teebird3, including some on my toilet.
The warrior is awesome. I now feel safe throwing it. The tb3 did not turn out so great. Still gonna throw it because it's the greatest disc ever created but that's irrelevant.
Why did this not turn out so hot? Anything special about champ plastic and worm dip? I left it in twice as long. I also made sure to swish the bag around again after the Warrior was done.
One difference, I wiped the F2 stamp on the tb3 with acetone before the dye. Rinsed it and cleaned it with water/soap afterwards though. Just did water/soap on the Warrior.
Is UV yellow dye just not great on this pink semi-gummy champ plastic? Did I mess something up? Any tips for making it better? I don't expect opaque or anything but I'm hoping for a LIL bit more visibility. Losing my tb3 would be like losing my first and only child. Can't let it happen!
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